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State of the Nation (Part 6 of 'The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read')

"All the books listed here address social questions or political changes - they think about the way we live now. These books are about the state of nations in every continent, and they prove that the best fiction isn't lofty and interior, set apart from contemporary reality, but is about facts and ideas and what's happening in the world." (Guardian)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah
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London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
Martin Amis
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Untouchable (Mulk Raj Anand)
Untouchable
Mulk Raj Anand
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
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La Comedie Humaine
La Comedie Humaine
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They Were Counted
They Were Counted
8
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving
9
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
10
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn
11
Clayhanger
Clayhanger
12
The Last September
The Last September
13
Room at the Top
Room at the Top
14
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season
15
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
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Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
17
The Virgin in the Garden (A.S. Byatt)
The Virgin in the Garden
A.S. Byatt
18
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
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The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
The Kingdom of This World
Alejo Carpentier
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What a Carve Up! (Jonathan Coe)
What a Carve Up!
Jonathan Coe
22
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
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Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
J.M. Coetzee
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Microserfs
Microserfs
25
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
Daniel Defoe
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Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens
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Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
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Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
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Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
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Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
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Sybil (Benjamin Disraeli)
Sybil
Benjamin Disraeli
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Döblin
37
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel
E.L. Doctorow
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Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
John Dos Passos
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