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Modern Library's 100 Best Novels - The Board and the Readers Agreed on These 32

What are the best fiction books published in the English language since 1900? These 32 books made it onto both the Modern Library Board's and the readers' lists. [Note: Modern Library's list was published in 1998]
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
2
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
3
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
4
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
6
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
7
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
8
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
9
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano
10
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
11
I, Claudius
I, Claudius
12
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
13
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
14
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
15
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
16
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
17
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
18
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
19
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
20
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
21
Light in August
Light in August
22
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
23
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
24
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
25
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
26
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
27
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
28
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
29
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
30
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
31
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus (John Fowles)
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The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
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