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100 Greatest Novels

I recently completed a long-term effort to read as many of the most highly regarded works of fiction ever written, using several greatest books lists as my guide. After doing so, I created my own list of 100 greatest novels or series. Most are well-known; a few are some of my own favorites. (This list does not contain plays, short story collections, poetry, or works of nonfiction.)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent
4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
5
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
6
Erich Maria Remarque
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
7
Robert Penn Warren
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
10
Leo Tolstoy
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
11
John O'Hara
Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
12
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
13
V.S. Naipaul
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
14
Tom Wolfe
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
Cardinal Galsworthy
Cardinal Galsworthy
16
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
18
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
19
Kurt Vonnegut
Christ Recrucified
Christ Recrucified
20
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
21
C.S. Lewis
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
22
Anthony Burgess
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
23
John Kennedy Toole
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
25
Arthur Koestler
D.C. Quartet
D.C. Quartet
26
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
28
Miguel De Cervantes
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Einstein's Dreams
29
Alan Lightman
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
30
Graham Greene
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
31
Edith Wharton
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
32
Ray Bradbury
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
33
Ayn Rand
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
34
J.D. Salinger
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
35
The Gormenghast Trilogy
The Gormenghast Trilogy
36
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
37
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
38
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
39
Margaret Atwood
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
40
Joseph Conrad
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