Two days after Random House Modern Library released a controversial list of its picks for the top 100 books of the twentieth century, students at the Radcliffe Publishing Course released their own version of the list Tuesday, which includes more women authors and a more diverse selection of works.

While the Modern Library's list--which hopes to raise awareness of great books and begin a discussion on the canon of twentieth century English literature--drew criticism from many for including only 10 books by women, about a third of the writers on the Radcliffe list are women. Both the Modern Library's and Radcliffe's lists were meant to be released today at Radcliffe, but both were given to the press early.

"Our list reflects a young, more feminist crowd," said Lindy Hess, director of the publishing course. "[It] shows a difference of age and taste." The six-week class, which is open to men and women, is comprised mostly of recent college graduates and newcomers to the publishing industry.

The Modern Library's list was compiled by an advisory committee of scholars and publishers, including historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38, author William Styron, Modern Library board chair Christopher B. Cerf '63 and historian Gore Vidal.

James Joyce's Ulysses topped the Modern Library's list, while The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, took Radcliffe's top spot. Two other books--Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner--won spots in the top 10 of both lists.

But both lists also had books in their top 10 that didn't even make the other's list. Radcliffe's fifth choice, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, wasn't on the Modern Library list, and Arthur Koestler Darkness at Noon, Modern Library's eighth choice, didn't make Radcliffe's top hundred.

Radcliffe's list also included a few more unconvential works, including several children's books and A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Hess warned the lists should not be compared against each other. Echoing the Modern Library, she said the lists are meant to start a discussion on this century's literary canon. "The importance of this exercise is to get word-of-mouth out on old books," she said.

Hess said the Modern Library asked the publishing course to compile their own list in conjunction with the advisory panel's.

Students chose their top 100 from the same initial list of 400 the Modern Library panel started with.

"They were very curious to see what a group like ours thought," she said.

Cerf--whose father lead the fight to lift the ban against Ulysses in the United State--will speak tonight at 7:30 at the Cronkhite Graduate Center to discuss the book lists with students.

Drawing from 400-plus titles provided by the Modern Library, students of the Radcliffe Publishing Course selected these novels:

The Modern Library compiled 2 Lists - One by a Board and 1 by the Readers. In total there are 168 entries - some entries are multiple books such as a trilogy, quartet, or series. This is the Readers' List in order 1 to 100..

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A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.

1

Atlas Shrugged by

Ayn Rand

3.69 avg rating — 391,187 ratings

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The Fountainhead by

Ayn Rand

3.88 avg rating — 324,244 ratings

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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by

1. Ron Hubbard

3.54 avg rating — 23,259 ratings

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The Lord of the Rings by

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.53 avg rating — 679,650 ratings

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To Kill a Mockingbird by

Harper Lee

4.26 avg rating — 6,169,639 ratings

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1984 by

George Orwell

4.19 avg rating — 4,645,001 ratings

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Anthem by

Ayn Rand

3.61 avg rating — 156,501 ratings

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We the Living by

Ayn Rand

3.95 avg rating — 29,467 ratings

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Mission Earth Series, Vols 1-10 by

1. Ron Hubbard

3.58 avg rating — 64 ratings

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Fear by

1. Ron Hubbard

3.20 avg rating — 1,779 ratings

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Ulysses by

James Joyce

3.75 avg rating — 128,604 ratings

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Catch-22 by

Joseph Heller

3.99 avg rating — 833,987 ratings

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The Great Gatsby by

1. Scott Fitzgerald

3.93 avg rating — 5,281,855 ratings

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Dune [Dune,

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by

Frank Herbert

4.27 avg rating — 1,384,903 ratings

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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by

Robert A. Heinlein

4.16 avg rating — 131,020 ratings

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Stranger in a Strange Land by

