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The Modern Library's list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. These are books that've stood the test of time and will forever have a place in the literary hall of fame, at least according to the MLA. The see the list at the original source where I got this from, click here: http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

 
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  1. 1
    Ulysses MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Ulysses

    James Joyce
    1922-02-02
    Novel, Fiction
    Ireland, Men
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  2. 2
    The Great Gatsby MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    1925-04-10
    Novel, Fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Literary criticism, Music, Education, Arts, Revenge, Reference, Upper class, American Dream, Jazz Age, Language, Humanities More
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  3. 3
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    James Joyce
    Novel, Autobiography, Künstlerroman
    Ireland
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  4. 4
    Lolita MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Lolita

    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
    1955
    Novel, Fiction, Romance novel, Tragicomedy
    Drama, Literary, Classics, Literature, Film, Erotica, Performing arts, Video More
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  5. 5
    Brave New World MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley
    Fiction, Children's literature, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Dystopia, Utopian and dystopian fiction More
    English Language, Literary, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Literary criticism, Genetic engineering, Technology, Propaganda, Future, Brainwashing More
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  7. 6
    The Sound and the Fury MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    The Sound and the Fury

    William Faulkner
    1929
    Fiction, Children's literature, Gothic fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Literary criticism, Mississippi More
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  8. 7
    Catch-22 MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller
    1961-11-11
    Anti-war, World War II, Historical fiction, Black comedy, War novel, Satire, Absurdist fiction More
    Drama, World War II
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  9. 8
    Darkness at Noon MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Darkness at Noon

    Arthur Koestler
    1940
    Novel, Fiction
    History, Classics, Literature, Soviet Union, Russia, Political repression in the Soviet Union More
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  10. 9
    Sons and Lovers MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Sons and Lovers

    D. H. Lawrence
    1913
    Fiction, Autobiographical novel, Künstlerroman
    England, Literary, 20th century, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Literary criticism, Family More
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  11. 10
    The Grapes of Wrath MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    The Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck, Frank Galati
    California, Oklahoma
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  12. 11
    Under the Volcano MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Under the Volcano

    Malcolm Lowry
    Fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, Literary criticism, Mexico, Europe, British Cuisine, Alcoholism, South America More
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  13. 12
    The Way of All Flesh MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    The Way of All Flesh

    Samuel Butler
    1903
    Autobiographical novel
    England, Music, 19th century, Victorian era, Tradition
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  14. 13
    1984 MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    1984

    Kit Reed
    Monarch
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  15. 14
    I, Claudius MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    I, Claudius

    Robert Graves
    Fiction, Historical novel, Historical fiction
    History, Literary, Classics, Rome, Holy Roman Empire, Claudius, Julio-Claudian dynasty More
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  16. 15
    To the Lighthouse MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    To the Lighthouse

    Virginia Woolf
    1927-05-05
    Novel, Fiction, Children's literature
    English Language, England, Scotland, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Marriage, Death More
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  18. 16
    An American Tragedy MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    An American Tragedy

    Theodore Dreiser
    1925
    Fiction, Crime fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, Murder, Ambition, Popular literature, American literature More
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  19. 17
    The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

    Carson McCullers
    1940
    Fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, Friendship
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  20. 18
    Slaughterhouse-Five MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut
    1969
    Fiction, Philosophy, Science fiction, Time travel, Speculative fiction, Black comedy, War novel More
    World War II, Literary, Classics, American science fiction
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  21. 19
    Invisible Man MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Invisible Man

    Ralph Ellison
    Novel, Fiction, Children's literature, Science fiction, Bildungsroman, Social commentary More
    United States of America, Literary, Classics, Literature, Places
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  22. 20
    Native Son MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Native Son

    Richard Wright
    1940
    Novel, Fiction
    Drama, Chicago, Racism
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  23. 21
    Henderson the Rain King MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Henderson the Rain King

    Saul Bellow
    1959
    Fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, Africa
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  24. 22
    Appointment in Samarra MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Appointment in Samarra

    John O'Hara
    1934
    Novel
    United States of America, 20th century, Pennsylvania, Suicide, Elite
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  25. 23

    U.S.A. Trilogy

    John Dos Passos
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  26. 24
    Winesburg, Ohio MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    Winesburg, Ohio

    Sherwood Anderson
    1919
    Novel
    Ohio
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  27. 25
    A Passage to India MLA Board's 100 Best Novels Books & Publications picture

    A Passage to India

    E. M. Forster
    1924
    Novel, Fiction, Romance novel
    Literary, Classics, Literature, India, British Cuisine
    buy@amazon

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  1. baseballfan
    MLA Board's 100 Best Novels at 12/08/2009 11:33 AM
    a lot of good ones on this list but the Da Vinci Code would be on my top 100, as well as the others that go with it even though i havent finished them all yet.
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