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Time Magazine's List of the 100 Best Novels

A list of the best novels published in the English language between 1923 and 2005, compiled by critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
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The Adventures of Augie March (Augie March)
The Adventures of Augie March
1
Augie March
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
2
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
3
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
4
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
6
John O'Hara
Are You There God?  It's Me, Margaret (New Jersey)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (New Jersey)
7
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
8
Bernard Malamud
At-Swim-Two-Birds
At-Swim-Two-Birds
9
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
11
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories
12
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
13
Raymond Chandler
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
14
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
15
Cormac McCarthy
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
16
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
17
Thornton Wilder
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
18
Henry Roth
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
19
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
21
Anthony Burgess
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
22
William Styron
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
23
Jonathan Franzen
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
24
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
25
Anthony Powell
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
26
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
27
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
28
James Agee
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
29
Elizabeth Bowen
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
30
James Dickey
Dog Soldiers (Robert Stone)
Dog Soldiers
31
Robert Stone
Falconer
Falconer
32
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
33
John Fowles
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
34
Doris Lessing
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
35
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
36
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
37
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
38
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
40
Evelyn Waugh
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