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Anthony Burgess' 99 Novels

In 1984, Anthony Burgess (the author of A Clockwork Orange among other things) picked what he thought were the best 99 novels writte in English from 1939, when Orwell's "1984" was published, and 1983. He chose some you might expect, plus a few surprises. The 100th slot is for the reader to fill - possibly, said Burgess, with one of his own. I've included novel series by their first volume. Here they are.
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Party Going
Party Going
1
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
2
Finnegans
Finnegans
3
At-Swim-Two-Birds
At-Swim-Two-Birds
4
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
5
Graham Greene
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6
Ernest Hemingway
Strangers and Brothers (C. P. Snow)
Strangers and Brothers
7
C. P. Snow
The Aerodrome
The Aerodrome
8
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
9
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
10
W. Somerset Maugham
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
11
Evelyn Waugh
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
12
Mervyn Peake
Saul Bellow: The Victim
Saul Bellow: The Victim
13
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
14
Malcolm Lowry
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
15
Graham Greene
Ape and Essence (Aldous Huxley)
Ape and Essence
16
Aldous Huxley
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
17
Norman Mailer
No Highway (Nevil Shute)
No Highway
18
Nevil Shute
The Heat of the Day
The Heat of the Day
19
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
20
George Orwell
The Body (William Sansom)
The Body
21
William Sansom
Scenes Fromprovincial Life (William Cooper)
Scenes Fromprovincial Life
22
William Cooper
The Disenchanted (Budd Schulberg)
The Disenchanted
23
Budd Schulberg
A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing
24
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
25
J.D. Salinger
The Dark Lantern (Henry Williamson)
The Dark Lantern
26
Henry Williamson
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
27
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
28
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
29
Ernest Hemingway
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
30
Mary McCarthy
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
31
Flannery O'Connor
Men at Arms (Evelyn Waugh)
Men at Arms
32
Evelyn Waugh
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
33
Raymond Chandler
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
34
Kingsley Amis
Room at the Top
Room at the Top
35
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
36
Lawrence Durrell
City of Spades (Colin Macinnes)
City of Spades
37
Colin Macinnes
The Assistant
The Assistant
38
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
39
Iris Murdoch
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
40
Alan Sillitoe
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