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The Best 100 Novels

We asked people to choose the best 100 novels of all time. We then awarded one point to each top ten vote and entered them all into a database. We simply took the top 100 novels and put them on the list.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
3
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
4
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.Tolkien
5
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
6
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
7
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
8
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
9
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
10
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
11
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
12
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
13
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
14
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
15
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
16
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
17
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
18
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
19
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
20
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
21
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
22
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
23
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
24
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
25
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
26
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
27
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
28
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
J.K. Rowling
29
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
30
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
31
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
32
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
33
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
34
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
35
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
36
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
37
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
38
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
39
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
40
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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