Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the twentieth century
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About this list
The Guardian, 10 Books
Robert McCrum is The Observer's literary editor and the author of, among other books, My Year Off. This is a list of this top 10 books of the twentieth century.
This list was originally published in 2000 and was added to this site almost 12 years ago.
