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Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 - Page 2

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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The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
41
T.H. White
The Mansion
The Mansion
42
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
43
Ian Fleming
Facial Justice (L. P. Hartley)
Facial Justice
44
L. P. Hartley
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
45
The Mighty and Their Fall (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
The Mighty and Their Fall
46
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
47
Joseph Heller
The Fox in the Attic (Richard Hughes)
The Fox in the Attic
48
Richard Hughes
Riders in the Chariot
Riders in the Chariot
49
The Old Men at the Zoo
The Old Men at the Zoo
50
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
51
James Baldwin
Island
Island
52
An Error of Judgement (Pamela Hansford Johnson)
An Error of Judgement
53
Pamela Hansford Johnson
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
54
Doris Lessing
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
55
Vladimir Nabokov
The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
The Girls of Slender Means
56
Muriel Spark
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire
57
William Golding
Heartland (Wilson Harris)
Heartland
58
Wilson Harris
A Single Man
A Single Man
59
The Defense (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Defense
60
Vladimir Nabokov
Late Call (Angus Willson)
Late Call
61
Angus Willson
The Lockwood Concern (John O'Hara)
The Lockwood Concern
62
John O'Hara
The Mandelbaum Gate (Muriel Spark)
The Mandelbaum Gate
63
Muriel Spark
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
64
Chinua Achebe
The Anti-Death League (Kingsley Amis)
The Anti-Death League
65
Kingsley Amis
Giles Goat-Boy
Giles Goat-Boy
66
The Late Bourgeois World (Nadine Gordimer)
The Late Bourgeois World
67
Nadine Gordimer
The Last Gentleman (Walker Percy)
The Last Gentleman
68
Walker Percy
The Vendor of Sweets
The Vendor of Sweets
69
The Image Men (J. B. Priestley)
The Image Men
70
J. B. Priestley
Cocksure (Mordecai Richler)
Cocksure
71
Mordecai Richler
Pavane (Keith Roberts)
Pavane
72
Keith Roberts
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
73
John Fowles
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
74
Philip Roth
Bomber
Bomber
75
Sweet Dreams (Michael Frayn)
Sweet Dreams
76
Michael Frayn
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
77
Thomas Pynchon
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
78
Saul Bellow
The History Man
The History Man
79
Falstaff (Robert Nye)
Falstaff
80
Robert Nye
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