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100 Greatest Fiction Books of All Time

One hundred of the best fiction books spanning centuries. All the best authors found here! See if you've read them all...
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
1
George Eliot
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
3
Alice Walker
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6
James Baldwin
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
7
Ian McEwan
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
8
John Steinbeck
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
9
Victor Hugo
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Bronte
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
12
Emily Brontë
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
14
Salman Rushdie
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
15
Jean Rhys
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
16
Umberto Eco
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
17
Charles Dickens
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
18
Orhan Pamuk
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
19
Sebastian Faulks
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
20
H.G. Wells
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
21
George Orwell
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
22
E.M. Forster
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
23
J. M. Coetzee
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
24
Elizabeth Gaskell
Suite Francese (Irene Nemirovsky)
Suite Francese
25
Irene Nemirovsky
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
27
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
28
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
29
Naguib Mahfouz
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
30
V.S. Naipaul
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
31
J.G. Ballard
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
32
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
33
Anne Tyler
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
34
Laurie Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
36
Lewis Carroll
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
37
Peter Carey
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
38
Émile Zola
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
39
Stendhal
Old Goriot
Old Goriot
40
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