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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years - Page 3

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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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
82
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton
83
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
John Fowles
84
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
85
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
86
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
Anna Burns
87
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
Martin Amis
88
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
89
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
90
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
91
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
92
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
93
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
94
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
Rachel Cusk
95
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
96
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
Richard Powers
97
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
Nella Larsen
98
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
99
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
A.S. Byatt
100
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
101
Rabbit Angstrom Novels (John Updike)
Rabbit Angstrom Novels
John Updike
102
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
Somerset Maugham
103
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
104
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy
Pat Barker
105
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
Emma Donoghue
106
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
107
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
Alice Munro
108
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
Thomas Keneally
109
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
110
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
111
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
Stephen King
112
Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain: A Novel
Douglas Stuart
113
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
114
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
115
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John Le Carré
116
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
117
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life
Louise Penny
118
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields
119
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
John Williams
120
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
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