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Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (Readers' List)

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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
1
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
2
Ayn Rand
Battlefield Earth (L. Ron Hubbard)
Battlefield Earth
3
L. Ron Hubbard
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
7
Ayn Rand
We the Living
We the Living
8
Mission Earth Series
Mission Earth Series
9
Fear
Fear
10
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
11
James Joyce
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
14
Frank Herbert
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
15
Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
16
Robert A. Heinlein
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
17
Nevil Shute
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
18
Aldous Huxley
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
19
J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
20
George Orwell
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
21
Thomas Pynchon
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
23
Kurt Vonnegut
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
24
Margaret Mitchell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
25
William Golding
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
26
Jack Schaefer
Trustee From the Toolroom
Trustee From the Toolroom
27
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
28
John Irving
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
29
Stephen King
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
30
John Fowles
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
31
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros
32
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
33
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
34
Vladimir Nabokov
Moonheart
Moonheart
35
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
36
William Faulkner
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
37
W. Somerset Maugham
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
38
Flannery O'Connor
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
39
Malcolm Lowry
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
40
Robertson Davies
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