Robert A. Heinlein

3.92 avg rating — 313,617 ratings

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A Town Like Alice by

Nevil Shute

4.15 avg rating — 58,235 ratings

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Brave New World by

Aldous Huxley

3.99 avg rating — 1,867,742 ratings

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The Catcher in the Rye by

J.D. Salinger

3.80 avg rating — 3,545,036 ratings

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Animal Farm by

George Orwell

3.99 avg rating — 3,917,586 ratings

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Gravity’s Rainbow by

Thomas Pynchon

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The Grapes of Wrath by

John Steinbeck

4.01 avg rating — 911,290 ratings

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Slaughterhouse-Five by

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.10 avg rating — 1,375,632 ratings

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Gone with the Wind by

Margaret Mitchell

4.31 avg rating — 1,210,796 ratings

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Lord of the Flies by

William Golding

3.69 avg rating — 2,921,214 ratings

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Shane by

Jack Schaefer

3.94 avg rating — 13,290 ratings

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Trustee from the Toolroom by

Nevil Shute

4.30 avg rating — 4,771 ratings

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by

John Irving [Goodreads Author]

4.24 avg rating — 321,897 ratings

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The Stand by

Stephen King [Goodreads Author]

4.35 avg rating — 765,027 ratings

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The French Lieutenant’s Woman by

John Fowles

3.88 avg rating — 53,131 ratings

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Beloved by

Toni Morrison

3.95 avg rating — 439,094 ratings

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The Worm Ouroboros by

E.R. Eddison

3.70 avg rating — 4,830 ratings

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The Sound and the Fury by

William Faulkner

3.85 avg rating — 182,962 ratings

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Lolita by

Vladimir Nabokov

3.88 avg rating — 855,454 ratings

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Moonheart by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.05 avg rating — 6,606 ratings

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Absalom, Absalom! by

William Faulkner

3.98 avg rating — 44,752 ratings

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Of Human Bondage by

1. Somerset Maugham

4.14 avg rating — 57,358 ratings

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Wise Blood by

Flannery O'Connor

3.83 avg rating — 33,647 ratings

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Under the Volcano by

Malcolm Lowry

3.77 avg rating — 25,124 ratings

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Fifth Business [The Deptford Trilogy,

1]

by

Robertson Davies

4.05 avg rating — 19,411 ratings

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Someplace to Be Flying [Newford,

5]

by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.32 avg rating — 5,796 ratings

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On the Road by

Jack Kerouac

3.61 avg rating — 413,214 ratings

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Heart of Darkness by

Joseph Conrad

3.43 avg rating — 515,782 ratings

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Yarrow by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

3.91 avg rating — 2,625 ratings

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At the Mountains of Madness by

H.P. Lovecraft

3.81 avg rating — 54,147 ratings

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One Lonely Night [Mike Hammer

4]

by

Mickey Spillane

3.64 avg rating — 907 ratings

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Memory and Dream [Newford,

2]

by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.23 avg rating — 5,405 ratings

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To the Lighthouse by

Virginia Woolf

3.80 avg rating — 185,075 ratings

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The Moviegoer by

Walker Percy

3.65 avg rating — 28,890 ratings

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Trader [Newford,

4]

by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.10 avg rating — 2,967 ratings

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,

1]

by

Douglas Adams

4.23 avg rating — 1,851,902 ratings

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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by

Carson McCullers

3.99 avg rating — 110,823 ratings

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The Handmaid’s Tale [The Handmaid's Tale,

1]

by

Margaret Atwood [Goodreads Author]

4.14 avg rating — 2,063,884 ratings

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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by

Cormac McCarthy

4.16 avg rating — 167,640 ratings

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A Clockwork Orange by

Anthony Burgess

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 715,354 ratings

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On the Beach by

Nevil Shute

3.97 avg rating — 44,891 ratings

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by

James Joyce

3.64 avg rating — 152,676 ratings

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Greenmantle by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.01 avg rating — 3,395 ratings

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Ender’s Game [Ender's Saga,

1]

by

Orson Scott Card

4.31 avg rating — 1,380,955 ratings

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The Little Country by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

