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The Great British 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 British 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
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
4
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
5
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
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Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
7
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
8
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
9
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
10
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
11
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
12
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
13
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
14
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
15
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernières)
16
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
Cause for Alarm (Eric Ambler)
17
Changing Places (David Lodge)
Changing Places (David Lodge)
18
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
19
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
20
The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
21
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
22
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
23
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
24
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
25
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector (John Fowles)
26
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
27
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
28
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
29
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
30
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
31
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
32
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
33
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
34
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
35
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
36
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
37
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
38
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
39
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
40
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
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