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The Top 10 Fiction Books from the 20th Century

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  • Afrofuturism
  • Aviator Books
  • Black Fairy Tale Books
  • Black History Books
  • Books about the Black Panther Party
  • Books by White Writers
  • Books of Erotica
  • Books Published Before 1860
  • Children’s Books from the 21st Century
  • Children’s from the 20th Century
  • Fiction Books from the 20th Century
  • Fiction Books of the 21st Century
  • Girl’s Hair Books
  • Horror
  • Most Offensive Books
  • Nonfiction Books from the 20th Century
  • Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century
  • Poetry Books of the 21st Century
  • Science Fiction Books
  • Steampunk Books
  • Sword and Soul Books
  • Urban Fiction Book – Post 1999
  • Urban Fiction Books – Pre 1999
  • Vampire Books

#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




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