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The Best Books: The Top 100 Novels of All Time - Page 2

A contemporary list, with an international flavour and a respect for the classics, The Best Books: Top 100 Novels of All Time list contains many of the great works of fiction you'd expect, but with a few surprises to add a little spice to the collection.
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Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
Red Sorghum
41
Mo Yan
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
42
Naguib Mahfouz
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
43
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
44
Günter Grass
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
45
Doris Lessing
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
46
Gustave Flaubert
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
47
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
48
William Golding
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
49
Charlotte Bronte
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
50
Muriel Spark
The Conservationist (Nadine Gordimer)
The Conservationist
51
Nadine Gordimer
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
52
Fernando Pessoa
The Silent Cry (Kenzaburo Oe)
The Silent Cry
53
Kenzaburo Oe
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
54
Chinua Achebe
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
55
Erich Maria Remarque
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
56
Milan Kundera
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
57
Salman Rushdie
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
58
Peter Carey
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
59
Oscar Wilde
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
60
Hilary Mantel
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
61
Orhan Pamuk
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
62
Ralph Ellison
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
63
John Dos Passos
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
64
James Baldwin
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
65
Hermann Hesse
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
66
Cormac McCarthy
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
67
Richard Yates
Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
Gate of the Sun
68
Elias Khoury
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
69
Angela Carter
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
70
Philip Roth
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
71
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
72
Bernardine Evaristo
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Home and the World
73
Rabindranath Tagore
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
74
Iris Murdoch
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
75
J.G. Farrell
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
76
Arundhati Roy
No One Sleeps in Alexandria (Ibrahim Abdel Meguid)
No One Sleeps in Alexandria
77
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
78
Ian McEwan
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
79
Penelope Fitzgerald
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana (Carlo Emilio Gadda)
That Awful Mess on the via Merulana
80
Carlo Emilio Gadda
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