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The Bibliophile's Great European Novels of the Last 100 Years

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's recent list of, in their opinion, the Great American Novels. I've already published a list of what I believe the Great European Novels are, but with no time limit. This list, however, follows The Atlantic's criteria that the books must have been published within the last 100 years. I have 136 novels in this list, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself, which The Atlantic didn't (which is fine - to each their own), is to allow an author only one entry on the list. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but what we love about reading is that we can all agree on how wonderful it is yet have completely different reading interests. Enjoy!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
2
Arthur C. Clarke
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop (Author), Anna Moschovakis (Translator))
At Night All Blood Is Black
4
David Diop (Author), Anna Moschovakis (Translator)
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
5
Jamie O'Neill
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids
6
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
7
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
8
W.G. Sebald
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
9
Ali Smith
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
10
Alfred Döblin
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
11
Sebastian Faulks
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
12
Françoise Sagan
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
13
Fernando Pessoa
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
14
John Boyne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
16
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
17
Ivo Andrić
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
18
Louis De Bernières
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
19
Eric Ambler
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
20
Carlo Levi
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
21
Anthony Burgess
Closely Watched Trains (Bohumil Hrabal)
Closely Watched Trains
22
Bohumil Hrabal
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
23
David Mitchell
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
24
John Fowles
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt
25
Alberto Moravia
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
26
Tove Ditlevsen
Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
Correction
27
Thomas Bernhard
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
28
Edna O'Brien
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
29
J.G. Ballard
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road
30
Iain Banks
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
31
Anthony Powell
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
32
Arthur Koestler
Dictionary of the Khazars (Milorad Pavić)
Dictionary of the Khazars
33
Milorad Pavić
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
34
Harry Mulisch
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
35
Boris Pasternak
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
36
Magda Szabó
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
37
Olga Tokarczuk
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
38
Muriel Barbery
The Elementary Particles (Michel Houellebecq)
The Elementary Particles
39
Michel Houellebecq
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
40
Graham Greene
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