Famous books of the 20 century

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Famous books of the last century (20th Century)

Name of the BookAuthor
Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
Catch-22Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the RyeJD Salinger
Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell
LolitaVladimir Nobokov
1984George Orwell
A Passage to IndiaEM Forester
To Kill a Mocking BirdHarper Lee
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett
UlyssesJames Joyce
The Hound of Baskerville'sArthur Conan Doyle
The War of the WorldsHG Wells
The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien
Midnight's ChildrenSalman Rushdie
Lady Chatterley's LoverD.H. Lawrence
Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie
Dr. ZhivagoBoris Pasternak
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
The Blind AssassinMargaret Atwood
All Quiet on Western FrontErich Maria Remarque

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