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June 21, 2008 at 1:03 pm

(1) Megan E. Boris says:

Does anyone have a list of the top 25 books of last century? Fiction, Nonfiction and Auto/Biography

June 25, 2008 at 2:45 pm

(2) Meri says:

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle! There’s a pleasant surprise.

July 5, 2008 at 3:48 am

(3) Jake says:

No. It fails. Harry Potter at #2… That sickens me.

July 7, 2008 at 8:03 am

(4) Mark says:

Megan - I’ve compiled some contemporary lit “must-reads” here:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/readinglists/tp/contempList10.htm
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/readinglists/tp/contempList20.htm

There’s also this great list:
http://1morechapter.com/projects/1001-list/
which goes well into the past three centuries.

July 13, 2008 at 2:25 pm

(5) Anaum says:

am i really blind?? .. or is there really no lotr on this list… for me it is the best book in the history of the literature… but they are mi views course….

July 23, 2008 at 5:00 am

(6) Rob says:

Yikes! (predictably)

Anaum, LotR is more than 25 years old!