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1. Джеймс Джойс "Улисс"
2. Фрэнсис Скот Фицджеральд "Великий Гэтсби"
3. Джеймс Джойс "Портрет художника в юности"
4. Владимир Набоков "Лолита"
5. Олдос Хаксли "О дивный новый мир"
6. Уильям Фолкнер "Шум и ярость"
7. Джозеф Хеллер "Уловка-22"
8. Артур Кестлер "Тьма в полдень"
9. Д.Г. Лоуренс "Сыновья и любовники"
10. Джон Стейнбек "Гроздья гнева"
11. Малколм Лаури "У подножия вулкана"
12. Сэмюел Батлер "Путь всякой плоти"
13. Джордж Оруэлл "1984"
14. Роберт Грейвз "Я, Клавдий"
15. Вирджиния Вулф "На маяк"
16. Теодор Драйзер "Американская трагедия"
17. Карсон Маккалерс "Сердце одинокий охотник"
18. Курт Воннегут "Бойня ?5"
19. Ральф Эллисон "Невидимка"
20. Ричард Райт "Сын Америки"
21. Сол Беллоу "Хендерсон - король дождя"
22. Джон О`Хара "Свидание в Самарре"
23. Джон Дос Пассос "США" (трилогия)
24. Шервуд Андерсон "Уайнсбург, Огайо"
25. Э.М.Форстер "Поездка в Индию"
26. Генри Джеймс "Крылья голубки"
27. Генри Джеймс "Послы"
28. Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд "Ночь нежна"
29. Джеймс Т.Фаррелл "Трилогия о Стадсе Лонигане"
30. Форд Мэддокс Форд "Хороший солдат"
31. Джордж Оруэлл "Скотный двор"
32. Генри Джеймс "Золотая чаша"
33. Теодор Драйзер "Сестра Кэрри"
34. Ивлин Во "Пригоршня праха"
35. Уильям Фолкнер "Когда я умирала"
36. Роберт Пенн Уоррен "Вся королевская рать"
37. Торнтон Уайлдер "Мост короля Людовика Святого"
38. Э.М.Форстер "Ховардс-Энд"
39. Джеймс Болдуин "Пойди и скажи это на горе"
40. Грэм Грин "Суть дела"
41. Уильям Голдинг "Повелитель мух"
42. Джеймс Дики "Избавление"
43. Энтони Пауэлл "Танец под музыку времени" (серия романов)
44. Олдос Хаксли "Контрапункт"
45. Эрнест Хэмингуэй "И восходит солнце"
46. Джозеф Конрад "Секретный агент"
47. Джозеф Конрад "Ностромо"
48. Д.Г.Лоуренс "Радуга"
49. Д.Г.Лоуренс "Влюбленные женщины"
50. Генри Миллер "Тропик Рака"
51. Норман Мейлер "Нагие и мертвые"
52. Филип Рот "Жалоба"
53. Владимир Набоков "Бледный огонь"
54. Уильям Фолкнер "Свет в августе"
55. Джек Керуак "На дороге"
56. Дешил Хэммет "Мальтийский сокол"
57. Форд Мэддокс Форд "Конец парада"
58. Эдит Уортон "Век невинности"
59. Макс Бирбом "Зулейка Добсон"
60. Уокер Перси "Кономан"
61. Уилла Кэтер "Смерть приходит за архиепископом"
62. Джеймс Джонс "Отсюда в вечность"
63. Джон Чивер "Уопшотские хроники"
64. Дж.Д.Сэлинджер "Над пропастью во ржи"
65. Энтони Берджесс "Заводной апельсин"
66. Уильям Сомерсет Моэм "Бремя страстей человеческих"
67. Джозеф Конрад "Сердце тьмы"
68. Синклер Льюис "Главная улица"
69. Эдит Уортон "Дом мирта"
70. Лоуренс Даррелл "Александрийский квартет"
71. Ричард Хьюз "Ураган на Ямайке"
72. В.С.Найпол "Дом для мистера Бисуоса"
73. Натанаэл Уэст "День саранчи"
74. Эрнест Хэмингуэй "Прощай оружие"
75. Ивлин Во "Сенсация"
76. Мьюриэл Спарк "Мисс Джин Броди в расцвете лет"
77. Джеймс Джойс "Поминки по Финнегану"
78. Редьярд Киплинг "Ким"
79. Э.М. Форстер "Комната с видом"
80. Ивлин Во "Возвращение в Брайтсхед"
81. Сол Беллоу "Приключения Оджи Малча"
82. Уоллес Стегнер "Угол покоя"
83. В.С.Найпол "Излучина"
84. Элизабет Боуэн "Смерть сердца"
85. Джозеф Конрад "Лорд Джим"
86. Э.Л.Доктороу "Регтайм"
87. Арнольд Беннет "Сказка старых баб"
88. Джек Лондон "Зов предков"
89. Генри Грин "Любовь"
90. Салман Рушди "Дети полуночи"
91. Эрскин Колдуэлл "Табачная дорога"
92. Уильям Кеннеди "Железный бурьян"
93. Джон Фауэлз "Волхв"
94. Джин Рис "Широкое Саргасово море"
95. Айрис Мердок "Под сетью"
96. Уильям Стайрон "Выбор Софи"
97. Пол Боулз "Раскаленное небо"
98. Дж.М.Кейн "Почтальон всегда звонит дважды"
99. Дж.П.Донливи "Имбирный человек"
100. Бут Таркингтон "Великолепные Эмберсоны"
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1.
ULYSSES by James Joyce
2.
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4.
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5.
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6.
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7.
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
8.
DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9.
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
11.
UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
12.
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
13.
1984 by George Orwell
14.
I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
15.
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
16.
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
17.
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
18.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
19.
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20.
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21.
HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22.
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
23.
U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24.
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
25.
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
26.
THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
27.
THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28.
TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
29.
THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
30.
THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31.
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32.
THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
33.
SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34.
A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35.
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
36.
ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37.
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38.
HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
39.
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
40.
THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41.
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
42.
DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
43.
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
44.
POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
45.
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
46.
THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47.
NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48.
THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49.
WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50.
TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
51.
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
52.
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
53.
PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
54.
LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
55.
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
56.
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
57.
PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford
58.
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
59.
ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
60.
THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
61.
DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
62.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
63.
THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever
64.
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
65.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
66.
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
67.
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
68.
MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
69.
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
70.
THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
71.
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
72.
A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul
73.
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
74.
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
75.
SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
76.
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
77.
FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce
78.
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
79.
A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
80.
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
81.
THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow
82.
ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
83.
A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul
84.
THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
85.
LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
86.
RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
87.
THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett
88.
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
89.
LOVING by Henry Green
90.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
91.
TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
92.
IRONWEED by William Kennedy
93.
THE MAGUS by John Fowles
94.
WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
95.
UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
96.
SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron
97.
THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
98.
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
99.
THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy
100.
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington
Selected from novels published in the English language since 1900.
1.
ATLAS SHRUGGED by AYN RAND
6198
2.
DUNE by FRANK HERBERT
3602
3.
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. SALINGER
2613
4.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. TOLKIEN
2224
5.
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by AYN RAND
2056
6.
ENDER'S GAME by ORSON SCOTT CARD
1811
7.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by ROBERT HEINLEIN
1642
8.
THE STAND by STEPHEN KING
1550
9.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE
1544
10.
AND TRAIL MIX RAINED FROM THE SKY by PHILIP TRAVISANO
1540
11.
GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by THOMAS PYNCHON
1472
12.
UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME by P.G. WODEHOUSE
1272
13.
DOG OF THE SOUTH by CHARLES PORTIS
1133
14.
CATCH-22 by JOSEPH HELLER
1073
15.
ULYSSES by JAMES JOYCE
994
16.
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by WILLIAM FAULKNER
977
17.
TEK WAR by WILLIAM SHATNER
968
18.
