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The 100 best 20th century novels in English

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1. Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics)

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21

8.2

2. The Great Gatsby

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17

7.5

3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Pen...

27

8.5

4. Lolita (Penguin Classics)

14

8.2

5. Brave New World

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4

9

6. The Sound and the Fury (Norton Critical Edit...

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7. Darkness at Noon: A Novel

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8. Catch-22

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9. Sons and Lovers (Penguin Classics)

10

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10. The Grapes of Wrath

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4

11. Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics)

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12. The Way of All Flesh (English Library)

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8.6

13. Nineteen Eighty-Four

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14. I, Claudius (Penguin Classics S.)

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4

15. To the Lighthouse (Vintage Classics)

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8

16. An American Tragedy

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17. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Twentieth Cent...

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8.5

18. Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel

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8

19. Invisible Man (Twentieth Century Classics)

7

8.7

20. Native Son (Perennial Classics)

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7

21. Henderson the Rain King

4

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22. Appointment in Samarra (Vintage Rediscovery)

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8

23. U.S.A. (Twentieth Century Classics)

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24. Winesburg, Ohio

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25. A Passage to India

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26. The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics)

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27. The Ambassadors (Penguin Modern Classics)

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4

28. Tender Is the Night: A Romance (Penguin Mode...

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29. Studs Lonigan

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7

30. The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford ...

12

7.8

31. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern C...

4

6

32. The Golden Bowl (Oxford World's Classics)

4

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33. Sister Carrie

4

7

34. A Handful of Dust (Penguin Modern Classics)

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10

7.3

35. As I Lay Dying

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36. All the King's Men (Film Ink S.)

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37. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Twentieth Centur...

2

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38. Howards End (Penguin Twentieth Century Class...

8

4

39. Go Tell it on the Mountain (Penguin Modern C...

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40. The Heart of the Matter (Penguin Twentieth C...

28

6.8

41. Lord of the Flies

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42. Deliverance

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43. A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement

3

9

44. Point Counter Point (British Literature)

3

8.5

45. The Sun Also Rises

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7

7

46. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Penguin Pop...

5

8

47. Nostromo (Twentieth Century Classics)

4

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48. The Rainbow (Oxford World's Classics)

7

7

49. Women in Love (Penguin Modern Classics)

8

9

50. Tropic of Cancer

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A group of selected librarians and literary critics published this list in August 1998


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