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Writbywhit's Top 100 Novels of All-Time

These are the best fiction books of all-time, according to an aggregate of more than 20 lists focused specifically on fiction books and another 50+ general book lists.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
5
Miguel De Cervantes
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
6
J.R.R. Tolkien
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
9
John Steinbeck
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10
Lewis Carroll
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
11
James Joyce
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
12
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
13
Jane Austen
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
14
Herman Melville
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
15
William Golding
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
16
Emily Bronte
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
17
Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
18
Mark Twain
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
19
J. K. Rowling
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
20
J.R.R. Tolkien
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
21
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
22
Joseph Conrad
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
23
Charlotte Bronte
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
24
Toni Morrison
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
27
Homer
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
28
E. B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
29
C.S. Lewis
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
30
Jack Kerouac
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
31
Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
32
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
33
Charles Dickens
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
34
William Faulkner
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
35
George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
36
Kurt Vonnegut
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
37
Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
38
Ralph Ellison
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
39
Marcel Proust
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
40
Louisa May Alcott
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