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The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 - Page 4

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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A Flag for Sunrise (Robert Stone)
A Flag for Sunrise
121
Robert Stone
On the Black Hill (Bruce Chatwin)
On the Black Hill
122
Bruce Chatwin
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
123
Thomas Keneally
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
124
Alice Walker
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
125
Edmund White
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
126
Martin Amis
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
127
J.G. Ballard
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
128
Julian Barnes
In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody
129
Anita Desai
The Children's Bach (Helen Garner)
The Children's Bach
130
Helen Garner
Nation of Fools (Balraj Khanna)
Nation of Fools
131
Balraj Khanna
Machine Dreams (Jayne Anne Phillips)
Machine Dreams
132
Jayne Anne Phillips
Family and Friends (Anita Brookner)
Family and Friends
133
Anita Brookner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
134
Cormac McCarthy
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
135
Larry McMurtry
Black Robe (Brian Moore)
Black Robe
136
Brian Moore
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
137
Jeanette Winterson
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
138
Richard Ford
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
139
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Summons to Memphis (Peter Taylor)
A Summons to Memphis
140
Peter Taylor
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
141
Barbara Vine
Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons)
Ellen Foster
142
Kaye Gibbons
Double Whammy (Carl Hiaasen)
Double Whammy
143
Carl Hiaasen
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
144
Stephen King
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
145
Toni Morrison
In the Skin of the Lion (Michael Ondaatje)
In the Skin of the Lion
146
Michael Ondaatje
The Other Garden and Collected Stories (Francis Wyndham)
The Other Garden and Collected Stories
147
Francis Wyndham
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
148
Peter Carey
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories (Raymond Carver)
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
149
Raymond Carver
Paris Trout (Pete Dexter)
Paris Trout
150
Pete Dexter
The Sugar Mother (Elizabeth Jolley)
The Sugar Mother
151
Elizabeth Jolley
Forty-Seventeen (Frank Moorhouse)
Forty-Seventeen
152
Frank Moorhouse
Ice Candy Man (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Ice Candy Man
153
Bapsi Sidhwa
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
154
Anne Tyler
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
155
Tom Wolfe
The Book of Evidence (John Banville)
The Book of Evidence
156
John Banville
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
157
Oscar Hijuelos
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
158
Amy Tan
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
159
A.S. Byatt
Age of Iron (J.M. Coetzee)
Age of Iron
160
J.M. Coetzee
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