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Modern Library: 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 - Page 4

The authors have chosen the 200 books since 1950 that they consider to be the best. It includes some familiar names and some surprises. Witty and controversial, their aim is to encourage reading.
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
121
Marilynne Robinson
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
122
John Kennedy Toole
Puffball (Fay Weldon)
Puffball
123
Fay Weldon
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
124
Alasdair Gray
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
125
Thomas Harris
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
126
Salman Rushdie
A Flag for Sunrise (Robert Stone)
A Flag for Sunrise
127
Robert Stone
On the Black Hill
On the Black Hill
128
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
129
Thomas Keneally
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
130
Alice Walker
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
131
Edmund White
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
132
Martin Amis
Empire of the Sun (J. G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
133
J. G. Ballard
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
134
Julian Barnes
In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody
135
Anita Desai
The Children's Bach (Helen Garner)
The Children's Bach
136
Helen Garner
Nation of Fools (Balraj Khanna)
Nation of Fools
137
Balraj Khanna
Machine Dreams
Machine Dreams
138
Family and Friends (Anita Brookner)
Family and Friends
139
Anita Brookner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
140
Cormac McCarthy
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
141
Larry McMurtry
Black Robe (Brian Moore)
Black Robe
142
Brian Moore
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
143
Jeanette Winterson
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
144
Richard Ford
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
145
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis
146
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
147
Barbara Vine
Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons)
Ellen Foster
148
Kaye Gibbons
Double Whammy (Carl Hiaasen)
Double Whammy
149
Carl Hiaasen
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
150
Stephen King
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
151
Toni Morrison
In the Skin of a Lion (Michael Ondaatje)
In the Skin of a Lion
152
Michael Ondaatje
The Other Garden (Francis Wyndham)
The Other Garden
153
Francis Wyndham
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
154
Peter Carey
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
155
Paris Trout
Paris Trout
156
The Sugar Mother (Elizabeth Jolley)
The Sugar Mother
157
Elizabeth Jolley
Forty-Seventeen (Frank Moorhouse)
Forty-Seventeen
158
Frank Moorhouse
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Ice Candy Man
159
Bapsi Sidhwa
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
160
Anne Tyler
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