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Best Novels of the 20th Century

How many of the greatest novels of the 20th century have you read? Test your knowledge by checking this comprehensive list of 200 novels from writers of all geographies.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
2
Marcel Proust
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
3
Robert Musil
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
4
Franz Kafka
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
5
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
6
William Faulkner
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
7
Thomas Mann
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
8
Albert Camus
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
9
Virginia Woolf
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
10
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
11
William Faulkner
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
12
Mikhail Bulgakov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
13
Vladimir Nabokov
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
14
Samuel Beckett
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
15
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
16
Günter Grass
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
18
Mikhail Sholokhov
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
19
Franz Kafka
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
20
Berlin-Alexanderplatz
Berlin-Alexanderplatz
21
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
22
Julio Cortazar
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
23
Thomas Pynchon
Nostromo
Nostromo
24
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
25
Joseph Heller
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
26
Hermann Broch
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
27
Juan Rulfo
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
28
Virginia Woolf
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
29
Henry James
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
30
Gabriel García Márquez
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
31
James Joyce
Petersburg
Petersburg
32
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
33
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
34
Confessions of Zeno
Confessions of Zeno
35
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
36
Thomas Mann
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
37
Ralph Ellison
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
38
João Guimarães Rosa
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe
39
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
40
Umberto Eco
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