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BBC List of 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Page 2

On 5 November 2019, the BBC published a list of novels selected by a panel of six writers and critics, who had been asked to choose 100 English language novels "that have had an impact on their lives". The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", called the "100 'most inspiring' novels" by BBC News, was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
41
Cormac McCarthy
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
42
Khaled Hosseini
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
43
Aldous Huxley
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
44
Kamila Shamsie
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
45
Malorie Blackman
Strumpet City (James Plunkett)
Strumpet City
46
James Plunkett
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
47
Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
48
Harper Lee
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
49
Alan Moore
Unless (Carol Shields)
Unless
50
Carol Shields
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
51
V.S. Naipaul
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
52
John Steinbeck
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
53
J. M. Coetzee
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
54
Charles Dickens
Poor Cow (Nell Dunn)
Poor Cow
55
Nell Dunn
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
56
Alan Sillitoe
The Lonely Passion
The Lonely Passion
57
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
58
Muriel Spark
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
59
Kazuo Ishiguro
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
60
Jean Rhys
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon
61
L.M. Montgomery
Golden Child (Claire Adam)
Golden Child
62
Claire Adam
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
63
Margaret Atwood
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow
64
Swami and Friends (R.K. Narayan)
Swami and Friends
65
R.K. Narayan
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
66
Edna O'Brien
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
67
J.K. Rowling
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
68
S.E. Hinton
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
69
The Twilight Saga
The Twilight Saga
70
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
71
Vikram Seth
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
Ballet Shoes
72
Noel Streatfeild
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
73
Tim Winton
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
74
Stella Gibbons
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
75
Dodie Smith
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
76
George Eliot
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City
77
Armistead Maupin
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
78
E.Annie Proulx
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
79
Anne Brontë
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
The Witches
80
Roald Dahl
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