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Robert McCrum's 100 Best Novels Written in English - Page 2

100 novels selected by Robert McCrum of theguardian.com and published on August 17 2015
Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer. He was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber. He is the co-author of The Story of English (1986), and has written six novels. He was the literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2008, and has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1990
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
41
Ford Madox Ford
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
42
John Buchan
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
43
D.H. Lawrence
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
44
W. Somerset Maugham
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
45
Edith Wharton
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
46
James Joyce
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
47
Sinclair Lewis
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
48
E.M. Forster
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
49
Anita Loos
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
50
Virginia Woolf
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
51
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolly Willowes (Sylvia Townsend)
Lolly Willowes
52
Sylvia Townsend
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
53
Ernest Hemingway
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
54
Dashiell Hammett
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
55
William Faulkner
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
56
Aldous Huxley
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
57
Stella Gibbons
Nineteen Nineteen (John Dos Passos)
Nineteen Nineteen
58
John Dos Passos
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
59
Henry Miller
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
60
Evelyn Waugh
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
61
Samuel Beckett
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
62
Raymond Chandler
Party Going (Henry Green)
Party Going
63
Henry Green
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
64
Flann O'Brien
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
65
John Steinbeck
Joy in the Morning (P. G. Wodehouse)
Joy in the Morning
66
P. G. Wodehouse
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
67
Robert Penn Warren
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
68
Malcolm Lowry
The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Heat of the Day
69
Elizabeth Bowen
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
70
George Orwell
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
71
Graham Greene
The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
72
J. D. Salinger
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
73
Saul Bellow
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
74
William Golding
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
75
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
76
Jack Kerouac
Voss (Patrick White)
Voss
77
Patrick White
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
78
Harper Lee
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
79
Muriel Spark
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
80
Joseph Heller
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