List :: Books of the Century by Waterstone

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  #21

  The Chronicles of Narnia

  by C. S. Lewis

  (28 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 27

  403 points

  "There is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. (From The Magician's Nephew, first in chronological order)Once there were four children whose names were..."

  

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  #22

  The Trial

  by Franz Kafka

  (10 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 57

  304 points

  "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses..."

  

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  #23

  Gone with the Wind

  by Margaret Mitchell

  (22 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 16

  606 points

  "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm, as the Tarleton twins were."

  

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  #24

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  by Douglas Adams

  (28 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 40

  344 points

  "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million..."

  

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  #25

  Midnight's Children

  by Salman Rushdie

  (9 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 29

  391 points

  "I was born in the city of Bombay . . . once upon a time."

  

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  #26

  The Diary of a Young Girl

  by Anne Frank

  (19 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 97

  193 points

  "On Friday, 12th June, I woke up at six o' clock and no wonder; it was my birthday"

  

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  #27

  A Clockwork Orange

  by Anthony Burgess

  (20 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 59

  295 points

  "'What's it going to be then, eh?'"

  

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  #28

  Sons and Lovers

  by D. H. Lawrence

  (5 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 77

  232 points

  "The Bottoms" succeeded to "Hell Row."

  

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  #29

  To the Lighthouse

  by Virginia Woolf

  (14 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 14

  642 points

  "Yes, of course, if it's fine tomorrow," said Mrs. Ramsay. "But you'll have to be up with the lark," she added.

  

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  #30

  If This Is a Man and The Truce

  by Primo Levi

  (3 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 174

  115 points

  

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