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The Bibliophile's Great European Novels of the Last 100 Years

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's recent list of, in their opinion, the Great American Novels. I've already published a list of what I believe the Great European Novels are, but with no time limit. This list, however, follows The Atlantic's criteria that the books must have been published within the last 100 years. I have 136 novels in this list, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself, which The Atlantic didn't (which is fine - to each their own), is to allow an author only one entry on the list. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but what we love about reading is that we can all agree on how wonderful it is yet have completely different reading interests. Enjoy!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
3
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
4
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop (Author), Anna Moschovakis (Translator))
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop (Author), Anna Moschovakis (Translator))
5
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
6
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
7
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
8
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
9
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn (Ali Smith)
10
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
11
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
12
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
13
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
14
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
15
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
16
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
17
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
18
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
19
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
20
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
21
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
22
Closely Watched Trains (Bohumil Hrabal)
Closely Watched Trains (Bohumil Hrabal)
23
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
24
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector (John Fowles)
25
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
26
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
27
Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
28
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
29
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
30
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
31
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
32
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
33
Dictionary of the Khazars (Milorad Pavić)
Dictionary of the Khazars (Milorad Pavić)
34
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
35
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
36
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door (Magda Szabó)
37
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
38
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
39
The Elementary Particles (Michel Houellebecq)
The Elementary Particles (Michel Houellebecq)
40
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
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