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The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 - Page 2

This list is derived from the book 'The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950' by Colm Tóibín & Carmen Callil.
NOTE: Item 111 should be "The Transit of Venus" by Shirley Hazzard.
The list AFAIK was last published in 2015, but I think it deserves to be unleashed again because some of our newer users may not have come across it. Also IMHO my version is an improvement because it is ordered by publication date (as in the source book), includes all 202 works & the icons I have made/used feature the author's name.
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Anecdotes of Destiny (Isak Dinesen)
Anecdotes of Destiny
41
Isak Dinesen
From the Terrace (John O'Hara)
From the Terrace
42
John O'Hara
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
43
Alan Sillitoe
Naked Lunch (William Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
44
William Burroughs
A Heritage and Its History (Ivy Compton-Burnett)
A Heritage and Its History
45
Ivy Compton-Burnett
The Little Disturbances of Man (Grace Paley)
The Little Disturbances of Man
46
Grace Paley
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
47
Harper Lee
The Balkan Trilogy (Olivia Manning)
The Balkan Trilogy
48
Olivia Manning
The Rabbit Quartet (John Updike)
The Rabbit Quartet
49
John Updike
Jeeves in the Offing (P.G. Wodehouse)
Jeeves in the Offing
50
P.G. Wodehouse
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
51
Joseph Heller
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
52
V.S. Naipaul
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
53
Muriel Spark
Riders in the Chariot (Patrick White)
Riders in the Chariot
54
Patrick White
That's How It Was (Maureen Duffy)
That's How It Was
55
Maureen Duffy
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
56
William Faulkner
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
57
Doris Lessing
The Lonely Girl (Edna O'Brien)
The Lonely Girl
58
Edna O'Brien
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
59
Katherine Anne Porter
The Little Girls (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Little Girls
60
Elizabeth Bowen
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
61
John Le Carré
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
62
Mary McCarthy
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
63
Sylvia Plath
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
64
Saul Bellow
Heartland (Wilson Harris)
Heartland
65
Wilson Harris
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
66
Hubert Selby Jr.
Memoirs of a Peon (Frank Sargeson)
Memoirs of a Peon
67
Frank Sargeson
The Interpreters (Wole Soyinka)
The Interpreters
68
Wole Soyinka
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
69
John Fowles
A Jest of God (Margaret Laurence)
A Jest of God
70
Margaret Laurence
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
71
Jean Rhys
The Jewel in the Crown (Paul Scott)
The Jewel in the Crown
72
Paul Scott
Cotters' England (Christina Stead)
Cotters' England
73
Christina Stead
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
74
William Styron
A Grain of Wheat (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
75
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (William H. Gass)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
76
William H. Gass
The Nice and the Good (Iris Murdoch)
The Nice and the Good
77
Iris Murdoch
The Unfortunates (B.S. Johnson)
The Unfortunates
78
B.S. Johnson
Happiness and Other Stories (Mary Lavin)
Happiness and Other Stories
79
Mary Lavin
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
80
Mario Puzo
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