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Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read

In 2009 The Guardian created an exhaustive list of the best 1000 novels of all time.
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from theguardian.com · made by Scott
avg. score: 82 of 1000 (8%)
required scores: 1, 32, 51, 77, 119 

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Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
2
Colin Macinnes
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
3
Anne Tyler
According to Queeney
According to Queeney
4
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
5
Vladimir Nabokov
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
6
George Eliot
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
7
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
8
The Adventures of Gil Blas
The Adventures of Gil Blas
9
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
11
The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random
12
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
13
Mark Twain
Affinity
Affinity
14
The African Queen
The African Queen
15
After London; Or, Wild England
After London; Or, Wild England
16
Afternoon Men
Afternoon Men
17
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
18
Edith Wharton
Air
Air
19
Alberta and Jacob
Alberta and Jacob
20
Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino
21
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
22
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
23
Erich Maria Remarque
All Souls Day
All Souls Day
24
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
25
Cormac McCarthy
Alms for Oblivion
Alms for Oblivion
26
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
27
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
28
Henry James
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
29
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
30
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
31
Bret Easton Ellis
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
32
Theodore Dreiser
Amongst Women
Amongst Women
33
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
34
Agatha Christie
Andersonville
Andersonville
35
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain
36
Michael Crichton
Angel
Angel
37
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
38
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
39
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
40
Leo Tolstoy
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