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The 100 Greatest Novels (Guardian Readers) - Page 2

The 100 greatest novels of all time as voted by Guardian Readers.
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
41
Marcel Proust
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
42
D.H. Lawrence
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
43
Ford Madox Ford
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
44
John Buchan
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
45
James Joyce
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
46
Virginia Woolf
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
47
E.M. Forster
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
48
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
49
Franz Kafka
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
50
Ernest Hemingway
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
51
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
52
William Faulkner
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
53
Aldous Huxley
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
54
Evelyn Waugh
U.S.A: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
U.S.A: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
55
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
56
Raymond Chandler
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
57
Nancy Mitford
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
58
Albert Camus
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell - 1949)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
59
George Orwell - 1949
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
60
Samuel Beckett
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
61
J.D. Salinger
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
62
Flannery O'Connor
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
63
E.B. White
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
64
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon)
Lucky Jim
65
Jim Dixon
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
66
William Golding
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
67
Graham Greene
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
68
Jack Kerouac
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
69
Vladimir Nabokov
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
70
Günter Grass
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
71
Chinua Achebe
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
72
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
73
Harper Lee
Catch 22 (Τζόζεφ Χέλερ)
Catch 22
74
Τζόζεφ Χέλερ
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
75
Saul Bellow
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
76
Gabriel García Márquez
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
77
Elizabeth Taylor
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carre)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
78
John Le Carre
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
79
Toni Morrison
The Bottle Factory Outing (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Bottle Factory Outing
80
Beryl Bainbridge
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