Random House Modern Library's "100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century" on Lists of Bests

Made a change... — 2 years ago

I switched #43 – it was listed as the First Movement of the Dance to the Music of Time series, but the entire series (all 4 movements, 12 books in all) is what is included on the Modern Library’s list. Hope it didn’t mess anyone up too much. If you count all of the series, the list is actually 118 books, not 100.

Mar 06, 07:00PM | 3 comments | Reply to this

dandv
Sunnyvale

Give me a break... — 2 years ago

...this list is crap! Where’s Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”, the second most influential book after the Bible?

And where are Dune, Asimov’s Foundation, or “The Glass Bead Game” by Literature Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse?

Dec 28, 02:12AM | 10 comments | Reply to this

iwishiwas
Cleveland

Well - — 3 years ago

I am surprised to see there are quite a few books and authors here I have never even heard of! Like all lists though, we all have our own idea of what should, or should not, be on them. It has inspired me to try something new!

Dec 06, 12:59AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

coreyngilbert

English — 3 years ago

They just only chose books originally written in English. It would not be as valuable if there were books written from every scope of the world. Camus and Kafka can still be acknowledged as infinitely valuable, they just didn’t fit the criteria.

Oct 25, 08:49PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

SuperHussy
New York City

It Is What It Is — 3 years ago

I’ve wanted to read many of the books on this list for some time now. Maybe I will use my summer wisely and hunker down.

Oct 11, 06:58PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Merrilld
München

A Problematic List — 3 years ago

Where are Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Thomas Mann, and on and on and on? Not to pick on Joseph Conrad, but there are three of his books in the top 100 and none from any author who originally wrote in Russian? Or German? Or French?

This is the Random House Modern Library’s 100 Mostly Good Books Originally Written in English that We Have the Rights to Publish: Fiction list.

Oct 05, 02:36AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

Maria Young
Goldsboro

Wow. — 3 years ago

I have a lot of reading to do!

Sep 13, 08:04AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

existentialist

surprised — 3 years ago

Unless I somehow missed these titles; how can Camus & Toni Morrison not be on this list?
The Plague or The Stranger.
Beloved or Song of Solomon.
Surprised … and perplexed!

Sep 12, 11:10AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

ribarnica
Racine

Yeah, I guess — 3 years ago

Perhaps the title should’ve been the 100 most influential books of the 20th century?

May 07, 07:09PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

malici
Chicago

Problem — 3 years ago

I find this list interesting but find problems that there are almost no female authors nor books written after the 1960s.

Apr 19, 05:40PM | 2 comments | Reply to this

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