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The Great British 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 British 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
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
3
Ian McEwan
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
4
V.S. Naipaul
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Billy Liar
5
Keith Waterhouse
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
6
Sebastian Faulks
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
7
Angela Carter
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower
8
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
9
John Boyne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
11
Monica Ali
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
12
Evelyn Waugh
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
13
Helen Fielding
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
14
Hanif Kureishi
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
15
Louis De Bernières
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
16
Eric Ambler
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places
17
David Lodge
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
18
P.D. James
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
19
Joanne Harris
The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
20
C. S. Lewis
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
21
Anthony Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
22
David Mitchell
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
23
P.G. Wodehouse
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
24
Stella Gibbons
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
25
John Fowles
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
26
J.G. Ballard
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road
27
Iain Banks
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
28
Mark Haddon
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
29
Anthony Powell
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
30
Arthur Koestler
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
31
Josephine Tey
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
32
Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
33
John Wyndham
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
34
Elizabeth Bowen
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
35
Graham Greene
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
36
Michael Ondaatje
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
37
Barbara Pym
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
38
Jasper Fforde
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
39
Ben Okri
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
Fatherland
40
Robert Harris
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