St. Mark's Bookstore's "Additional 100 Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century"

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The St. Mark’s Bookshop in New York City has made a selection of novels to augment the Modern Library List of 100 Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century. The list includes only authors omitted from the Modern Library list and each author is limited to one title. The selection is based on customer sales over the last 20 years.

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  1. 51.
    So Long, See You Tomorrow
    by William Maxwell

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  2. 52.
    The Butcher Boy
    by Patrick McCabe

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  3. 53.
    All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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  4. 54.
    The Group
    by Mary McCarthy

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  5. 55.
    Bright Lights, Big City
    by Jay Mcinerney

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  6. 56.
    Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
    by Steven Millhauser

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  7. 57.
    The Ice Storm: A Novel
    by Rick Moody

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  8. 58.
    Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
    by Lorrie Moore

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  9. 59.
    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

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  11. 61.
    Going After Cacciato
    by Tim O'Brien

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  12. 62.
    Wise Blood: A Novel
    by Flannery O'Connor

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  13. 63.
    The Famished Road
    by Ben Okri

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  14. 64.
    The English Patient
    by Michael Ondaatje

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  16. 66.
    The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
    by Sylvia Plath

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  17. 67.
    The Golden Spur
    by Dawn Powell

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  18. 68.
    Galatea 2.2/a Novel
    by Richard Powers

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  19. 69.
    Guided Tours of Hell: Novellas
    by Francine Prose

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  20. 70.
    The Shipping News
    by E. Annie Proulx

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  21. 71.
    Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    by Thomas Pynchon

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  22. 72.
    The Fountainhead

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  23. 73.
    Jitterbug Perfume
    by Tom Robbins

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  24. 74.
    Call It Sleep: A Novel
    by Henry Roth

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  25. 75.
    Mating
    by Norman Rush

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  26. 76.
    A Sport and a Pastime: A Novel
    by James Salter

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  27. 77.
    What Makes Sammy Run?
    by Budd Schulberg

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  28. 78.
    The Quantity Theory of Insanity
    by Will Self

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  29. 79.
    A Suitable Boy : A Novel (Perennial Classics)
    by Vikram Seth

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  30. 81.
    A Thousand Acres: A Novel
    by Jane Smiley

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  31. 82.
    The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
    by Gertrude Stein

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  32. 83.
    Dog Soldiers
    by Robert Stone

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  33. 84.
    The Kitchen God's Wife
    by Amy Tan

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  34. 85.
    The Secret History
    by Donna Tartt

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  35. 87.
    The Killer Inside Me
    by Jim Thompson

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  36. 88.
    The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition)
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

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  37. 89.
    A Confederacy of Dunces
    by John Kennedy Toole

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  38. 90.
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    Cain's Book
    by Alexander Trocchi

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  39. 91.
    Tintin in the New World: A Romance
    by Frederic Tuten

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  40. 92.
    Rabbit, Run
    by John Updike

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  41. 93.
    You Bright and Risen Angels (Contemporary American fiction)
    by William Vollmann

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  42. 94.
    Infinite Jest: A Novel
    by David Foster Wallace

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  43. 95.
    Trainspotting
    by Irvine Welsh

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  44. 96.
    Written on the Body
    by Jeanette Winterson

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  45. 97.
    Close to the Knives : A Memoir of Disintegration (Vintage)
    by David Wojnarowicz

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  46. 98.
    The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel
    by Tom Wolfe

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  47. 99.
    Look Homeward, Angel
    by Thomas Wolfe

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  48. 100.
    This Boy's Life: A Memoir
    by Tobias Wolff

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