All-Time 100 Novels
Time, 2005. A critics list. See the original list
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume, 1970
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, 1962
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for
The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood, 1945
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon, 1966
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles, 1969
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for
The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead, 1940
On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for
The lists that agree with this one most
| List | Books in common |
|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | 47 |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | 25 |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | 24 |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | 23 |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | 23 |