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BBC's 100 Greatest British Novels - Page 2

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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Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
41
Charles Dickens
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
42
Graham Greene
The Swimming Pool Library (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Swimming Pool Library
43
Alan Hollinghurst
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
44
Hilary Mantel
The Little Stranger (Sarah Waters)
The Little Stranger
45
Sarah Waters
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
46
Salman Rushdie
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
47
Laurence Sterne
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
48
Kingsley Amis
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
49
A.S. Byatt
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
50
E.M. Forster
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
51
Thomas Hardy
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
52
George Gissing
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
53
Jean Rhys
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
54
Zadie Smith
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
55
Jonathan Swift
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
56
Jeanette Winterson
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
57
Ford Madox Ford
Loving
Loving
58
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
59
Alan Hollinghurst
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
60
D.H. Lawrence
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
61
Iris Murdoch
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
62
George Orwell
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
63
Muriel Spark
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
64
Anthony Trollope
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
65
Virginia Woolf
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
66
Jane Austen
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
67
J.G. Ballard
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
68
Anthony Burgess
Nostromo
Nostromo
69
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
70
George Eliot
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
71
Jane Gardam
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
72
Graham Greene
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower
73
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
74
Thomas Hardy
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
75
D.H. Lawrence
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
76
Andrea Levy
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
77
W. Somerset Maugham
A House for Mr. Biswas (Mr. Biswas)
A House for Mr. Biswas
78
Mr. Biswas
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
79
Philip Pullman
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
80
Barbara Pym
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