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BBC's 100 Greatest British Novels

BBC Culture polled book critics outside the UK, to give an outsider's perspective on the best in British literature. This was the result.
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
1
George Eliot
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
2
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
3
Virginia Woolf
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
4
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
5
Charlotte Bronte
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
7
Emily Brontë
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
8
Charles Dickens
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
9
Mary Shelley
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
10
William Makepeace Thackeray
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
11
Jane Austen
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
12
George Orwell
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
13
Ford Madox Ford
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
14
Samuel Richardson
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
15
Ian McEwan
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
16
Virginia Woolf
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
17
E. M. Forster
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
19
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
20
Jane Austen
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
22
Henry Fielding
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
23
Thomas Hardy
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
24
Doris Lessing
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
25
Zadie Smith
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
26
J.R.R.Tolkien
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
27
Daniel Defoe
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
28
Charlotte Brontë
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
29
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
30
Daniel Defoe
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
31
Graham Greene
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
32
E.M. Forster
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
33
Kenneth Grahame
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
34
Kazuo Ishiguro
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
35
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
36
Anthony Powell
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
37
Evelyn Waugh
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
The Passion
38
Jeanette Winterson
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
39
Julian Barnes
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
40
Lewis Carroll
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