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180 Classic & Contemporary Novels

A slightly random assortment of 180 novels I've read, a mix of classics and contemporary, well-known and not so well-known.
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1979: Offshore (Penelope Fitzgerald)
1979: Offshore
1
Penelope Fitzgerald
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
2
David Szalay
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
Angel (Elizabeth Taylor)
Angel
4
Elizabeth Taylor
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart
6
William Boyd
Arthur & George
Arthur & George
7
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
9
Kate Chopin
Beneath the Streets (Adam Macqueen)
Beneath the Streets
10
Adam Macqueen
Beyond Black
Beyond Black
11
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
12
David Mitchell
Bleak House (Dickens, Charles)
Bleak House
13
Dickens, Charles
Bliss (Peter Carey)
Bliss
14
Peter Carey
Blood Orange (Harriet Tyce)
Blood Orange
15
Harriet Tyce
The Blue Afternoon (William Boyd)
The Blue Afternoon
16
William Boyd
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
17
Penelope Fitzgerald
Bodies of Light (Sarah Moss)
Bodies of Light
18
Sarah Moss
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
19
David Mitchell
The Bookshop (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Bookshop
20
Penelope Fitzgerald
Box Hill (Adam Mars-Jones)
Box Hill
21
Adam Mars-Jones
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
22
Aldous Huxley
Brazzaville Beach (William Boyd)
Brazzaville Beach
23
William Boyd
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
24
Anne Tyler
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
25
Marlon James
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
26
Hilary Mantel
The British Museum Is Falling Down (David Lodge)
The British Museum Is Falling Down
27
David Lodge
Call for the Dead (John Le Carré)
Call for the Dead
28
John Le Carré
Changing Places
Changing Places
29
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
30
David Mitchell
Cold Earth (Sarah Moss)
Cold Earth
31
Sarah Moss
The Countenance Divine (Michael Hughes)
The Countenance Divine
32
Michael Hughes
Country (Michael Hughes)
Country
33
Michael Hughes
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
34
Sebastian Barry
The Death of Napoleon (Simon Leys)
The Death of Napoleon
35
Simon Leys
The Diary of a Nobody (G.& W. Grossmith)
The Diary of a Nobody
36
G.& W. Grossmith
Digging to America (Anne Tyler)
Digging to America
37
Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
38
Anne Tyler
Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
39
J.M. Coetzee
Don't, Mr Disraeli! (Caryl Brahms)
Don't, Mr Disraeli!
40
Caryl Brahms
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