THE RECOGNITIONS by WILLIAM GADDIS
946
19.
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
893
20.
ANTHEM by AYN RAND
833
21.
A WRINKLE IN TIME by MADELEINE L'ENGLE
830
22.
TRADER by CHARLES DE LINT
770
23.
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by DOUGLAS ADAMS
719
24.
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
712
25.
WISE BLOOD by FLANNERY O'CONNOR
710
26.
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by JOHN IRVING
704
27.
WATERSHIP DOWN by RICHARD ADAMS
683
28.
BELOVED by TONI MORRISON
666
29.
1984 by GEORGE ORWELL
645
30.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. RON HUBBARD
583
31.
INVISIBLE MAN by RALPH ELLISON
575
32.
MRS. DALLOWAY by VIRGINIA WOOLF
547
33.
TOMMOROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN by JOHN MARSDEN
541
34.
LOLITA by VLADIMIR NABOKOV
539
35.
WE THE LIVING by AYN RAND
508
36.
ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by ROBERT PIRSIG
490
37.
GEEK LOVE by KATHERINE DUNN
484
38.
A FAN'S NOTES by FREDERICK EXLEY
439
39.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by SHIRLEY JACKSON
433
40.
MOONHEART by CHARLES DE LINT
427
41.
OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
420
42.
YARROW by CHARLES DE LINT
395
43.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by JOHN STEINBECK
391
44.
BRAVE NEW WORLD by ALDOUS HUXLEY
372
45.
ON THE ROAD by JACK KEROUAC
369
46.
LONESOME DOVE by LARRY MCMURTRY
365
47.
AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by FLANN O'BRIEN
364
48.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT by RUSSELL BANKS
360
49.
TROPIC OF CANCER by HENRY MILLER
357
50.
THE SOURCE by JAMES MICHENER
354
51.
SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by CHARLES DE LINT
353
52.
HEART OF DARKNESS by JOSEPH CONRAD
353
53.
NAKED LUNCH by WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
350
54.
GONE WITH THE WIND by MARGARET MITCHELL
349
55.
SWAN SONG by ROBERT R. MCCAMMON
349
56.
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by VIRGINIA WOOLF
338
57.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by KURT VONNEGUT
338
58.
V. by THOMAS PYNCHON
334
59.
BLOOD MERIDIAN by CORMAC MCCARTHY
330
60.
VALIS by PHILIP K. DICK
327
61.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by ANTHONY BURGESS
325
62.
THE SUN ALSO RISES by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
313
63.
V by THOMAS PYNCHON
307
64.
NORWOOD by CHARLES PORTIS
304
65.
FLASHMAN by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER
303
66.
WHITE NOISE by DON DELILLO
299
67.
THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. EDDISON
297
68.
SUTTREE by CORMAC MCCARTHY
289
69.
FLETCH by GREGORY MACDONALD
289
70.
TEK LORDS by WILLIAM SHATNER
281
71.
THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLER
280
72.
UNDERWORLD by DON DELILLO
279
73.
SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by KEN KESEY
276
74.
GAUDY NIGHT by DOROTHY L. SAYERS
276
75.
CAT'S CRADLE by KURT VONNEGUT
273
76.
UNDER THE VOLCANO by MALCOLM LOWRY
273
77.
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by JOHN FOWLES
271
78.
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by W. FAULKNER
266
79.
FIFTH BUSINESS by ROBERTSON DAVIES
266
80.
ANIMAL FARM by GEORGE ORWELL
262
81.
BRIDGE OF BIRDS by BARRY HUGHART
251
82.
INTO THE LIGHT by ALEX HANCOCK
251
83.
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by JAMES JOYCE
250
84.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by RAY BRADBURY
246
85.
I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME by MARGARET CRAVEN
245
86.
THE KILLER ANGELS by MICHAEL SHAARA
236
87.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by KEN KESEY
235
88.
ARROWSMITH by SINCLAIR LEWIS
235
89.
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by ZORA NEALE HURSTON
