Home/Entertainment/Books/The Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishHome/Entertainment/BooksList · 100 itemsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm · 4 likes100 itemsUpdated last yearListBooks · EntertainmentThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm@TheBookworm100Items4Likes100 picks in “The Guardian: 100 best novels written in English”, curated by TheBookworm on TheLysts.See all 100 itemsFollow TheBookwormShareOpen in appThe listShowing 71–80 of 100Search these 100 itemsRankTableCardsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in English — 10 itemsNameTitleAuthorYearSynopsis71The End of the Affair—Graham Greene1951Graham Greene’s moving tale of adultery and its aftermath ties together several vital strands in his work.72The Catcher in the Rye—JD Salinger1951JD Salinger’s study of teenage rebellion remains one of the most controversial and best-loved American novels of the 20th century.73The Adventures of Augie March—Saul Bellow1953In the long-running hunt to identify the great American novel, Saul Bellow’s picaresque third book frequently hits the mark.74Lord of the Flies—William Golding1954Dismissed at first as “rubbish & dull”, Golding’s brilliantly observed dystopian desert island tale has since become a classic.75Lolita—Vladimir Nabokov1955Nabokov’s tragicomic tour de force crosses the boundaries of good taste with glee.76On the Road—Jack Kerouac1957The creative history of Kerouac’s beat-generation classic, fuelled by pea soup and benzedrine, has become as famous as the novel itself.77Voss—Patrick White1957A love story set against the disappearance of an explorer in the outback, Voss paved the way for a generation of Australian writers to shrug off the colonial past.78To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee1960Her second novel finally arrived this summer, but Harper Lee’s first did enough alone to secure her lasting fame, and remains a truly popular classic.79The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark1960Short and bittersweet, Muriel Spark’s tale of the downfall of a Scottish schoolmistress is a masterpiece of narrative fiction.80Catch-22—Joseph Heller1961This acerbic anti-war novel was slow to fire the public imagination, but is rightly regarded as a groundbreaking critique of military madness.90 more items in this listSign up free to see them all, with every column and every photograph.Sign up free78910NextServer-rendered — every page reachable without JavaScriptReport
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