A century of brilliant books

Apropos of nothing, I decided to put together a list of a book I’d recommend for every year of the 20th century. Because, why not! And also, I’m musing over doing A Century of Books again next year, and it’s good to throw out some suggestions now in case anybody fancies joining me. I tried not to repeat authors, but there were some years where I couldn’t manage without a bit of repetition. I’m grateful to Elizabeth von Arnim for the first decade of the century. As I decided to do this, I had a vague memory of having done it before… and, yes, I compiled a list back in 2011. I’m going to make my new list without looking back at that one – and when I’m done, I’ll see how much crossover there is. So, here are 100 books I think are great from 1900-1999! (I’m going by the dates in my LibraryThing catalogue, so if you spot any discrepancies, let me know and I’ll sub something else in.) 1900: Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome 1901: The Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim 1902: The…