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Goodreads' Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time - Page 3

That's "literary" as in "not classifiable by genre." Sure, you can call "Pride and Prejudice" chick-lit, but that's probably not what Jane Austen was intending.
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The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
81
John Barth
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs
82
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
83
William Gaddis
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
84
V.S. Naipaul
Jazz by Toni Morrison
Jazz by Toni Morrison
85
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
86
Oliver Goldsmith
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
87
Murasaki Shikibu
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
88
Mason and Dixon
Mason and Dixon
89
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
90
Saul Bellow
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
91
JR
JR
92
1919
1919
93
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
94
Hermann Broch
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
95
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
96
Margaret Laurence
Darconville's Cat
Darconville's Cat
97
Meditation on Space-Time
Meditation on Space-Time
98
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer
99
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
100
Samuel Beckett
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