Burgess 99

A personal selection of ninety-nine English language novels published between 1939 and 1983, chosen by author Anthony Burgess. Because he included some trilogies and series, it's actually more than ninety-nine (rather like thinking "all the Beatles" only counts as one on your desert island 10 CD list). To his credit, Burgess did not select any of his own works, the best known of which is A Clockwork Orange (and which was actually not his personal favorite among his own books anyway).

1981
Creation
1981
Lanark
1978
The Coup
1977
Staying On
1976
Falstaff
1973-03-14
Gravity's Rainbow
1970
Bomber
1969-02-21
Portnoy's Complaint
1968
Cocksure
1968
Pavane
1966-08-05
Giles Goat-Boy
1964
The Spire
1964
Late Call
1964
Heartland
1962
Island
1962
Pale Fire
1960
Clea
1959-03-23
Goldfinger
1959-11-13
The Mansion
1958
The Bell
1958
Balthazar
1958
Mountolive
1957
Justine
1954
Lucky Jim
1952-05-19
Wise Blood
1951-03-17
The Caine Mutiny
1949
The Body
1948
No Highway
1947-11-19
The Victim