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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years - Page 4

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 Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
121
Ann Petry
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
122
Vikram Seth
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
123
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
124
Chinua Achebe
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
125
Tim O'Brien
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
126
Jane Smiley
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
127
Harper Lee
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
128
Nevil Shute
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
129
Betty Smith
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
130
Peter Carey
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
131
John Dos Passos
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
132
Richard Adams
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
133
Virginia Woolf
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
134
Zadie Smith
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
135
Jean Rhys
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
136
Hilary Mantel
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