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The Modern Library's TOP 100 English-Language Novels of the Last 100 Years (As of 1998)

The Modern Library used a number of metrics to vote on the 100 best English language-novels for, effectively, the years 1899-1998. The list is in order of rank, with Ulysses being voted the best English-language novel of that period.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
3
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
4
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
6
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
7
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
8
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
9
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
10
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
11
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
12
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
13
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
14
I, Claudius
I, Claudius
15
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
16
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser, 1925)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser, 1925)
17
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
18
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
19
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
20
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
21
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
22
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
23
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
24
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
25
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
26
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
27
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
28
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
29
The Studs Lonigan Trilogy (James T. Farrell)
The Studs Lonigan Trilogy (James T. Farrell)
30
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
31
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
32
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
33
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
34
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
35
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
36
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
37
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
38
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
39
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
40
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
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