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BBC Believes Reading 6 of These Books Is Better Than 6 Minute Abs

The list is actually titled "100 Years, 100 Novels, One List" and was compiled by Dick Meyer, author of "Why We Hate Us". He says: "I am not a learned or prolific reader of novels. My taste is probably medium-brow, male and parochial in many ways." Do you agree this is a classic old white male book list?
With apologies to "There's Something About Mary".
(Meyer previously served as Executive Producer for the BBC's news services in America.)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
4
Joseph Conrad
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
6
John Steinbeck
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
7
Wallace Stegner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
9
Saul Bellow
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
10
E.M. Forster
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
11
Virginia Woolf
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
12
John Dos Passos
The Untouchable (John Banville)
The Untouchable
13
John Banville
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
14
Harper Lee
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
15
John Updike
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
16
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
17
Philip Roth
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
18
Toni Morrison
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
20
W Somerset Maugham
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
21
William Faulkner
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
22
Willa Cather
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
23
Ernest Hemingway
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
24
Ernest J. Gaines
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
25
John Updike
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
26
Sinclair Lewis
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
27
Walker Percy
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
28
Upton Sinclair
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
30
Salman Rushdie
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
31
Cormac McCarthy
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
32
Richard Ford
The Lay of the Land (Richard Ford)
The Lay of the Land
33
Richard Ford
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
34
D. H. Lawrence
Aloft (Chang-Rae Lee)
Aloft
35
Chang-Rae Lee
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
36
John O'Hara
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
37
Ian McEwan
So Long, See You Tomorrow (William Maxwell)
So Long, See You Tomorrow
38
William Maxwell
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
39
Sherwood Anderson
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
40
Jim Dixon
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