
Time Magazine 100 Novels
Not to be outdone during the post-millennial "100 Best List" hysteria, Time Magazine asked its critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo to choose the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.
2005
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
2001
The Corrections
The Corrections
2001
Atonement
Atonement
2000
White Teeth
White Teeth
2000
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
1996
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest
1992
Snow Crash
Snow Crash
1990
Possession
Possession
1987
Beloved
Beloved
1986
The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter
1986
Watchmen
Watchmen
1985
White Noise
White Noise
1985
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
1984
Neuromancer
Neuromancer
1984
Money
Money
1981
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
1980
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
1977
Falconer
Falconer
1975
Ragtime
Ragtime
1974
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers
1973-03-14
Gravity's Rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow
1973
Temporary Kings
Temporary Kings
1970
Play It as It Lays
Play It as It Lays
1970-03-23
Deliverance
Deliverance
1969
Ubik
Ubik
1969-02-21
Portnoy's Complaint
Portnoy's Complaint
1969-03-31
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
1966-04-27
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49
1966
The Soldier's Art
The Soldier's Art
1966
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
1965
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird
1964-09-21
Herzog
Herzog
1964
The Valley of Bones
The Valley of Bones
1962-02-1
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1962
The Kindly One's
The Kindly One's
1962
Pale Fire
Pale Fire
1962
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook
1962
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1961-05-15
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer
1961
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
1961-10-10
Catch-22
Catch-22
1960-07-11
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
1960-08-19
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor
1959
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
1959-10-19
Rabbit, Run
Rabbit, Run
1958
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
1957
At Lady Molly's
At Lady Molly's
1957-09-05
On the Road
On the Road
1957
The Assistant
The Assistant
1955
The Acceptance World
The Acceptance World
1955
Lolita
Lolita
1955
The Recognitions
The Recognitions
1954
Under the Net
Under the Net
1954
The Two Towers
The Two Towers
1954
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim
1953-09-18
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March
1953
A Buyer's Market
A Buyer's Market
1953-03-18
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1952
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
1951-07-16
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
1949
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky
1947
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano
1946-08-22
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
1945
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
1945
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
1945
Loving
Loving
1940
Native Son
Native Son
1940-06-04
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1939-04-14
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1939
At Swim-Two Birds
At Swim-Two Birds
1939
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to Berlin
1939
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1936-06-30
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
1934
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust
1934
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
1934
I, Claudius
I, Claudius
1934
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep
1932-10-06
Light in August
Light in August
1929-10-07
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
1929
Red Harvest
Red Harvest
1927
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
1927-11-03
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1926-10-22
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
1925-05-14
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
1925-04-10
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
1925
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
1924-06-04
A Passage to India
A Passage to India