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Best Fiction Books in English (1900- )

120+ Best Fiction Books in English (1900- ). Mostly a combination of Modern Library's, BBC's and TIME's respective lists.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
2
Anthony Burgess
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
3
Lawrence Durrell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
4
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
5
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
6
Theodore Dreiser
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
7
Wallace Stegner
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
9
John O'Hara
The Assistant
The Assistant
10
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
11
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
12
Ian McEwan
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
13
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
14
V.S. Naipaul
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories
15
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
16
Raymond Chandler
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
17
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
18
Cormac McCarthy
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
19
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
20
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
21
Henry Roth
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
22
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
23
J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
24
Alice Walker
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
25
William Styron
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
26
Thomas Pynchon
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
27
Arthur Koestler
A Dance to the Music of Time (Series)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Series)
28
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
29
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
30
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
31
James Agee
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
32
Elizabeth Bowen
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
33
James Dickey
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers
34
Falconer
Falconer
35
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
36
Robertson Davies
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
37
Ayn Rand
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
38
John Fowles
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
39
James Jones
The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
40
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