What is the most important book of the 20th century?

Top Ten Books of the 20th Century

• Ulysses by James Joyce (1922).
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967).
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1927).
• Stories of Flannery O’Connor (1925–64).
• Dubliners by James Joyce (1916).
• Absalom, Absalom!
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929).

What are some must read books from the 20th century?

21 must-read books that defined the 20th century

• From Here to Eternity by James Jones.
• The Tin Drum by Günter Grass.
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
• The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy.
• The Good Earth by Pearl S.
• Sophie’s Choice by William Styron.
• The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinksi.
• American Pastoral by Philip Roth.

What are the top 10 books from the 20th century?

Robert McCrum’s top 10 books of the twentieth century

1. A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust.
2. Ulysses by James Joyce.
3. The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil.
4. The Trial by Franz Kafka.
5. Murphy by Samuel Beckett.
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
7. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.

Who is the best writer in 20th century?

Here are the 10 Best 20th Century American Authors

• J.D. Salinger.
• Harper Lee. Harper Lee, much like J.D.
• Stephen King. If my ranking criteria were simply mainstream success and fame, King would rank much higher on this list.
• Maya Angelou.
• Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel.
• Ernest Hemingway.
• Toni Morrison.
• F.

Who is the greatest novelist of the 20th century?

Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels is a 1998 list of the best English-language novels published during the 20th century, as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library….Editors’ list.

Who is America’s best author?

Edgar Allan Poe 1809 –1849.