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MPL 100 Best Novels

Madison Public Library's 100 Best Novels -- their version of the 100 Best Novels from Modern Library as submitted by patrons.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
4
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
9
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
10
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
11
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
12
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
13
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
14
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
16
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
17
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
18
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
19
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
20
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
21
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
22
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
23
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
Willa Cather
24
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
25
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
26
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
27
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
28
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
29
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
30
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver
31
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
32
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
33
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
34
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
35
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
36
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
James Dickey
37
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
E.M. Forster
38
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
John Galsworthy
39
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
40
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
John Irving
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