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The 121 Best Novels of the 20th/21st Centuries According to the Modern Novel

The 121 Best Novels of the 20th/21st centuries according to The Modern Novel - how many have you read? Or heard of?
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Paradise (A.L. Kennedy)
Paradise
1
A.L. Kennedy
The Virgin in the Garden (A.S. Byatt)
The Virgin in the Garden
2
A.S. Byatt
The Werewolf (Aksel Sandemose)
The Werewolf
3
Aksel Sandemose
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
4
Alasdair Gray
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
5
Albert Camus
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
6
Alfred Döblin
Paraíso Inhabitado (Ana María Matute)
Paraíso Inhabitado
7
Ana María Matute
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
8
André Gide
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
9
André Malraux
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg
10
Andrei Bely
The Iguana (Anna Maria Ortese)
The Iguana
11
Anna Maria Ortese
Winter in Lisbon (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
Winter in Lisbon
12
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi)
Pereira Declares: A Testimony
13
Antonio Tabucchi
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
14
Boris Pasternak
The Hive (Camilo José Cela)
The Hive
15
Camilo José Cela
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
16
Carlos Fuentes
The Women on the Porch (Caroline Gordon)
The Women on the Porch
17
Caroline Gordon
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
18
Carson McCullers
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
19
Christa Wolf
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
20
Clarice Lispector
The Institutionist (Colson Whitehead)
The Institutionist
21
Colson Whitehead
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
22
Cormac McCarthy
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
23
David Foster Wallace
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
The Tartar Steppe
24
Dino Buzzati
Falling Man (Don Delillo)
Falling Man
25
Don Delillo
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
26
Donna Tartt
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
27
Doris Lessing
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
28
Edith Wharton
Die Kinder Der Toten (Elfriede Jelinek)
Die Kinder Der Toten
29
Elfriede Jelinek
Life and Gabriella (Ellen Glasgow)
Life and Gabriella
30
Ellen Glasgow
On Heroes and Tombs (Ernesto Sabto)
On Heroes and Tombs
31
Ernesto Sabto
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
32
Evelyn Waugh
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
33
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Palinuro of Mexico (Fernando Del Paso)
Palinuro of Mexico
34
Fernando Del Paso
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
35
Flann O'Brien
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
36
Flannery O'Connor
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
37
Ford Madox Ford
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
38
Franz Kafka
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
39
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
Soul Mountain
40
Gao Xinghian
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