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The Best 100 Novels

We asked people to choose the best 100 novels of all time. We then awarded one point to each top ten vote and entered them all into a database. We simply took the top 100 novels and put them on the list.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
4
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
7
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
11
Charlotte Brontë
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
12
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
14
Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
15
Emily Brontë
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
16
Alexandre Dumas
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
17
Aldous Huxley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
19
William Golding
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
20
James Joyce
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
21
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
22
Charles Dickens
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
24
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
25
Kurt Vonnegut
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
26
John Steinbeck
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
27
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
28
J.K. Rowling
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
29
Mark Twain
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
31
Miguel De Cervantes
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
32
Ayn Rand
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
33
John Steinbeck
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
34
Ayn Rand
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
35
Anthony Burgess
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
36
Khaled Hosseini
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
37
C.S. Lewis
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
38
Oscar Wilde
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
39
Douglas Adams
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
40
Mary Shelley
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