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Enter your title selection here: Author name here (required to vote): by Or select from The Board's list 1. Ulysses James Joyce 2. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 4. Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 5. Brave New World Aldous Huxley 6. The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner 7. Catch-22 Joseph Heller 8. Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler 9. Sons and Lovers D.H. Lawrence 10. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 11. Under the Volcano Malcolm Lowry 12. The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler 13. 1984 George Orwell 14. I, Claudius Robert Graves 15. To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf 16. An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 17. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers 18. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut 19. Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 20. Native Son Richard Wright 21. Henderson the Rain King Saul Bellow 22. Appointment in Samarra John O'Hara 23. U.S.A. (trilogy) John Dos Passos 24. Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson 25. A Passage to India E.M. Forster 26. The Wings of the Dove Henry James 27. The Ambassadors Henry James 28. Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald 29. The Studs Lonigan Trilogy James T. Farrell 30. The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 31. Animal Farm George Orwell 32. The Golden Bowl Henry James 33. Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser 34. A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh 35. As I Lay Dying William Faulkner 36. All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren 37. The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder 38. Howards End E.M. Forster 39. Go Tell it on the Mountain James Baldwin 40. The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene 41. Lord of the Flies William Golding 42. Deliverance James Dickey 43. A Dance to the Music of Time (series) Anthony Powell 44. Point Counter Point Aldous Huxley 45. The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway 46. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad 47. Nostromo Joseph Conrad 48. The Rainbow D.H. Lawrence 49. Women in Love D.H. Lawrence 50. Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller 51. The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer 52. Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth 53. Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov 54. Light in August William Faulkner 55. On the Road Jack Kerouac 56. The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 57. Parade's End Ford Madox Ford 58. The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 59. Zuleika Dobson Max Beerbohm 60. The Moviegoer Walker Percy 61. Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather 62. From Here to Eternity James Jones 63. The Wapshot Chronicles John Cheever 64. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 65. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 66. Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham 67. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 68. Main Street Sinclair Lewis 69. The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 70. The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durell 71. A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes 72. A House for Mr Biswas V.S. Naipaul 73. The Day of the Locust Nathanael West 74. A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway 75. Scoop Evelyn Waugh 76. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark 77. Finnegans Wake James Joyce 78. Kim Rudyard Kipling 79. A Room with a View E.M. Forster 80. Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh 81. The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow 82. Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner 83. A Bend in the River V.S. Naipaul 84. The Death of the Heart Elizabeth Bowen 85. Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 86. Ragtime E.L. Doctorow 87. The Old WivesU Tale Arnold Bennett 88. The Call of the Wild Jack London 89. Loving Henry Green 90. Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 91. Tobacco Road Erskine Caldwell 92. Ironweed William Kennedy 93. The Magus John Fowles 94. Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys 95. Under the Net Iris Murdoch 96. Sophie's Choice William Styron 97. The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles 98. The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain 99. The Ginger Man J.P. Donleavy 100. The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington
1.   ULYSSES by James Joyce 2.   THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.   A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce 4.   LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov 5.   BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley 6.   THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner 7.   CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller 8.   DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler 9.   SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence 10.   THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck 11.   UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry 12.   THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler 13.   1984 by George Orwell 14.   I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves 15.   TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf 16.   AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser 17.   THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers 18.   SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut 19.   INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison 20.   NATIVE SON by Richard Wright 21.   HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow 22.   APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara 23.   U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos 24.   WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson 25.   A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster 26.   THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James 27.   THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James 28.   TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald 29.   THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell 30.   THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford 31.   ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 32.   THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James 33.   SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser 34.   A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh 35.   AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner 36.   ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren 37.   THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder 38.   HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster 39.   GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin 40.   THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene 41.   LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding 42.   DELIVERANCE by James Dickey 43.   A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell 44.   POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley 45.   THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway 46.   THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad 47.   NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad 48.   THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence 49.   WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence 50.   TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller 51.   THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer 52.   PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth 53.   PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov 54.   LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner 55.   ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac 56.   THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett 57.   PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford 58.   THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton 59.   ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm 60.   THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy 61.   DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather 62.   FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones 63.   THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever 64.   THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger 65.   A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess 66.   OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham 67.   HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad 68.   MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis 69.   THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton 70.   THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell 71.   A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes 72.   A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul 73.   THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West 74.   A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway 75.   SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh 76.   THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark 77.   FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce 78.   KIM by Rudyard Kipling 79.   A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster 80.   BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh 81.   THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow 82.   ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner 83.   A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul 84.   THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen 85.   LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad 86.   RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow 87.   THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett 88.   THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London 89.   LOVING by Henry Green 90.   MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie 91.   TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell 92.   IRONWEED by William Kennedy 93.   THE MAGUS by John Fowles 94.   WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys 95.   UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch 96.   SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron 97.   THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles 98.   THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain 99.   THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy 100.   THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington Selected from novels published in the English language since 1900.	1.   ATLAS SHRUGGED by AYN RAND 6198  2.   DUNE by FRANK HERBERT 3602  3.   THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. SALINGER 2613  4.   THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. TOLKIEN 2224  5.   THE FOUNTAINHEAD by AYN RAND 2056  6.   ENDER'S GAME by ORSON SCOTT CARD 1811  7.   STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by ROBERT HEINLEIN 1642  8.   THE STAND by STEPHEN KING 1550  9.   TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE 1544  10.   AND TRAIL MIX RAINED FROM THE SKY by PHILIP TRAVISANO 1540  11.   GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by THOMAS PYNCHON 1472  12.   UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME by P.G. WODEHOUSE 1272  13.   DOG OF THE SOUTH by CHARLES PORTIS 1133  14.   CATCH-22 by JOSEPH HELLER 1073  15.   ULYSSES by JAMES JOYCE 994  16.   THE SOUND AND THE FURY by WILLIAM FAULKNER 977  17.   TEK WAR by WILLIAM SHATNER 968  18.   THE RECOGNITIONS by WILLIAM GADDIS 946  19.   THE GREAT GATSBY by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 893  20.   ANTHEM by AYN RAND 833  21.   A WRINKLE IN TIME by MADELEINE L'ENGLE 830  22.   TRADER by CHARLES DE LINT 770  23.   THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by DOUGLAS ADAMS 719  24.   A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE 712  25.   WISE BLOOD by FLANNERY O'CONNOR 710  26.   A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by JOHN IRVING 704  27.   WATERSHIP DOWN by RICHARD ADAMS 683  28.   BELOVED by TONI MORRISON 666  29.   1984 by GEORGE ORWELL 645  30.   BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. RON HUBBARD 583  31.   INVISIBLE MAN by RALPH ELLISON 575  32.   MRS. DALLOWAY by VIRGINIA WOOLF 547  33.   TOMMOROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN by JOHN MARSDEN 541  34.   LOLITA by VLADIMIR NABOKOV 539  35.   WE THE LIVING by AYN RAND 508  36.   ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by ROBERT PIRSIG 490  37.   GEEK LOVE by KATHERINE DUNN 484  38.   A FAN'S NOTES by FREDERICK EXLEY 439  39.   THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by SHIRLEY JACKSON 433  40.   MOONHEART by CHARLES DE LINT 427  41.   OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 420  42.   YARROW by CHARLES DE LINT 395  43.   THE GRAPES OF WRATH by JOHN STEINBECK 391  44.   BRAVE NEW WORLD by ALDOUS HUXLEY 372  45.   ON THE ROAD by JACK KEROUAC 369  46.   LONESOME DOVE by LARRY MCMURTRY 365  47.   AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by FLANN O'BRIEN 364  48.   CONTINENTAL DRIFT by RUSSELL BANKS 360  49.   TROPIC OF CANCER by HENRY MILLER 357  50.   THE SOURCE by JAMES MICHENER 354  51.   SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by CHARLES DE LINT 353  52.   HEART OF DARKNESS by JOSEPH CONRAD 353  53.   NAKED LUNCH by WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 350  54.   GONE WITH THE WIND by MARGARET MITCHELL 349  55.   SWAN SONG by ROBERT R. MCCAMMON 349  56.   TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by VIRGINIA WOOLF 338  57.   SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by KURT VONNEGUT 338  58.   V. by THOMAS PYNCHON 334  59.   BLOOD MERIDIAN by CORMAC MCCARTHY 330  60.   VALIS by PHILIP K. DICK 327  61.   A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by ANTHONY BURGESS 325  62.   THE SUN ALSO RISES by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 313  63.   V by THOMAS PYNCHON 307  64.   NORWOOD by CHARLES PORTIS 304  65.   FLASHMAN by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER 303  66.   WHITE NOISE by DON DELILLO 299  67.   THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. EDDISON 297  68.   SUTTREE by CORMAC MCCARTHY 289  69.   FLETCH by GREGORY MACDONALD 289  70.   TEK LORDS by WILLIAM SHATNER 281  71.   THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLER 280  72.   UNDERWORLD by DON DELILLO 279  73.   SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by KEN KESEY 276  74.   GAUDY NIGHT by DOROTHY L. SAYERS 276  75.   CAT'S CRADLE by KURT VONNEGUT 273  76.   UNDER THE VOLCANO by MALCOLM LOWRY 273  77.   THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by JOHN FOWLES 271  78.   ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by W. FAULKNER 266  79.   FIFTH BUSINESS by ROBERTSON DAVIES 266  80.   ANIMAL FARM by GEORGE ORWELL 262  81.   BRIDGE OF BIRDS by BARRY HUGHART 251  82.   INTO THE LIGHT by ALEX HANCOCK 251  83.   A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by JAMES JOYCE 250  84.   SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by RAY BRADBURY 246  85.   I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME by MARGARET CRAVEN 245  86.   THE KILLER ANGELS by MICHAEL SHAARA 236  87.   ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by KEN KESEY 235  88.   ARROWSMITH by SINCLAIR LEWIS 235  89.   THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by ZORA NEALE HURSTON 232  90.   FINNEGANS WAKE by JAMES JOYCE 230  91.   THE COLOR PURPLE by ALICE WALKER 229  92.   THE BELL JAR by SYLVIA PLATH 229  93.   OF MICE AND MEN by JOHN STEINBECK 228  94.   THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD 224  95.   THE MOVIEGOER by WALKER PERCY 224  96.   SONG OF SOLOMON by TONI MORRISON 223  97.   AS I LAY DYING by WILLIAM FAULKNER 220  98.   SEWER GAS & ELECTRIC by MATT RUFF 219  99.   THE GATES by CHUCK WACHTEL 216  100.   FINNEGAN'S WAKE by JAMES JOYCE 215