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The Great English-Language 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 have 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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The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
41
Somerset Maugham
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
42
Evelyn Waugh
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
43
Robert Penn Warren
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
44
Alan Paton
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
45
George Orwell
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
46
Nevil Shute
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
47
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
48
Ralph Ellison
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
49
Saul Bellow
In the Castle of My Skin (George Lamming)
In the Castle of My Skin
50
George Lamming
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
51
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
52
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
53
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
54
Vladimir Nabokov
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
55
James Baldwin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
56
Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
57
Chinua Achebe
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
58
Walter Miller
Rabbit Angstrom Novels (John Updike)
Rabbit Angstrom Novels
59
John Updike
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
60
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
61
Joseph Heller
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
62
Anthony Burgess
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
63
Doris Lessing
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
64
Ken Kesey
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
65
Edna O'Brien
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
66
Frank Herbert
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
67
John Fowles
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
68
Jean Rhys
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
69
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
70
Arthur C. Clarke
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
71
Philip Roth
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
72
Kurt Vonnegut
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
73
Hunter S. Thompson
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
74
J.G. Ballard
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
75
Thomas Pynchon
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
76
Margaret Laurence
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
77
Stephen King
A Bend in the River (V. S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
78
V. S. Naipaul
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
79
Douglas Adams
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
80
Marilynne Robinson
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