Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English, Since 1900

1.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,344 ratings
2.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,834 ratings
3.
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7) 4.32 avg rating — 30,711 ratings
4.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,130 ratings
5.
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 68,998 ratings
6.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,748 ratings
7.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,472 ratings
8.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,231 ratings
9.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,294 ratings
10.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,450 ratings
11.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,509 ratings
12.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,401 ratings
13.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,020 ratings
14.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,362 ratings
15.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,901 ratings
16.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,560 ratings
17.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,546 ratings
18.
The Grapes Of Wrath - Steinbeck Centennial Edition
The Grapes Of Wrath - Steinbeck Centennial Edition 4.02 avg rating — 971,708 ratings
19.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,904 ratings
20.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,881 ratings
21.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,327 ratings
22.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince 3.95 avg rating — 6,693 ratings
23.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,221 ratings
24.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,539 ratings
25.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
26.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,111 ratings
27.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
28.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 36,236 ratings
29.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,439 ratings
30.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,247 ratings
31.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,470 ratings
32.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
33.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,243 ratings
34.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 10,102 ratings
35.
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 28,460 ratings
36.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
37.
Voss
Voss 3.78 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
37.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating — 8,879 ratings
39.
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot 3.65 avg rating — 16,255 ratings
40.
Novel on Yellow Paper
Novel on Yellow Paper 3.54 avg rating — 572 ratings
40.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,029 ratings
42.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,132 ratings
42.
Zuleika Dobson
Zuleika Dobson 3.52 avg rating — 4,867 ratings
44.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,097 ratings
45.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating — 4,156 ratings
46.
The Golden Gate
The Golden Gate 3.88 avg rating — 8,980 ratings
47.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,905 ratings
48.
The Radiant Way
The Radiant Way 3.78 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
49.
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds 3.85 avg rating — 14,062 ratings
50.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
51.
Lucy
Lucy 3.83 avg rating — 13,954 ratings
52.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo 3.85 avg rating — 4,796 ratings
53.
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands 3.63 avg rating — 7,479 ratings
53.
The White Hotel
The White Hotel 3.85 avg rating — 5,070 ratings
55.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,118 ratings
56.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady 3.72 avg rating — 7,897 ratings
57.
Beat the Devil
Beat the Devil 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
58.
Light Years
Light Years 4.02 avg rating — 7,804 ratings
59.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,272 ratings
59.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating — 7,339 ratings
61.
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold 3.46 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
61.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating — 8,894 ratings
63.
The Thinking Reed
The Thinking Reed 3.55 avg rating — 233 ratings
64.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude 4.08 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
65.
A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,445 ratings
66.
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios 3.92 avg rating — 11,527 ratings
67.
Animal Dreams
Animal Dreams 4.08 avg rating — 76,506 ratings
68.
Vida
Vida 3.85 avg rating — 811 ratings
69.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,476 ratings
70.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating — 32,865 ratings
71.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,454 ratings
72.
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes 3.70 avg rating — 3,440 ratings
73.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,077 ratings
74.
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book 3.53 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
75.
Machine Dreams
Machine Dreams 3.75 avg rating — 890 ratings
75.
Greenmantle (Richard Hannay #2)
Greenmantle (Richard Hannay #2) 3.73 avg rating — 5,119 ratings
77.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,084 ratings
78.
Far Tortuga
Far Tortuga 3.92 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
78.
House of Splendid Isolation
House of Splendid Isolation 3.63 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
80.
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel 3.77 avg rating — 11,957 ratings
81.
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun 3.77 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
82.
The Indian Lawyer
The Indian Lawyer 3.62 avg rating — 493 ratings
83.
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes 4.01 avg rating — 5,077 ratings
84.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
by: Ken Kesey
4.26 avg rating — 23,504 ratings
85.
Julian
Julian 4.22 avg rating — 7,988 ratings
86.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me 3.85 avg rating — 24,519 ratings
87.
An American Dream
An American Dream 3.44 avg rating — 4,042 ratings
88.
If He Hollers Let Him Go
If He Hollers Let Him Go 3.97 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
89.
Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating — 46,475 ratings
90.
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 8,497 ratings
91.
Ray
Ray 3.86 avg rating — 1,577 ratings
92.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,732 ratings
93.
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,822 ratings
94.
Mr. American
Mr. American 3.94 avg rating — 681 ratings
95.
The Dogs of March (Darby Chronicles Book 1)
The Dogs of March (Darby Chronicles Book 1) 3.54 avg rating — 447 ratings
96.
The Deceivers
The Deceivers 3.99 avg rating — 329 ratings
97.
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke 3.60 avg rating — 14,879 ratings
98.
Affliction
Affliction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
99.
Flicker
Flicker 3.97 avg rating — 1,963 ratings
100.
Sleeping Beauty (Lew Archer, #17)
Sleeping Beauty (Lew Archer, #17) 3.90 avg rating — 1,293 ratings