In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels

1.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,272 ratings
2.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,165 ratings
3.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,804 ratings
4.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,562 ratings
5.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,287 ratings
6.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,237 ratings
7.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,074 ratings
8.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,227 ratings
9.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,713 ratings
10.
Stoner
Stoner 4.35 avg rating — 221,227 ratings
11.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,017 ratings
12.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,269 ratings
13.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,649 ratings
14.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
15.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,961 ratings
16.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,086 ratings
17.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,538 ratings
18.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
19.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,462 ratings
20.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,345 ratings
21.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,235 ratings
22.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,998 ratings
23.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,323 ratings
24.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,186 ratings
25.
I, Claudius
I, Claudius 4.24 avg rating — 71,602 ratings
26.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,938 ratings
27.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,698 ratings
28.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,562 ratings
29.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,857 ratings
30.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,042 ratings
31.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,211 ratings
32.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,244 ratings
33.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
34.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,209 ratings
35.
Demons
Demons 4.30 avg rating — 59,723 ratings
36.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,348 ratings
37.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating — 47,316 ratings
38.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,957 ratings
39.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,467 ratings
40.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,186 ratings
41.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,063 ratings
42.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,361 ratings
43.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 3.82 avg rating — 44,816 ratings
44.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 3.97 avg rating — 23,510 ratings
45.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,025 ratings
46.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,877 ratings
47.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,651 ratings
48.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
49.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating — 14,198 ratings
50.
Amerika
Amerika 3.74 avg rating — 33,118 ratings
51.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,403 ratings
51.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,990 ratings
53.
My Life
My Life 3.93 avg rating — 2,309 ratings
54.
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds 3.85 avg rating — 14,061 ratings
55.
A Violent Life
A Violent Life 3.96 avg rating — 1,793 ratings
56.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,203 ratings
57.
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica 3.76 avg rating — 10,338 ratings
58.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,199 ratings
59.
Amongst Women
Amongst Women 3.95 avg rating — 5,142 ratings
60.
Grande Sertão: Veredas
Grande Sertão: Veredas 4.62 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
61.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,821 ratings
62.
Goodbye, Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus 3.86 avg rating — 21,380 ratings
63.
The Bastard of Istanbul
The Bastard of Istanbul 3.88 avg rating — 61,736 ratings
64.
Molloy
Molloy 4.04 avg rating — 9,530 ratings
65.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating — 6,846 ratings
66.
The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers 3.57 avg rating — 11,180 ratings
67.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,143 ratings
68.
Distant Star
Distant Star 3.92 avg rating — 13,898 ratings
69.
The Moon and the Bonfire
The Moon and the Bonfire 3.78 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
70.
Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1)
Cities of the Red Night (The Red Night Trilogy, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 5,482 ratings
71.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,014 ratings
72.
Sweet Days of Discipline
Sweet Days of Discipline 3.62 avg rating — 8,380 ratings
73.
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles 3.80 avg rating — 48,813 ratings
73.
My Life
My Life 4.16 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
75.
Ferdydurke
Ferdydurke 3.77 avg rating — 20,976 ratings
76.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,890 ratings
77.
The Heather Blazing
The Heather Blazing 3.86 avg rating — 3,199 ratings
78.
Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Wittgenstein’s Mistress 3.92 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
79.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
80.
Moravagine
Moravagine 3.81 avg rating — 2,334 ratings
81.
An Accidental Man
An Accidental Man 3.80 avg rating — 925 ratings
82.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,767 ratings
83.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,612 ratings
84.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
85.
Mating
Mating 3.84 avg rating — 5,079 ratings
86.
Europe Central
Europe Central 3.97 avg rating — 3,133 ratings
87.
Blood and Guts in High School
Blood and Guts in High School 3.46 avg rating — 6,852 ratings
88.
The Emigrants
The Emigrants 4.16 avg rating — 11,060 ratings
89.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
90.
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth 3.97 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
91.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
92.
The Northern Lights
The Northern Lights 3.89 avg rating — 359 ratings
93.
The Chaneysville Incident
The Chaneysville Incident really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
94.
L'écume des jours
L'écume des jours 3.92 avg rating — 41,531 ratings
95.
A New Life
A New Life 3.73 avg rating — 694 ratings
96.
Among Women Only
Among Women Only 3.49 avg rating — 2,544 ratings
97.
Correction
Correction 4.26 avg rating — 3,568 ratings
98.
Augustus
Augustus 4.25 avg rating — 18,607 ratings
99.
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,568 ratings
100.
Murphy
Murphy 3.81 avg rating — 6,325 ratings
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