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The Top 100 Novels: The Complete List

"Following .... are my choices for the top 100 Novels of All-Time, the list I would recommend to anyone who says, 'I'm looking for a good book to read'." (nighthawk4486, 2013)
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
1
William Faulkner
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
2
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
3
James Joyce
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
4
Albert Camus
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
6
Franz Kafka
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
7
James Joyce
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
8
Joseph Conrad
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
9
Gabriel García Márquez
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
11
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
12
William Faulkner
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
13
Salman Rushdie
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
17
George Orwell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
19
William Faulkner
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
20
Charlotte Brontë
The Ghost Writer (Philip Roth)
The Ghost Writer
21
Philip Roth
Arabella Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
Arabella Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
22
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
23
Vladimir Nabokov
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
24
Sherwood Anderson
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
25
Haruki Murakami
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
26
Hunter S. Thompson
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
27
William Faulkner
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
28
J.D. Salinger
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
29
Virginia Woolf
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
30
Richard Wright
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
31
Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
32
William Golding
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
33
John Irving
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
34
Michael Chabon
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
35
Charles Dickens
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
36
Saul Bellow
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
37
Kurt Vonnegut
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
38
John Kennedy Toole
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
39
Philip Roth
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
40
William Styron
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