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The Best Novel of Each Year Since 1900 - Page 2

After reviewing all major books published each year since 1900, below I've listed the best book published each year since then. There are some years that have books that are much better than the best book in other years - that's just life, though. For your reference, 11, 21, 31 etc. are the beginnings of each decade, i.e. 1910, 1920, 1930 etc.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
41
Ernest Hemingway
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
42
C.S. Lewis
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
43
Albert Camus
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
44
Betty Smith
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
45
Jorge Luis Borges
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
46
George Orwell
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
47
Robert Penn Warren
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
48
Thomas Mann
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
49
Alan Paton
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
50
George Orwell
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
51
Isaac Asimov
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
52
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
53
Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
54
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
55
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
56
J.R.R. Tolkien
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
57
James Baldwin
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
58
Boris Pasternak
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
59
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
60
Walter Miller
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
61
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
62
Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
63
Ken Kesey
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
64
Julio Cortazar
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
65
Clarice Lispector
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
66
Frank Herbert
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
67
Daniel Keyes
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
68
Mikhail Bulgakov
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
69
Arthur C. Clarke
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
70
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
71
Toni Morrison
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
72
Wallace Stegner
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
73
Hunter S. Thompson
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
74
Thomas Pynchon
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
75
John Le Carré
JR (William Gaddis)
JR
76
William Gaddis
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
77
Alex Haley
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
78
Stephen King
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
79
John Irving
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
80
Douglas Adams
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