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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years - Page 2

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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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
42
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
Margaret Laurence
43
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
44
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
45
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
46
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - 1929)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway - 1929
47
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
48
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
49
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
50
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
51
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
52
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
53
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
54
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
55
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
56
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
57
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
58
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
59
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
60
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
J.K. Rowling
61
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
62
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
63
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
64
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
65
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
66
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
67
In the Castle of My Skin (George Lamming)
In the Castle of My Skin
George Lamming
68
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
69
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
70
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis
71
J R (William Gaddis)
J R
William Gaddis
72
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
73
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D.H. Lawrence
74
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
75
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
76
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
77
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
78
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
79
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
80
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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