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The Best Novels of All Time in the English Language Part A

An epic challenge based on a list compiled by controversial polymath Piero Scaruffi. Go to "https://www.scaruffi.com/service/about.html" for a biography.
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This is the first of 2 parts.
01-42: Ranked in descending order.
* 01-02: 3+++
* 03-35: 2++
* 36-42: 1+
43-280: All these books are rated 1+, with works by the same author clustered together.
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The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
Henry James
2
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
3
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
4
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
Vladimir Nabokov
5
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
6
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
William Faulkner
7
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
8
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
9
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
Joseph Conrad
10
Giles Goat Boy (John Barth)
Giles Goat Boy
John Barth
11
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
12
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
13
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
Saul Bellow
14
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
15
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
A.S. Byatt
16
Palace of the Peacock
Palace of the Peacock
17
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
18
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
20
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
21
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
Henry James
22
Voss (Patrick White)
Voss
Patrick White
23
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
24
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
25
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
E. M. Forster
26
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
27
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
28
Quartet in Autumn (Barbara Pym)
Quartet in Autumn
Barbara Pym
29
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer
30
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
31
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
Joseph McElroy
32
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
33
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
34
Illywhacker (Peter Carey)
Illywhacker
Peter Carey
35
V. (Thomas Pynchon)
V.
Thomas Pynchon
36
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
37
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut
38
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
39
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
40
The Plains (Gerald Murnane)
The Plains
Gerald Murnane
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