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The Great British Novels

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's recent list of their Great American Novels. For this list, I'm not abiding by The Atlantic's strict rule that all books are published within the last 100 years (imagine the classics you'd have to leave out!) and thus having no time limit on their publication. I will make another list that does comply with that rule. So, I have 136 novels in chronological order, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself, unlike The Atlantic, is to allow an author only one entry on the list. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but that's a great thing about reading. Enjoy!
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Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
Utopia
1
Sir Thomas More
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
2
John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
3
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
4
Jonathan Swift
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
5
Samuel Richardson
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
6
Henry Fielding
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
7
Jane Austen
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
8
Walter Scott
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
10
Emily Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
11
Anne Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
12
William Thackeray
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
13
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
14
Wilkie Collins
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
15
Charles Dickens
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
16
Lewis Carroll
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
17
George Eliot
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
18
Anthony Trollope
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
19
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tess of the D'ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'ubervilles
20
Thomas Hardy
The Diary of a Nobody (George Grossmith)
The Diary of a Nobody
21
George Grossmith
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
22
H.G. Wells
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
23
Joseph Conrad
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
24
Rudyard Kipling
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
25
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh
26
Samuel Butler
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
27
Arnold Bennett
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
28
Kenneth Grahame
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
29
Ford Madox Ford
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
30
John Buchan
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
31
Rebecca West
My Man Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
My Man Jeeves
32
P. G. Wodehouse
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
33
John Galsworthy
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
34
Elizabeth Von Arnim
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
35
Agatha Christie
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
36
D. H. Lawrence
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
37
Radclyffe Hall
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Huges)
A High Wind in Jamaica
38
Richard Huges
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
39
Arthur Ransome
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
40
Virginia Woolf
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