Best Books of the 20th Century

I'm tired of everything on my bookshelf and was in search of something different. I happened upon the GoodReads poll "100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century." There has been some confusion about Neither Pride and Prejudice nor Twilight belong on the list - both good fiction, but not 20th century. 

I added my own vote to the list. Here are my top 45. 

Oh, and a few caveats:

I can't justify why a book is number 28 instead of 41, but I do think everything I have on my list deserves to be included. 

I only have 45 because I know there is a lot of good stuff that I haven't thought of yet.

These are all over the map - every possible genre - but I have read every book that I listed.

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
2. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
3. Object Lessons - Anna Quindlen
4. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
5. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
6. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
7.  Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
8. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
10. Exodus - Leon Uris
11. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
12. The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
13. The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
14. Roots - Alex Haley
15. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
16. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
17. Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco
18. Sons and Lovers - D. H. Lawrence
19. A Suitable Boy  - Vikram Seth
20. The Far Pavilions - M. M. Kaye
21. Anthem - Ayn Rand
22. Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo
23. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
24. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
25. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
26. The Collected Stories of Colette - Colette
27. Sarum - Edward Rutherfurd
28. The Rowan - Anne McCaffrey
29. The Lover  - Margureite Duras
30. Welcome to the World Baby Girl! - Fannie Flagg
31. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimen
32. The Giver - Lois Lowry
33. Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
34. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom Robbins
35. The House at Pooh Corner - A. A. Milne
36. The Portable Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker
37. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
38. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin
39. The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
40. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
41. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
42. 1984 - George Orwell
43. Orientalism - Edward Said
44. Otherland 1: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
45. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison