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Radcliffe's Rival 100 Best Novels List

On July 21, 1998, the Radcliffe Publishing Course compiled and released its own list of the 20th century’s Top 100 Novels, at the request of the Modern Library editorial board. Radcliffe's List of the 20th Century's Top 100 Novels is meant to rival Modern Library's List.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
6
James Joyce
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
7
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
8
William Golding
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
10
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
12
John Steinbeck
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
13
E.B. White
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
14
James Joyce
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
16
Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
18
Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
19
William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
20
Ernest Hemingway
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
22
A. A. Milne
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
23
Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
24
Ralph Ellison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
25
Toni Morrison
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
27
Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
28
Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
29
Kurt Vonnegut
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
30
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
31
Jack Kerouac
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
32
Ernest Hemingway
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
33
Jack London
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
34
Virginia Woolf
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Portrait of a Lady
35
Henry James
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
36
James Baldwin
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
37
John Irving
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
38
A Room With a View: E.M. Forster
A Room With a View: E.M. Forster
39
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
40
J.R.R.Tolkien
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