100 Best Novels of the 20th Century

Selections by the Board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House.

26  The Wings of the DoveHenry James1902
27  The AmbassadorsHenry James1903
28  Tender Is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald1934
29  The Studs Lonigan TrilogyJames T. Farrell1935
30  The Good SoldierFord Madox Ford1915
31  Animal FarmGeorge Orwell1946
32  The Golden BowlHenry James1904
33  Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser1900
34  A Handful of DustEvelyn Waugh1934
35  As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner1930
36  All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren1946
37  The Bridge of San Luis ReyThornton Wilder1927
38  Howards EndE. M. Forster1910
39  Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin1953
40  The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene1948
41  Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding1954
42  DeliveranceJames Dickey1969
43  A Dance to the Music of Time (series)Anthony Powell1975-series completed
44  Point Counter PointAldous Huxley1928
45  The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway1926
46  The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad1907
47  NostromoJoseph Conrad1904
48  The RainbowD. H. Lawrence1915
49  Women in LoveD. H. Lawrence1921
50  Tropic of CancerHenry Miller1934

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