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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
1
Ernest Hemingway
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
2
Doris Lessing
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
3
Angela Carter
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
4
D.H. Lawrence
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
5
Cormac McCarthy
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Never Mind (Edward St Aubyn)
Never Mind
7
Edward St Aubyn
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
9
Elizabeth Bowen
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
10
Elizabeth Strout
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
11
Tom Wolfe
The Power and the Glory (Greene, Graham)
The Power and the Glory
12
Greene, Graham
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
13
Patricia Highsmith
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
14
Hilary Mantel
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
15
Sylvia Plath
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
16
Alice Walker
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
17
Ian McEwan
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
18
V. S. Naipaul
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
19
Penelope Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
21
Marilynne Robinson
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
22
J. M. Coetzee
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
23
Arundhati Roy
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
24
Vikram Seth
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
25
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
26
Kazuo Ishiguro
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
27
Marilynne Robinson
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
28
E.M. Forster
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
29
Margaret Atwood
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
30
James Baldwin
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
31
Virginia Woolf
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
32
Chinua Achebe
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
33
George Orwell
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
34
Virginia Woolf
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
35
Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
36
Toni Morrison
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
37
Muriel Spark
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
38
Salman Rushdie
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
39
Jean Rhys
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
40
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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