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The Great English-Language Novels of the Past 100 Years - Page 4

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 Street (Ann Petry)
The Street (Ann Petry)
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A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
125
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
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A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
127
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
128
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
129
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
130
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
131
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
132
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
133
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
134
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
135
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
136
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
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