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The Great British Novels - Page 2

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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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
41
Aldous Huxley
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
42
Stella Gibbons
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
43
Robert Graves
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
44
Dorothy L. Sayers
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
45
Eric Ambler
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
46
Elizabeth Bowen
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
47
Winifred Watson
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
48
Daphne Du Maurier
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
49
Richard Llewellyn
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
50
Arthur Koestler
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
51
Graham Greene
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
52
Evelyn Waugh
Loving (Henry Green)
Loving
53
Henry Green
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
54
Nancy Mitford
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
55
Somerset Maugham
Odd Man Out (F.L. Green)
Odd Man Out
56
F.L. Green
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
57
Malcolm Lowry
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
58
Dodie Smith
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
59
George Orwell
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
60
Alan Sillitoe
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
61
John Wyndham
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
62
Barbara Pym
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
63
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
64
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
65
Kingsley Amis
The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
66
C. S. Lewis
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
67
Nevil Shute
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
68
T. H. White
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
69
Laurie Lee
This Sporting Life (David Storey)
This Sporting Life
70
David Storey
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
71
V.S. Naipaul
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
72
Muriel Spark
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
73
Anthony Burgess
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
74
Doris Lessing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
75
Roald Dahl
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
76
John Fowles
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone
77
Margaret Drabble
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
78
Arthur C. Clarke
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
79
E.M. Forster
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
80
Richard Adams
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