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The Modern Library's TOP 100 English-Language Novels of the Last 100 Years (As of 1998) - Page 2

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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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance (James Dickey)
43
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
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Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley)
Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley)
45
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
46
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
47
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
48
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
49
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
50
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
51
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
52
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
53
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
54
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August (William Faulkner)
55
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
56
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
57
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
58
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
59
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
60
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
61
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
62
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
63
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
64
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
65
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
66
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
67
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
68
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
69
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
70
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
71
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
72
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
73
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
74
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
75
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
76
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
77
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
78
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
79
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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