BBC Arts: 100 Novels That Shaped Our World

1.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,142 ratings
2.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating — 694,189 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,917 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,161 ratings
5.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,039 ratings
5.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,456 ratings
7.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,340 ratings
8.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,193 ratings
9.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,949 ratings
10.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,556 ratings
11.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,911 ratings
12.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,580 ratings
13.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,547 ratings
14.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,124 ratings
15.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,768 ratings
16.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,337 ratings
17.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,282 ratings
18.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,220 ratings
19.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,472 ratings
20.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,855 ratings
21.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,190 ratings
22.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,056 ratings
23.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,557 ratings
24.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,234 ratings
25.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,909 ratings
26.
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 166,701 ratings
27.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,467 ratings
28.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,985 ratings
29.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,674,285 ratings
30.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,908 ratings
30.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,855 ratings
32.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,995 ratings
33.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,657 ratings
34.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 51,239 ratings
35.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,487 ratings
36.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,472 ratings
37.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,875 ratings
38.
The Witches
The Witches 4.18 avg rating — 420,327 ratings
39.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,183 ratings
40.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,346 ratings
41.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,176 ratings
42.
Forever...
Forever... 3.62 avg rating — 66,283 ratings
42.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating — 44,846 ratings
44.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,434 ratings
45.
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 26,475 ratings
46.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,832 ratings
46.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle 4.21 avg rating — 165,999 ratings
46.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,941 ratings
49.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
50.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 26,693 ratings
51.
The Earthsea Trilogy (Earthsea Cycle, #1-3)
The Earthsea Trilogy (Earthsea Cycle, #1-3) 4.28 avg rating — 21,564 ratings
52.
Unless
Unless 3.63 avg rating — 16,938 ratings
53.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,696 ratings
54.
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 413,639 ratings
55.
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1 4.65 avg rating — 3,745 ratings
56.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,879 ratings
57.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 3.80 avg rating — 5,339 ratings
57.
Swami and Friends
Swami and Friends 4.22 avg rating — 13,526 ratings
59.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,292 ratings
60.
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 8,303 ratings
61.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,966 ratings
62.
The Twilight Saga
The Twilight Saga 3.93 avg rating — 121,934 ratings
63.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,457 ratings
64.
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow 3.90 avg rating — 14,443 ratings
65.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,028 ratings
66.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,808 ratings
66.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,087 ratings
68.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces 3.92 avg rating — 17,137 ratings
69.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,642 ratings
70.
The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh 3.93 avg rating — 14,518 ratings
71.
Habibi
Habibi 4.03 avg rating — 43,064 ratings
72.
Riders (Rutshire Chronicles, #1)
Riders (Rutshire Chronicles, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 12,969 ratings
73.
The Forty Rules of Love
The Forty Rules of Love 4.12 avg rating — 196,708 ratings
74.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude 4.08 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
75.
City of Bohane
City of Bohane 3.84 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
76.
Mr. Standfast
Mr. Standfast 3.86 avg rating — 2,019 ratings
77.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,245 ratings
78.
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 61,962 ratings
79.
Astonishing the Gods
Astonishing the Gods
by: Ben Okri
3.54 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
80.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,578 ratings
81.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,033 ratings
82.
Home Fire
Home Fire 4.02 avg rating — 70,385 ratings
83.
Strumpet City
Strumpet City 4.27 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
84.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,972 ratings
85.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,665 ratings
86.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating — 30,888 ratings
87.
Poor Cow
Poor Cow
by: Nell Dunn
3.58 avg rating — 669 ratings
88.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 3.98 avg rating — 3,486 ratings
89.
Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)
Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 53,415 ratings
90.
Golden Child
Golden Child 3.45 avg rating — 8,600 ratings
91.
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating — 37,982 ratings
92.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,409 ratings
93.
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,896 ratings
94.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,747 ratings
95.
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) 4.20 avg rating — 19,751 ratings
96.
American War
American War 3.80 avg rating — 41,119 ratings
97.
Ice Candy Man
Ice Candy Man 3.85 avg rating — 5,867 ratings
98.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,109 ratings
99.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,544 ratings
100.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
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