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Markd9528's Consensus Greatest Novels

Read the majority of these 300+ works and you'll be quite well-read as far as novels go.
I've done the drudge work for you by collating these books. They are works that appear repeatedly on different challenges that have titles containing "Greatest Novels" or similar. Of course, by nature, humans never completely agree on anything, but here goes.
NOTES:
--- I've cheated a little bit by including trilogies etc. as a single work.
--- I'm sure some of your favourites don't appear, but I choose on frequency of inclusion on certain lists & not on popularity with readers (other lists cover that area, including one of mine at the link).
--- As you may well know, lots of works that are not novels make it onto novel challenges. Kindly point out any of these works you consider NOT to be novels.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
6
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7
Lewis Carroll
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
8
Robert Penn Warren
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
9
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
10
Henry James
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
11
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
12
Bret Easton Ellis
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
13
Theodore Dreiser
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
14
Agatha Christie
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
15
Wallace Stegner
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
17
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
18
Leo Tolstoy
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
19
John O'Hara
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
20
William Faulkner
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
21
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
22
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
23
W.G. Sebald
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
24
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
25
Sinclair Lewis
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
26
Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
28
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
29
V.S. Naipaul
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
30
Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
31
Raymond Chandler
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
32
Sebastian Faulks
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
33
Charles Dickens
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
34
José Saramago
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
35
Cormac McCarthy
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
36
Tom Wolfe
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
37
Fernando Pessoa
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
38
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
39
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
40
Evelyn Waugh
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