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The Best Novel of Each Year Since 1900

After reviewing all major books published each year since 1900, below I've listed the best book published each year since then. There are some years that have books that are much better than the best book in other years - that's just life, though. For your reference, 11, 21, 31 etc. are the beginnings of each decade, i.e. 1910, 1920, 1930 etc.
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1
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
2
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
3
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
4
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
5
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
6
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
7
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
8
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
9
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
10
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
11
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
12
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
13
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
14
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
15
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners (James Joyce)
16
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
17
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
18
His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle)
His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle)
19
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
20
Demian (Herman Hesse)
Demian (Herman Hesse)
21
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
22
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
23
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
24
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
25
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
26
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
27
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
28
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
29
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
30
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
31
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
32
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
33
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
34
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
35
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
36
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
37
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
38
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
39
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
40
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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