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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years - Page 3

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's 2024 list of their Great American Novels. I've already published lists in response to that and of what I believe the great English-language 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. Enjoy...
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
81
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
82
Eleanor Catton
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
83
John Fowles
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
84
Jeffrey Eugenides
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
85
Salman Rushdie
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
86
Anna Burns
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
87
Martin Amis
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
88
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
89
Jhumpa Lahiri
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
90
William Gibson
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
91
Djuna Barnes
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
92
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
93
Ken Kesey
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
94
Rachel Cusk
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
95
S. E. Hinton
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
96
Richard Powers
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
97
Nella Larsen
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
98
Philip Roth
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
99
A.S. Byatt
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
100
Graham Greene
Rabbit Angstrom Novels (John Updike)
Rabbit Angstrom Novels
101
John Updike
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
102
Somerset Maugham
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
103
Daphne Du Maurier
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy
104
Pat Barker
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
105
Emma Donoghue
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
106
Alex Haley
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
107
Alice Munro
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
108
Thomas Keneally
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
109
Donna Tartt
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
110
Julian Barnes
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
111
Stephen King
Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain: A Novel
112
Douglas Stuart
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
113
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
114
William Faulkner
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
115
John Le Carré
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
116
Emily St. John Mandel
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life
117
Louise Penny
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
118
Carol Shields
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
119
John Williams
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
120
Robert A. Heinlein
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