Home/The Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishHomeList · 100 itemsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm100 itemsUpdated last yearListThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm@TheBookworm100Items100 picks in “The Guardian: 100 best novels written in English”, curated by TheBookworm on TheLysts.See all 100 itemsFollow TheBookwormShareOpen in appThe listShowing 31–40 of 100Search these 100 itemsRankTableCardsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in English — 10 itemsNameAuthorYearSynopsis31DraculaBram Stoker1897Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story was very much of its time but still resonates more than a century later.32Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad1899Joseph Conrad’s masterpiece about a life-changing journey in search of Mr Kurtz has the simplicity of great myth.33Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser1900Theodore Dreiser was no stylist, but there’s a terrific momentum to his unflinching novel about a country girl’s American dream.34KimRudyard Kipling1901In Kipling’s classic boy’s own spy story, an orphan in British India must make a choice between east and west.35The Call of the WildJack London1903Jack London’s vivid adventures of a pet dog that goes back to nature reveal an extraordinary style and consummate storytelling.36The Golden BowlHenry James1904American literature contains nothing else quite like Henry James’s amazing, labyrinthine and claustrophobic novel.37Hadrian the SeventhFrederick Rolfe1904This entertaining if contrived story of a hack writer and priest who becomes pope sheds vivid light on its eccentric author – described by DH Lawrence as a “man-demon”.38The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame1908The evergreen tale from the riverbank and a powerful contribution to the mythology of Edwardian England.39The History of Mr PollyHG Wells1910The choice is great, but Wells’s ironic portrait of a man very like himself is the novel that stands out.40Zuleika DobsonMax Beerbohm1911The passage of time has conferred a dark power upon Beerbohm’s ostensibly light and witty Edwardian satire.90 more items in this listSign up free to see them all, with every column and every photograph.Sign up free3456NextServer-rendered — every page reachable without JavaScriptReport
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