4.08 avg rating — 4,244 ratings

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The Recognitions by

William Gaddis

4.20 avg rating — 5,721 ratings

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Starship Troopers by

Robert A. Heinlein

4.01 avg rating — 229,362 ratings

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The Sun Also Rises by

Ernest Hemingway

3.79 avg rating — 447,499 ratings

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The World According to Garp by

John Irving [Goodreads Author]

4.10 avg rating — 229,276 ratings

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Something Wicked This Way Comes by

Ray Bradbury

3.91 avg rating — 133,911 ratings

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The Haunting of Hill House by

Shirley Jackson

3.82 avg rating — 307,370 ratings

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As I Lay Dying by

William Faulkner

3.72 avg rating — 169,499 ratings

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Tropic of Cancer [Tropic,

1]

by

Henry Miller

3.66 avg rating — 72,684 ratings

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Invisible Man by

Ralph Ellison

3.91 avg rating — 188,869 ratings

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The Wood Wife by

Terri Windling

4.20 avg rating — 3,465 ratings

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The Magus by

John Fowles

4.05 avg rating — 58,882 ratings

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The Door Into Summer by

Robert A. Heinlein

4.02 avg rating — 26,695 ratings

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values [Phaedrus,

1]

by

Robert M. Pirsig

3.78 avg rating — 231,332 ratings

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I, Claudius [Claudius,

1]

by

Robert Graves

4.24 avg rating — 66,973 ratings

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The Call of the Wild by

Jack London

3.90 avg rating — 432,962 ratings

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At Swim-Two-Birds by

Flann O'Brien

3.86 avg rating — 13,444 ratings

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Fahrenheit 451 by

Ray Bradbury

3.97 avg rating — 2,437,927 ratings

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Arrowsmith by

Sinclair Lewis

3.83 avg rating — 8,034 ratings

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Watership Down [Watership Down,

1]

by

Richard Adams

4.08 avg rating — 482,486 ratings

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Naked Lunch by

William S. Burroughs

3.46 avg rating — 91,725 ratings

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81

The Hunt for Red October [Jack Ryan,

3]

by

Tom Clancy

4.11 avg rating — 375,635 ratings

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Guilty Pleasures [Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter,

1]

by

Laurell K. Hamilton [Goodreads Author]

4.02 avg rating — 148,581 ratings

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The Puppet Masters by

Robert A. Heinlein

3.89 avg rating — 32,962 ratings

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It by

Stephen King [Goodreads Author]

4.24 avg rating — 1,120,203 ratings

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1. by

Thomas Pynchon

3.96 avg rating — 23,494 ratings

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Double Star by

Robert A. Heinlein

3.91 avg rating — 23,156 ratings

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Citizen of the Galaxy by

Robert A. Heinlein

4.01 avg rating — 17,067 ratings

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88

Brideshead Revisited by

Evelyn Waugh

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 114,424 ratings

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Light in August by

William Faulkner

3.94 avg rating — 62,160 ratings

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by

Ken Kesey

4.20 avg rating — 735,335 ratings

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A Farewell to Arms by

Ernest Hemingway

3.82 avg rating — 323,594 ratings

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The Sheltering Sky by

Paul Bowles

3.89 avg rating — 28,462 ratings

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Sometimes a Great Notion by

Ken Kesey

4.26 avg rating — 22,559 ratings

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My Ántonia by

Willa Cather

3.83 avg rating — 138,544 ratings

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Mulengro by

Charles de Lint [Goodreads Author]

3.90 avg rating — 1,452 ratings

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Suttree by

Cormac McCarthy

4.20 avg rating — 23,942 ratings

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Mythago Wood [Mythago Wood,

1]

by

Robert Holdstock

3.78 avg rating — 10,253 ratings

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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by

Richard Bach [Goodreads Author]

4.15 avg rating — 64,204 ratings

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The Cunning Man [Toronto Trilogy,

2]

by

Robertson Davies

3.92 avg rating — 2,845 ratings

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The Satanic Verses by

Salman Rushdie

3.71 avg rating — 66,119 ratings

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