| Modern Library's 100 Best Novels | |
| Library's List | |
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ULYSSES by James Joyce |
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2
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THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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3
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A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce |
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4
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LOLITA by Vladimir 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Richard 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. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos |
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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 |
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27
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THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James |
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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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THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell |
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30
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THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford |
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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 |
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33
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SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser |
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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 |
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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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THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene |
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41
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LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding |
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42
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DELIVERANCE by James Dickey |
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43
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A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) 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 |
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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 CHRONICLES by John Cheever |
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64
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THE 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 |
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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 Durell |
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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 |
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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 |
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83
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A 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 |
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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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LOVING 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 |
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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 |
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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 J.P. Donleavy |
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100
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THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington |