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Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels

Time Magazine's list description: The average Goodreads member has read 12 out of 100 books on this list — how many have you read?
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
3
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
6
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
7
William Golding
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
9
Joseph Heller
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
10
John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
12
Kurt Vonnegut
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
13
Vladimir Nabokov
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
14
Ken Kesey
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
16
Judy Blume
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
17
Ian McEwan
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
18
Alan Moore
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
20
Chinua Achebe
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
21
Ralph Ellison
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
22
Virginia Woolf
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
23
Toni Morrison
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
24
Jack Kerouac
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
25
Ernest Hemingway
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
26
A.S. Byatt
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
27
Raymond Chandler
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
28
E.M. Forster
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
29
Graves
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
30
Zora Neale Hurston
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
31
William Faulkner
All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
32
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
33
Margaret Atwood
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
34
Richard Wright
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
35
Virginia Woolf
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
36
E.L. Doctorow
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
37
John Fowles
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
38
William Faulkner
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
39
William S. Burroughs
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
40
John Le Carré
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