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Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939

Based on the list in the Anthony Burgess book called "Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice."
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Party Going
Party Going
1
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
2
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
3
James Joyce
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
4
Flann O'Brien
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
5
Graham Greene
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6
Ernest Hemingway
Strangers and Brothers (C. P. Snow)
Strangers and Brothers
7
C. P. Snow
The Aerodrome
The Aerodrome
8
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
9
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
10
W. Somerset Maugham
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
11
Evelyn Waugh
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
12
Mervyn Peake
Saul Bellow: The Victim
Saul Bellow: The Victim
13
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
14
Malcolm Lowry
The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Heat of the Day
15
Elizabeth Bowen
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
16
Graham Greene
Ape and Essence (Aldous Huxley)
Ape and Essence
17
Aldous Huxley
No Highway (Nevil Shute)
No Highway
18
Nevil Shute
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
19
Norman Mailer
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
20
George Orwell
The Body (William Sansom)
The Body
21
William Sansom
Scenes Fromprovincial Life (William Cooper)
Scenes Fromprovincial Life
22
William Cooper
The Disenchanted (Budd Schulberg)
The Disenchanted
23
Budd Schulberg
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
24
Anthony Powell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
25
J.D. Salinger
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (Henry Williamson)
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight
26
Henry Williamson
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
27
Herman Wouk
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
28
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
29
Ernest Hemingway
The Groves of Academe (Mary McCarthy)
The Groves of Academe
30
Mary McCarthy
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
31
Flannery O'Connor
The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Evelyn Waugh)
The Sword of Honour Trilogy
32
Evelyn Waugh
Raymond Chandler : The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler : The Long Goodbye
33
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
34
Kingsley Amis
Room at the Top
Room at the Top
35
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
36
Lawrence Durrell
The London Novels (Colin Macinnes)
The London Novels
37
Colin Macinnes
The Assistant
The Assistant
38
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
39
Iris Murdoch
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
40
Alan Sillitoe
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