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The Bibliophile's Great European Novels of the Last 100 Years - Page 2

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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The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
41
Michael Ondaatje
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
42
Albert Camus
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
43
James Joyce
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
44
George R.R. Martin
The German Lesson (Siegfried Lenz)
The German Lesson
45
Siegfried Lenz
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
46
Stieg Larsson
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
47
Hermann Hesse
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
48
Doris Lessing
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
Good Omens
49
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Half Brother (Lars Saabye Christensen)
The Half Brother
50
Lars Saabye Christensen
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
51
Maggie O'farrell
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
52
J.K. Rowling
A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
53
Javier Marías
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
54
Phillip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
55
Douglas Adams
Homo Faber (Max Frisch)
Homo Faber
56
Max Frisch
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
57
Anita Brookner
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
58
Arthur Conan Doyle
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
59
Robert Graves
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
60
Italo Calvino
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
61
Primo Levi
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
62
Marcel Proust
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
63
Tana French
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
64
Halldór Laxness
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
65
V.E. Schwab
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
66
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Jules Et Jim (Henri-Pierre Roché)
Jules Et Jim
67
Henri-Pierre Roché
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter
68
Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
69
D.H. Lawrence
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
70
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
71
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
72
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Lie With Me (Philippe Besson)
Lie With Me
73
Philippe Besson
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
74
Kate Atkinson
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman)
Life and Fate
75
Vasily Grossman
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
76
Georges Perec
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
77
Alan Hollinghurst
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
78
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
79
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
80
Heinrich Böll
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