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The Guardian - 100 Best Novels

After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at his list:
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The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
1
John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
2
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
3
Jonathan Swift
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
4
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
5
Henry Fielding
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
6
Laurence Sterne
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
8
Mary Shelley
Nightmare Abbey (Thomas Love Peacock)
Nightmare Abbey
9
Thomas Love Peacock
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
10
Edgar Allan Poe
Sybil (Benjamin Disraeli)
Sybil
11
Benjamin Disraeli
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
12
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
13
Emily Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
14
William Makepeace Thackeray
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
15
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
17
Herman Melville
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
18
Lewis Carroll
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
19
Wilkie Collins
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
20
Louisa May Alcott
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
21
George Eliot
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
22
Anthony Trollope
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
23
Mark Twain
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
25
Jerome K. Jerome
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
26
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
27
Oscar Wilde
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
28
George Gissing
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
29
Thomas Hardy
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
30
Stephen Crane
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
31
Bram Stoker
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
33
Theodore Dreiser
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
34
Rudyard Kipling
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
35
Jack London
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
36
Henry James
Hadrian the Seventh
Hadrian the Seventh
37
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
38
Kenneth Grahame
The History of Mr Polly
The History of Mr Polly
39
Zuleika Dobson
Zuleika Dobson
40
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