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The Times' 50 Best Books of the Past 100 Years

The publication of Ulysses in 1922 marked a new era for the novel, writes Laura Hackett. Joyce's masterpiece inspired countless other books, so on its centenary, The Times asked a panel of 16 writers and critics — including novelists Sebastian Faulks, Colm Tóibín, Diana Evans and David Nicholls — to choose their favourite novels written in English that were published after Ulysses. Our list couldn't include everything, so we invited readers to nominate their own favourites, which became the 51st book on our list.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
2
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
3
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
4
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
5
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
6
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
7
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
8
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
9
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
10
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
11
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
12
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
13
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
14
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
15
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
16
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
17
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
18
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
19
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
20
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
21
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
22
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Blue Flower (Penelope Fitzgerald)
23
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
24
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
25
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
26
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
27
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
28
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
29
The Power and the Glory (Grahame Greene)
The Power and the Glory (Grahame Greene)
30
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
31
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
32
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
33
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
34
Never Mind (Edward St Aubyn)
Never Mind (Edward St Aubyn)
35
The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger)
36
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
37
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
38
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
39
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
40
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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