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1901-1910, The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, 1902
1911-1920, Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, 1912
1921-1930, Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922
1931-1940, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, 1939
1941-1950, Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945
1951-1960, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 1958
1961-1970, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, 1961
1971-1980, Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews, 1979
1981-1990, Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons & John Higgins, 1987
1991-2000, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2000
This was fun but difficult. Almost every decade had at least two if not more that I wanted to pick. Luckily some have already been nominated (Harry Potter, Spring Snow, Lord of the Flies, The Secret Garden, Where the Wild Things Are) so that helped a little. To decide on the rest it often came down to which way the wind was blowing today, so I want to give a shout out to a few that only barely missed - The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1927; Sophie’s Choice, 1979; The Remains of the Day, 1989; The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, 1998; The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 1999.
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