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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's 2024 list of their Great American Novels. I've already published lists in response to that and of what I believe the great English-language 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. 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)
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The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
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Age of Vice (Deepti Kapoor)
Age of Vice (Deepti Kapoor)
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
8
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
9
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis, 1991)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis, 1991)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
12
Amongst Women (John McGahern)
Amongst Women (John McGahern)
13
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
14
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Brids (Flann O'Brien)
15
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
17
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
18
A Bend in the River (V. S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V. S. Naipaul)
19
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
20
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
21
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
22
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
23
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
24
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
25
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
26
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
27
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
28
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
29
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
30
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
31
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
32
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
33
Cloudstreet (1991) (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet (1991) (Tim Winton)
34
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
35
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
36
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
37
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
38
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
39
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
40
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
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