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State of the Nation (Part 6 of 'The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read') - Page 2

"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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Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser
42
Castle Rackrent & Ennui (Maria Edgeworth)
Castle Rackrent & Ennui
Maria Edgeworth
43
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
44
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
George Eliot
45
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
46
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert
47
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane
48
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
Richard Ford
49
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
50
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
51
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
52
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
53
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
54
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
André Gide
55
The Odd Women (George Gissing)
The Odd Women
George Gissing
56
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
George Gissing
57
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
Nadine Gordimer
58
Mother
Mother
59
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
Alasdair Gray
60
Love on the Dole
Love on the Dole
61
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
62
A Kestrel for a Knave (Barry Hines)
A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines
63
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
64
South Riding
South Riding
65
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
66
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood
67
Chronicle in Stone
Chronicle in Stone
68
How Late It Was, How Late
How Late It Was, How Late
69
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
70
A Girl in Winter
A Girl in Winter
71
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
Nella Larsen
72
The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
The Grass Is Singing
Doris Lessing
73
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
74
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
75
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
76
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
Colin Macinnes
77
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
Mary McCarthy
78
Amongst Women (John McGahern)
Amongst Women
John McGahern
79
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
Machado De Assis
80
Of Love and Hunger (Julian MacLaren-Ross)
Of Love and Hunger
Julian MacLaren-Ross
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