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BBC 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Page 3

Originally published in November, 2019, this list is comprised of the 100 novels that a panelist of authors and critics from the BBC has deemed the most inspiring in the English language.
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American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
81
James Ellroy
American War (Omar El Akkad)
American War
82
Omar El Akkad
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Ice Candy Man
83
Bapsi Sidhwa
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
84
Daphne Du Maurier
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
85
Pat Barker
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
86
P.D. James
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
87
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
88
Mohsin Hamid
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
89
Patricia Highsmith
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
90
Graham Greene
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
91
John Kennedy Toole
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
92
Herman Melville
Habibi (Craig Thompson)
Habibi
93
Craig Thompson
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
94
Ali Smith
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
95
Virginia Woolf
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
96
Angela Carter
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
97
George Orwell
Psmith, Journalist (P. G. Wodehouse)
Psmith, Journalist
98
P. G. Wodehouse
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)
The Moor's Last Sigh
99
Salman Rushdie
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
100
Audre Lorde
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