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The Great British Novels of the Last 100 Years - Page 3

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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Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies
81
Andrew O'Hagan
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
82
Matt Haig
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
83
Salman Rushdie
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
84
Anna Burns
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone
85
Margaret Drabble
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
86
Winifred Watson
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
87
Martin Amis
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
88
Agatha Christie
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
89
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Mind (Edward St Aubyn)
Never Mind
90
Edward St Aubyn
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
Notes on a Scandal
91
Zoe Heller
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
92
Malorie Blackman
Odd Man Out (F.L. Green)
Odd Man Out
93
F.L. Green
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
94
Jane Gardam
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
95
Nevil Shute
On the Black Hill (Bruce Chatwin)
On the Black Hill
96
Bruce Chatwin
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
97
T. H. White
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Lancashire (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Lancashire
98
Jeanette Winterson
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
99
Virginia Woolf
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
100
Diana Gabaldon
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
101
Rachel Cusk
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
102
Ford Madox Ford
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
103
China Mieville
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
104
Ken Follett
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
105
A.S. Byatt
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
106
Muriel Spark
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
107
Nancy Mitford
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
108
W. Somerset Maugham
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
109
Daphne Du Maurier
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy
110
Pat Barker
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
111
Tom McCarthy
Rogue Male (Geoffrey Household)
Rogue Male
112
Geoffrey Household
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
113
Alan Sillitoe
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
114
Julian Barnes
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
115
Douglas Stuart
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
116
Alex Michaelides
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
117
Christopher Isherwood
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
118
Andrea Levy
Spring (Ali Smith)
Spring
119
Ali Smith
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
120
Arthur Ransome
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