The Top 10 Fiction Books from the 20th Century

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#1

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A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest Gaines

#2

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Billy
by Albert French

#3

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Corregidora
by Gayl Jones

#4

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Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson

#5

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Sisters & Lovers: A Novel
by Connie Briscoe

#6

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Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories
by J. California Cooper

#7

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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker

#8

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The Man Who Cried I Am
by John A. Williams

#9

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Waiting To Exhale
by Terry McMillan