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Best Fiction Books in English (1900- ) - Page 2

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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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
41
Doris Lessing
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
42
James Baldwin
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
43
Ford Madox Ford
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
44
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
45
Thomas Pynchon
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
46
Evelyn Waugh
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
47
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
48
Graham Greene
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
49
Saul Bellow
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
50
Richard Hughes
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
51
Marilynne Robinson
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
52
V.S. Naipaul
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
53
E. M. Forster
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
54
Robert Graves
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
55
Truman Capote
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
56
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
57
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
58
William Kennedy
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
59
Rudyard Kipling
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
60
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
61
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
62
Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
63
William Golding
Henry Green: Loving
Henry Green: Loving
64
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
65
Kingsley Amis
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
66
Booth Tarkington
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
67
John Fowles
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
68
Sinclair Lewis
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
69
Christina Stead
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
70
Salman Rushdie
Money by Martin Amis
Money by Martin Amis
71
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
72
Walker Percy
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
73
Virginia Woolf
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
74
Norman Mailer
Naked Lunch (By William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch (By William S. Burroughs)
75
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
76
Richard Wright
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
77
Kazuo Ishiguro
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
78
W Somerset Maugham
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
79
Arnold Bennett
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
80
Nevil Shute
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