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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
41
William Golding
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
42
James Dickey
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
43
Anthony Powell
Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley)
Point Counter Point
44
Aldous Huxley
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
45
Ernest Hemingway
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
46
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
47
Joseph Conrad
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
48
D.H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
49
D. H. Lawrence
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
50
Henry Miller
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
51
Norman Mailer
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
52
Philip Roth
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
53
Vladimir Nabokov
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
54
William Faulkner
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
55
Jack Kerouac
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
56
Dashiell Hammett
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
57
Ford Madox Ford
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
58
Edith Wharton
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson
59
Max Beerbohm
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
60
Walker Percy
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
61
Willa Cather
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
62
James Jones
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
63
John Cheever
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
64
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
65
Anthony Burgess
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
66
W. Somerset Maugham
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
67
Joseph Conrad
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
68
Sinclair Lewis
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
69
Edith Wharton
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
70
Lawrence Durrell
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
71
Richard Hughes
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
72
V.S. Naipaul
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
73
Nathanael West
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
74
Ernest Hemingway
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
75
Evelyn Waugh
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
76
Muriel Spark
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
77
James Joyce
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
78
Rudyard Kipling
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
79
E.M. Forster
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
80
Evelyn Waugh
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