Modern Library 100 Best Novels - The Board's List

1.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,451 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,657 ratings
3.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,016,012 ratings
4.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,354 ratings
5.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,487 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,460 ratings
7.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,889 ratings
8.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,014 ratings
9.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,405 ratings
10.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,997 ratings
11.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,749 ratings
12.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,363 ratings
13.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,991 ratings
14.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,041 ratings
15.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,294 ratings
16.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,534 ratings
17.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,610 ratings
17.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,572 ratings
19.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,222 ratings
19.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,857 ratings
21.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,181 ratings
21.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,566 ratings
23.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,958 ratings
24.
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion 3.67 avg rating — 28,236 ratings
25.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,814 ratings
26.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,391 ratings
27.
The Magus
The Magus 4.05 avg rating — 62,331 ratings
28.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl 3.77 avg rating — 11,715 ratings
29.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie 3.77 avg rating — 41,372 ratings
30.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating — 28,245 ratings
31.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,502 ratings
32.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,744 ratings
33.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,715 ratings
34.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,458 ratings
35.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
35.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,223 ratings
37.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,129 ratings
37.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 30,378 ratings
39.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,717 ratings
40.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,364 ratings
40.
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 — 4,780 ratings
42.
The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh 3.60 avg rating — 9,577 ratings
42.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
42.
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point 3.87 avg rating — 12,093 ratings
45.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,114 ratings
46.
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent 3.58 avg rating — 24,256 ratings
47.
Nostromo
Nostromo 3.81 avg rating — 17,607 ratings
48.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,270 ratings
48.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,412 ratings
50.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,148 ratings
51.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
52.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 26,166 ratings
53.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
54.
Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King 3.76 avg rating — 15,911 ratings
54.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,902 ratings
56.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra 3.81 avg rating — 16,054 ratings
56.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,247 ratings
58.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,201 ratings
59.
The Big Money (U.S.A., #3)
The Big Money (U.S.A., #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,934 ratings
59.
Parade's End
Parade's End 3.87 avg rating — 6,754 ratings
61.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,330 ratings
62.
Zuleika Dobson
Zuleika Dobson 3.52 avg rating — 4,867 ratings
63.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,386 ratings
63.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,774 ratings
65.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,858 ratings
65.
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity 4.08 avg rating — 17,968 ratings
67.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,450 ratings
67.
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle 3.75 avg rating — 7,498 ratings
69.
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan 3.82 avg rating — 2,328 ratings
69.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,348 ratings
71.
Main Street
Main Street 3.78 avg rating — 26,596 ratings
72.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,549 ratings
73.
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating — 12,161 ratings
74.
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica 3.76 avg rating — 10,340 ratings
75.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,972 ratings
76.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,733 ratings
77.
Scoop
Scoop 3.79 avg rating — 22,004 ratings
78.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,337 ratings
79.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
80.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,393 ratings
81.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,405 ratings
82.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,574 ratings
83.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,310 ratings
84.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating — 18,436 ratings
85.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating — 8,894 ratings
86.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating — 32,459 ratings
87.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,701 ratings
88.
The Old Wives' Tale (The Five Towns #5)
The Old Wives' Tale (The Five Towns #5) 3.85 avg rating — 4,724 ratings
89.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,105 ratings
90.
Loving
Loving 3.52 avg rating — 3,806 ratings
91.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,713 ratings
92.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating — 17,432 ratings
93.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,294 ratings
94.
Under the Net
Under the Net 3.77 avg rating — 16,018 ratings
95.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,616 ratings
96.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,128 ratings
97.
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man 3.61 avg rating — 11,102 ratings
98.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons 3.79 avg rating — 11,959 ratings