100 My Ántonia 99 The Go-Between 98 The Road 97 Catch-22 96 Pedro Páramo 95 The Return of the Native 94 The Known World 93 Invisible Cities 92 Sentimental Education 91 Life and Fate 90 Jacob’s Room 89 The Left Hand of Darkness 88 Ragtime 87 The Line of Beauty 86 The Turn of the Screw 85 The Vegetarian 84 The Talented Mr Ripley 83 A Farewell to Arms 82 The End of the Affair 81 Buddenbrooks 80 Rebecca 79 Go Tell It on the Mountain 78 A House for Mr Biswas 77 The Rainbow 76 Dracula 75 The Bluest Eye 74 Nervous Conditions 73 Austerlitz 72 Our Mutual Friend 71 Kindred 70 Jude the Obscure 69 Crime and Punishment 68 Blood Meridian 67 The Man Without Qualities 66 The Master and Margarita 65 The Color Purple 64 The Good Soldier 63 White Teeth 62 Half of a Yellow Sun 61 The Rings of Saturn 60 Howards End 59 Never Let Me Go 58 Disgrace 57 The Sound and the Fury 56 Mansfield Park 55 The Waves 54 Orlando 53 The Transit of Venus 52 The Golden Bowl 51 My Brilliant Friend 50 Wide Sargasso Sea 49 A Fine Balance 48 The Metamorphosis 47 Vanity Fair 46 The Leopard 45 The Golden Notebook 44 Giovanni’s Room 43 Housekeeping 42 The Magic Mountain 41 Heart of Darkness 40 Song of Solomon 39 Their Eyes Were Watching God 38 The Age of Innocence 37 Invisible Man 36 The Handmaid’s Tale 35 Great Expectations 34 Wolf Hall 33 David Copperfield 32 The God of Small Things 31 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 30 Frankenstein 29 Pale Fire

28 The Brothers Karamazov 27 The Trial 26 Don Quixote 25 Lolita 24 The Remains of the Day 23 Midnight’s Children 22 Things Fall Apart 21 The Portrait of a Lady 20 Wuthering Heights 19 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 18 Persuasion 17 One Hundred Years of Solitude 16 Nineteen Eighty-Four 15 Moby-Dick 14 Mrs Dalloway 13 Emma 12 Bleak House 11 The Great Gatsby 10 Madame Bovary 9 Pride and Prejudice 8 Jane Eyre 7 War and Peace 6 Anna Karenina 5 In Search of Lost Time 4 To the Lighthouse 3 Ulysses 2 Beloved 1 Middlemarch

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