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Callil and Toibin's 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950

Based on Carmen Callil and Colm Toibin's selections from The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English since 1950
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
1
Saul Bellow
Anecdotes of Destiny (Karen Blixen)
Anecdotes of Destiny
2
Karen Blixen
Angel (Elizabeth Taylor)
Angel
3
Elizabeth Taylor
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
4
Carson McCullers
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
6
Anthony Powell
December Bride (Sam Hanna Bell)
December Bride
7
Sam Hanna Bell
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
8
John Steinbeck
The Echoing Grove
The Echoing Grove
9
The Financial Expert (R.K. Narayan)
The Financial Expert
10
R.K. Narayan
The Flint Anchor (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
The Flint Anchor
11
Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Fountain Overflows
The Fountain Overflows
12
From the Terrace
From the Terrace
13
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
14
James Baldwin
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
15
L.P. Hartley
The Grand Sophy (Georgette Heyer)
The Grand Sophy
16
Georgette Heyer
A Heritage and Its History (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
A Heritage and Its History
17
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
18
Ralph Ellison
A Legacy
A Legacy
19
The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man
20
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
21
Vladimir Nabokov
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
22
Raymond Chandler
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
23
William Golding
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
24
Kingsley Amis
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable
25
Samuel Beckett
A Murder Is Announced (Agatha Christie)
A Murder Is Announced
26
Agatha Christie
My Cousin Rachel (Daphne Du Maurier)
My Cousin Rachel
27
Daphne Du Maurier
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
28
William S. Burroughs
The Natural
The Natural
29
Nothing
Nothing
30
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
31
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
32
Jack Kerouac
Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry
33
The Palm Wine Drinkard
The Palm Wine Drinkard
34
Power Without Glory (Frank Hardy)
Power Without Glory
35
Frank Hardy
Private Life of an Indian Prince (Mulk Raj Anand)
Private Life of an Indian Prince
36
Mulk Raj Anand
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
37
William Gaddis
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
38
Alan Sillitoe
The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Evelyn Waugh)
The Sword of Honour Trilogy
39
Evelyn Waugh
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
40
Patricia Highsmith
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