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Superlist: The Top 100 Novels

This is a compilation of twenty-two unique best-of lists of fiction, including Modern Library and TIME.
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
1
J.D. Salinger
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
4
Vladimir Nabokov
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
6
James Joyce
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
7
Harper Lee
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
9
William Faulkner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
10
Toni Morrison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
12
Virginia Woolf
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
13
Jack Kerouac
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
14
Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
16
Ernest Hemingway
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
17
Joseph Conrad
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
18
Salman Rushdie
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
19
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
21
Richard Wright
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
22
E.M. Forster
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
23
Evelyn Waugh
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
24
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
25
James Joyce
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
26
Zora Neale Hurston
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
27
William Faulkner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
28
Carson McCullers
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
29
Anthony Burgess
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
31
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
32
William Faulkner
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
33
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
34
Paul Bowles
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
35
Jane Austen
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
36
Vladimir Nabokov
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
38
Charlotte Brontë
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
39
Margaret Mitchell
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
40
Emily Brontë
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