Thursday, February 10, 2005

Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century

There seems to be some difference of opinion between the Board and their readers.
1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
You can probably figure which is which. Color me Philistine (is that now an unPC word?) but I know which I think would be more fun to read. Check out the whole thing, tho.

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