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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.