100 Best Novels From THE MODERN LIBRARY

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F JOY ULYSSES by James Joyce F RAN ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand F FIT THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott F RAN THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand Fitzgerald F JOY A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A SF HUB BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron YOUNG MAN by James Joyce Hubbard F NAB LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov F TOL THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien SF HUX BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley F LEE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee F FAU THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William F ORW 1984 by George Orwell Faulkner F HEL CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller F RAN ANTHEM by Ayn Rand F KOE DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand Koestler F LAW SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard F STE THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard Steinbeck F LOW UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm F JOY ULYSSES by James Joyce Lowry F BUT THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel F HEL CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller Butler F ORW 1984 by George Orwell F FIT THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald F GRA I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves SF HER DUNE by Frank Herbert F TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf SF HEI THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by WOO Robert Heinlein F DRE AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by SF HEI STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Theodore Dreiser Robert Heinlein F THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute MCC Carson McCullers F VON SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt SF HUX BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Vonnegut Huxley F ELL INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison F SAL THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger F WRI NATIVE SON by Richard Wright F ORW ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell F BEL HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul F PYN GRAVITY’S RAINBOW by Thomas Bellow Pynchon F OHA APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John F STE THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John O’Hara Steinbeck F DOS U.S.A.(trilogy) by John Dos Passos F VON SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut F AND WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood F MIT GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Anderson Mitchell F FOR A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster F GOL LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding F JAM THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry F SCH SHANE by Jack Schaefer James F JAM THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute F FIT TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott F IRV A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by Fitzgerald John Irving F FAR THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY F KIN THE STAND by Stephen King by James T. Farrell F FOR THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox F FOW THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN Ford by John Fowles F ORW ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell F MOR BELOVED by Toni Morrison F JAM THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison F DRE SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser F FAU THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner F WAU A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn F NAB LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov Waugh F FAU AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner MOONHEART by Charles de Lint F WAR ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn F FAU ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Warren Faulkner F WIL THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by F MAU OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Thornton Wilder Somerset Maugham F FOR HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster WISE BLOOD by Flannery O’Connor F BAL GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by F LOW UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm James Baldwin Lowry F GRE THE HEART OF THE MATTER by F DAV FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies Graham Greene F GOL LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding SF DEL SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint F DIC DELIVERANCE by James Dickey F KER ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac F POW A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME F CON HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph (series) Conrad by Anthony Powell POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous YARROW by Charles de Lint Huxley F HEM THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS Hemingway by H.P. Lovecraft THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane F CON NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint F LAW THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence F WOO TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf F LAW WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence F PER THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy F MIL TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller SF DEL TRADER by Charles de Lint F MAI THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by SF ADA THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE Norman Mailer GALAXY by Douglas Adams F ROT PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by Philip F MCC THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Roth Carson McCullers PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov F ATW THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood F FAU LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy F KER ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac F BUR A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess F HAM THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute Hammett PARADE’S END by Ford Madox Ford F JOY A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce F WHA THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint Wharton ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm SF CAR ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card F PER THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint F CAT DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP THE RECOGNITIONS by William by Willa Cather Gaddis F JON FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Jones Heinlein F CHE THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John F HEM THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Cheever Hemingway F SAL THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. F IRV THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP Salinger by John Irving F BUR A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony F BRA SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY Burgess COMES by Ray Bradbury F MAU OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. F JAC THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Somerset Maugham Shirley Jackson F CON HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph F FAU AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner Conrad F LEW MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis F MIL TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller F WHA THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith F ELL INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison Wharton THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by SF WIN THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling Lawrence Durell A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard F FOW THE MAGUS by John Fowles Hughes A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. SF HEI THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Naipaul Heinlein THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by 917.3 ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE Nathanael West PIR MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig F HEM A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest F GRA I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves Hemingway SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh F LON THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London F SPA THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann Muriel Spark O’Brien F JOY FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce SF BRA FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury KIM by Rudyard Kipling F LEW ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis F FOR A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster F ADA WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams F WAI BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn F BUR NAKED LUNCH by William S. Waugh Burroughs F BEL THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH F CLA THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by by Saul Bellow Tom Clancy F STE ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Stegner Hamilton F NAI A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul SF HEI THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein F BOW THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth F KIN IT by Stephen King Bowen F CON LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad F PYN V. by Thomas Pynchon F DOC RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow SF HEI DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein THE OLD WIVES’ TALE by Arnold CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Bennett Heinlein F LON THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack F WAU BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn London Waugh LOVING by Henry Green F FAU LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner F RUS MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman F KES ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S Rushdie NEST by Ken Kesey F CAL TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell F HEM A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway IRONWEED by William Kennedy THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles F FOW THE MAGUS by John Fowles SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey F RHY WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys F CAT MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather F MUR UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch MULENGRO by Charles de Lint F STY SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock M CAI THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE F BAC ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach by James M. Cain THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy F DAV THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies F TAR THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by F RUS THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Booth Tarkington Rushdie