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Modern Library 100 Best Novels

The editors of The Modern Library were privileged to have the assistance of a distinguished Board made up of celebrated authors, historians, critics, and publishing luminaries. In 1998 and 1999, members of the Modern Library Board participated in the “100 Best” project, voting on the 100 Best Novels and 100 Best Non-fiction works, respectively.

#1

Ulysses : a critical and synoptic edition

1920 • 681 Readers • 656 pages • 3.8

#2

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 3,238 Readers • 180 pages • 3.7

#3

A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

198 • 447 Readers • 490 pages • 3.6

#4

Lolita

1954 • 1,586 Readers • 395 pages • 3.9

#5

Brave New World

1930 • 3,027 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9

#6

The Sound and the Fury

1929 • 453 Readers • 326 pages • 3.7

#7

Catch-22

#1 of 2 in Catch-22

1961 • 1,611 Readers • 466 pages • 4

#8

Darkness at Noon

1940 • 109 Readers • 272 pages • 4

#9

Sons and Lovers

1913 • 83 Readers • 493 pages • 3.7

#10

The Grapes of Wrath

1939 • 1,238 Readers • 496 pages • 3.8

#11

Under the Volcano

1947 • 101 Readers • 363 pages • 3.7

#12

The Way of All Flesh

1903 • 27 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3

#13

1984

1949 • 5,782 Readers • 328 pages • 4.2

#14

I, Claudius

#1 of 2 in Claudius

1934 • 212 Readers • 432 pages • 4.1

#15

To the Lighthouse

1925 • 602 Readers • 326 pages • 3.7

#16

An American Tragedy

#140 of 28 in LOA

1900 • 91 Readers • 502 pages • 3.8

#17

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

1940 • 245 Readers • 368 pages • 3.7

#18

Slaughterhouse 5

Critical Insights

1968 • 2,384 Readers • 292 pages • 4.1

#19

Invisible Man

1952 • 537 Readers • 610 pages • 3.8

#20

Native Son

1940 • 215 Readers • 624 pages • 4

#21

Henderson the Rain King

1959 • 38 Readers • 354 pages • 3.9

#22

Appointment in Samarra

1934 • 50 Readers • 4.2

#23

U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money

3 The U.S.A. Trilogy

1930 • 20 Readers • 1,288 pages • 3.8

#24

Winesburg, Ohio

1919 • 72 Readers • 256 pages • 4.1

#25

A Passage to India

1901 • 194 Readers • 376 pages • 3.4

#26

The Wings of the Dove

46 Readers • 3.7

#27

The Ambassadors

1903 • 30 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5

#28

Tender is the Night

1933 • 275 Readers • 336 pages • 3.6

#29

Studs Lonigan Trilogy: Young Lonigan/The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan/Judgment Day

#1 of 1 in Studs Lonigan

1935 • 11 Readers • 486 pages • 5

#30

The Good Soldier

1915 • 112 Readers • 3.3

#31

Animal Farm

1945 • 4,078 Readers • 122 pages • 4

#32

The Golden Bowl

1904 • 35 Readers • 632 pages • 3

#33

Sister Carrie

58 Readers • 3.4

#34

A Handful of Dust

1934 • 66 Readers • 240 pages • 4

#35

As I Lay Dying

1930 • 431 Readers • 231 pages • 3.6

#36

All the King's Men

1946 • 148 Readers • 669 pages • 4

#37

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1927 • 73 Readers • 3.8

#38

Howards End

1910 • 83 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

#39

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1953 • 258 Readers • 184 pages • 4

#40

The Heart of the Matter

2004 • 54 Readers • 272 pages • 3.8

#41

Lord of the Flies

1954 • 2,736 Readers • 208 pages • 3.6

#42

Deliverance

1972 • 73 Readers • 240 pages • 4.1

#43

A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement

#1-3 of 12 in A Dance to the Music of Time

1955 • 52 Readers • 718 pages • 4

#44

Point Counter Point

1928 • 46 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2

#45

The Sun Also Rises

1926 • 695 Readers • 264 pages • 3.6

#46

The Secret Agent

1907 • 77 Readers • 321 pages • 3.1

#47

Nostromo

1904 • 47 Readers • 463 pages • 3.4

#48

The Rainbow

#1 of 2 in Brangwen Family

1915 • 57 Readers • 491 pages • 3.4

#49

Women in Love

#2 of 2 in Brangwen Family

1920 • 62 Readers • 596 pages • 3.7

#50

Tropic of Cancer

#1 of 3 in Tropic

1934 • 192 Readers • 318 pages • 3.2