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The BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Page 2

In 2019, the BBC published a list of novels selected by a panel of six writers and critics, who had been asked to choose 100 English language novels "that have had an impact on their lives". The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", called the "100 'most inspiring' novels" by BBC News, was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature.
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Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
41
J.K. Rowling
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
42
Phillip Pullman
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
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Kamila Shamsie
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
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Yaa Gyasi
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Arthur Conan Doyle
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
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V.S. Naipaul
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
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Ali Smith
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
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Suzanne Collins
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
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Dodie Smith
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
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Bapsi Sidhwa
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
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Walter Scott
Jack Aubrey Novels (Patrick O'Brian)
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Patrick O'Brian
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Brian Moore)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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Brian Moore
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
54
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
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56
George Eliot
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)
The Moor's Last Sigh
57
Salman Rushdie
Mr. Standfast (John Buchan)
Mr. Standfast
58
John Buchan
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
59
Angela Carter
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
60
Malorie Blackman
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
61
Virginia Woolf
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
62
Margaret Atwood
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
63
Charles Dickens
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
64
S. E. Hinton
The Passion (Jeanette Wintersmith)
The Passion
65
Jeanette Wintersmith
Poor Cow (Nell Dunn)
Poor Cow
66
Nell Dunn
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
67
Jane Austen
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
68
Muriel Spark
Psmith, Journalist (P. G. Wodehouse)
Psmith, Journalist
69
P. G. Wodehouse
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
70
Graham Greene
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
71
Daphne Du Maurier
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
72
Pat Barker
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
73
Mohsin Hamid
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
74
Kazuo Ishiguro
Riders (Jilly Cooper)
Riders
75
Jilly Cooper
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
76
Cormac McCarthy
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
The Sandman
77
Neil Gaiman
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
78
Alan Sillitoe
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
79
Sue Townsend
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
80
Annie Proulx
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