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Guardian and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Combined Lists

Two separate attempts by writers and critics at making a literary canon for English-language readers - now merged together.
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120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
1
Marquis De Sade
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
3
Haruki Murakami
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
4
Arthur C. Clarke
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
5
Roberto Bolaño
52 Pickup
52 Pickup
6
Aaron's Rod
Aaron's Rod
7
The Abbot C
The Abbot C
8
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
9
William Faulkner
The Absentee
The Absentee
10
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
11
Colin Macinnes
The Accidental
The Accidental
12
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
13
Anne Tyler
According to Queeney
According to Queeney
14
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
15
George Eliot
Adjunct an Undigest
Adjunct an Undigest
16
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
17
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
18
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
19
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
20
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
21
The Adventures of Gil Blas
The Adventures of Gil Blas
22
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
23
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
24
The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random
25
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
26
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
27
Mark Twain
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
28
Aesop
Affinity
Affinity
29
The African Queen
The African Queen
30
After London; Or, Wild England
After London; Or, Wild England
31
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
32
Haruki Murakami
Afternoon Men
Afternoon Men
33
The Afternoon of a Writer
The Afternoon of a Writer
34
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
35
Thomas Pynchon
Against the Grain
Against the Grain
36
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
37
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
38
Anne Brontë
Air
Air
39
Alain De Botton: On Love
Alain De Botton: On Love
40
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