Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,688,846 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,114 ratings
3.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,506 ratings
4.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating β€” 3,800,426 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,731,309 ratings
6.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 3,059,089 ratings
7.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,117,413 ratings
8.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,356,240 ratings
9.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating β€” 873,324 ratings
10.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating β€” 971,578 ratings
11.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,011 ratings
12.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,272 ratings
13.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating β€” 767,635 ratings
14.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,912 ratings
15.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating β€” 919,197 ratings
16.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating β€” 252,108 ratings
17.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating β€” 585,790 ratings
18.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,968 ratings
19.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,087 ratings
20.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,198 ratings
21.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating β€” 341,937 ratings
22.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating β€” 198,730 ratings
23.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,945 ratings
24.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating β€” 438,501 ratings
25.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating β€” 482,023 ratings
26.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 165,229 ratings
27.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,121 ratings
28.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating β€” 84,382 ratings
29.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,601 ratings
30.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,787 ratings
31.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,270 ratings
32.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating β€” 65,741 ratings
33.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating β€” 161,164 ratings
34.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,287 ratings
35.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating β€” 45,693 ratings
36.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating β€” 65,242 ratings
37.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,171 ratings
38.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating β€” 54,865 ratings
39.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 122,059 ratings
40.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,837 ratings
41.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating β€” 204,452 ratings
42.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating β€” 96,896 ratings
43.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 123,555 ratings
44.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating β€” 123,847 ratings
45.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,658 ratings
46.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating β€” 92,051 ratings
47.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,460 ratings
48.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating β€” 130,710 ratings
49.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating β€” 59,331 ratings
50.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating β€” 41,766 ratings
51.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating β€” 37,707 ratings
52.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating β€” 86,073 ratings
53.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,535 ratings
54.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating β€” 93,737 ratings
55.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating β€” 72,165 ratings
56.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating β€” 103,274 ratings
57.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,055 ratings
58.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 29,079 ratings
59.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,245 ratings
60.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating β€” 46,893 ratings
61.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating β€” 26,361 ratings
62.
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating β€” 27,861 ratings
63.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,204 ratings
64.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating β€” 21,971 ratings
65.
Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating β€” 85,252 ratings
66.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating β€” 31,468 ratings
67.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating β€” 118,734 ratings
68.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 62,563 ratings
69.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,745 ratings
70.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating β€” 24,228 ratings
71.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating β€” 30,375 ratings
72.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating β€” 55,886 ratings
73.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating β€” 30,277 ratings
74.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating β€” 15,966 ratings
75.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 76,596 ratings
76.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra 3.81 avg rating β€” 16,052 ratings
77.
Money
Money 3.70 avg rating β€” 25,092 ratings
78.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating β€” 33,569 ratings
79.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating β€” 23,730 ratings
80.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating β€” 57,347 ratings
81.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating β€” 4,610 ratings
82.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating β€” 7,626 ratings
83.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating β€” 18,692 ratings
83.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating β€” 22,522 ratings
85.
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds 3.85 avg rating β€” 14,061 ratings
86.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,878 ratings
87.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating β€” 30,062 ratings
88.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating β€” 28,245 ratings
89.
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories 4.04 avg rating β€” 12,571 ratings
90.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating β€” 17,372 ratings
91.
The Recognitions
The Recognitions 4.20 avg rating β€” 6,162 ratings
92.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating β€” 7,338 ratings
93.
The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 19,930 ratings
94.
The Assistant
The Assistant 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,024 ratings
95.
Loving
Loving 3.52 avg rating β€” 3,806 ratings
96.
Under the Net
Under the Net 3.77 avg rating β€” 16,014 ratings
97.
A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1-3)
A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1-3) 3.93 avg rating β€” 4,779 ratings
98.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating β€” 38,266 ratings
99.
Falconer
Falconer 3.65 avg rating β€” 8,702 ratings
100.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating β€” 8,891 ratings
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