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Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

Listed in chronological order and announced by the Guardian in 2003 (so this predates the Road by Cormac McCarthy!).
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
2
John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
3
Daniel Defoe
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
4
Jonathan Swift
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
5
Henry Fielding
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
6
Samuel Richardson
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
7
Laurence Sterne
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
8
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
9
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
Nightmare Abbey
11
Thomas Love Peacock
The Black Sheep (Honoré De Balzac)
The Black Sheep
12
Honoré De Balzac
The Charterhouse (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse
13
Stendhal
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
14
Alexandre Dumas
Sybil (Benjamin Disraeli)
Sybil
15
Benjamin Disraeli
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
16
Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Bronte
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
19
William Thackeray
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
20
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
21
Herman Melville
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
22
Gustave Flaubert
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
23
Wilkie Collins
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
24
Lewis Carroll
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
25
Louisa May Alcott
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
26
Anthony Trollope
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
27
Leo Tolstoy
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
28
George Eliot
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
29
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
30
Henry James
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
31
Mark Twain
Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
32
Stevenson
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
33
Jerome K. Jerome
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
34
Oscar Wilde
The Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
The Diary of a Nobody
35
George and Weedon Grossmith
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
36
Thomas Hardy
The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
The Riddle of the Sands
37
Erskine Childers
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
38
Jack London
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
39
Joseph Conrad
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
40
Kenneth Grahame
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