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Time's List of the 100 Best Novels (Last Update July 2020) - Page 2

Time's List of the 100 Best Novels is an unranked list of the 100 best novels published in the English language between 1923 and 2005. The list includes only novels published between 1923 (when Time was first published) and 2005 (when the list was compiled).
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
41
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
42
Graham Greene
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
43
Saul Bellow
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
44
Marilynne Robinson
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
45
V. S. Naipaul
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
46
Robert Graves
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
47
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
48
Ralph Ellison
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
49
William Faulkner
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis, C.S.)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
50
Lewis, C.S.
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
51
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
52
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
53
J. R. R. Tolkien
Loving
Loving
54
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
55
Kinglsey Amis
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
56
Salman Rushdie
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
57
Christina Stead
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
58
Martin Amis
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
59
Walker Percy
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
60
Virginia Woolf
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
61
William S. Burroughs
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
62
Richard Wright
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
63
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
64
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
65
George Orwell
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
67
Ken Kesey
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
68
Jerzy Kosinski
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
69
Vladimir Nabokov
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
70
E.M. Forster
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
71
Joan Didion
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
72
Philip Roth
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
73
A.S. Byatt
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
74
Graham Greene
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
75
Muriel Spark
Rabbit, Run (John Apdike)
Rabbit, Run
76
John Apdike
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
77
E.L. Doctorow
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
78
William Gaddis
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
79
Dashiell Hammett
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
80
Richard Yates
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