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The 20 Best Novels of All Time

The literary tradition would look very different without these novels. Each has moved the form forwards, changing the way we think. This is The Telegraph's 20 best novels of all time
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Tale of Genji: A Reader's Guide (William J. Puette)
Tale of Genji: A Reader's Guide
1
William J. Puette
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
2
John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
3
Daniel Defoe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
4
Herman Melville
Therese Raquin (Emile Zola)
Therese Raquin
5
Emile Zola
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
6
Leo Tolstoy
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
7
George Eliot
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
8
George Gissing
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
9
James Joyce
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
10
Marcel Proust
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Party Going
Party Going
12
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
13
Ralph Ellison
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
14
Chinua Achebe
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
15
Edna O'Brien
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
16
Doris Lessing
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
17
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
18
W.G. Sebald
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
19
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
20
Sally Rooney
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