List: 100 Books of the Past Century by Koen Books
Lolita
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palette to tap, at three, on the teeth.
The Stand
Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston."Sally."
Sula
In that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from the roots to make room for the Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood.
Beloved
124 was spiteful. Full of baby's venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Dr. Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse.
Rabbit, Run
Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a backboard bolted to it.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Once upon a time when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.
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