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Book
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Ulysses
by James Joyce
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2 |
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kathleen Parkinson (Contributor)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
by James Joyce, Seamus Deane, Seamus Deane (Editor)
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4 |
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Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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5 |
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
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6 |
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The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
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7 |
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller, Random House
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8 |
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Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler
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9 |
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Sons and Lovers
by D. H. Lawrence
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10 |
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck, Robert J. Demott
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11 |
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Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
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12 |
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The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
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13 |
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1984
by George Orwell, Erich (AFT) Fromm
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14 |
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I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
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15 |
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To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
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16 |
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An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
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17 |
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
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18 |
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Slaughterhouse-five
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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19 |
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
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20 |
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Native Son
by Wright
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21 |
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Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
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22 |
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Appointment in Samarra
by John O'Hara
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23 |
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U.S.A.
by John DOS Passos, Daniel Aaron (Editor), Townsend Ludington (Editor)
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24 |
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Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
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25 |
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A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
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26 |
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The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James, Grey Gowrie (Introduction by)
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27 |
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The Ambassadors
by Henry James, Christopher Butler, Christopher Butler (Editor)
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28 |
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Tender Is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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29 |
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Studs Lonigan
by James T. Farrell, Ann Douglas (Introduction by)
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30 |
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The Good Soldier
by Ford Madox Ford, Thomas C. Moser, Thomas C. Moser (Editor)
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31 |
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
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32 |
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The Golden Bowl
by Henry James, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
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33 |
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Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser, Richard Lingeman (Introduction by)
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34 |
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A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
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35 |
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As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
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36 |
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All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
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37 |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
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38 |
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Howards End
by E. M. Forster, David Lodge (Introduction by), David A. A. Lodge, David A. A. Lodge (Introduction by)
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39 |
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
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40 |
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Heart of the Matter
by Graham Greene
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41 |
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding, E. L. Epstein (Contributor)
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42 |
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Deliverance
by James Dickey
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43 |
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Dance to the Music of Time
by Anthony Powell
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44 |
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Point Counter Point
by Aldous Huxley
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45 |
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The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
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46 |
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The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
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47 |
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Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
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48 |
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The Rainbow
by D. H. Lawrence
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49 |
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Women in Love
by D. H. Lawrence
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50 |
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Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
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51 |
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The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
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52 |
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Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
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53 |
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Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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54 |
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Light in August
by William Faulkner
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55 |
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
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56 |
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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
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57 |
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Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford
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58 |
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The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
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59 |
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Zuleika Dobson
by Max Beerbohm
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60 |
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The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
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61 |
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
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62 |
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From Here to Eternity
by James Jones
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63 |
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The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
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64 |
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Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
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65 |
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
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66 |
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Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham, Gore Vidal (Introduction by)
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67 |
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
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68 |
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Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
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69 |
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The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
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70 |
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The Alexandria Quartet
by Lawrence Durrell
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71 |
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A High Wind in Jamaica
by Richard Hughes
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72 |
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A House for Mr. Biswas
by V.S. Naipaul
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73 |
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The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
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74 |
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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
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75 |
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Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh
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76 |
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
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77 |
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Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce
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78 |
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Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
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79 |
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A Room With a View
by E. M. Forster
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80 |
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh, Frank Kermode, Frank Kermode (Contributor)
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81 |
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The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
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82 |
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Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner, Jackson J. Benson (Introduction by)
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83 |
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Bend in the River
by V.S. Naipaul
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84 |
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The Death of the Heart
by Elizabeth Bowen
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85 |
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Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad, Linda Dryden, Linda Dryden (Introduction by)
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86 |
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Ragtime
by E.L. Doctorow
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87 |
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Arnold Bennett
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88 |
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
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89 |
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Living
by Henry Green
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90 |
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Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
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91 |
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Tobacco Road
by Erskine Caldwell, Lewis Nordan (Foreword by)
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92 |
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Ironweed
by William Kennedy
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93 |
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The Magus
by John Fowles
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94 |
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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys, Charlotte Bronte
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95 |
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Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
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96 |
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Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
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97 |
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The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
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98 |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
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99 |
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The Ginger Man
by James Patrick Donleavy
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100 |
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The Magnificent Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington
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