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The Best 99 Novels Picked by Anthony Burgess
Walter Graves A list of the best 99 novels of all time between 1939 and 1983 compiled by Anthony Burgess, one of the greatest literary critics of all time. Anthony Burgess is well known for reviewing over 350 books in just over two years, and that was just at the start of his career. In the 1980's, when Anthony was asked to list his favorite books, this is the list he made. Being ninety-nine novels, this list is entirely comprised of fictional stories, but beyond that, all genres have been included. If you're new to reading, or an old bibliophile, this list of the best 99 novels should help you decide what to add next to your bookshelf or e-reader.
- 1
V.S. Naipaul“ Published in 1979. „ - 2
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight
“ Published in 1951. „ - 3
John Kennedy Toole“ Published in 1980. „ - 4 Anthony Powell“ Published in 1951. „
- 5
Chinua Achebe“ Published in 1966. „ - 6
A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood“ Published in 1964. „ - 7
After Many a Summer
Aldous Huxley“ Published in 1939. „ - 8
An Error of Judgement
Pamela Hansford Johnson“ Published in 1962. „ - 9 Norman Mailer“ Published in 1983. „
- 10 James Baldwin“ Published in 1962. „
- 11
Ape and Essence
Aldous Huxley“ Published in 1948. „ - 12 Flann O'Brien“ Published in 1939. „
- 13 Len Deighton“ Published in 1970. „
- 14 Evelyn Waugh“ Published in 1945. „
- 15 Joseph Heller“ Published in 1961. „
- 16
Cocksure
Mordecai Richler“ Published in 1968. „ - 17 Gore Vidal“ Published in 1981. „
- 18
Darconville's Cat
Alexander Theroux“ Published in 1981. „ - 19
Dubin's lives
Bernard Malamud“ Published in 1979. „ - 20
Facial Justice
L. P. Hartley“ Published in 1960. „ - 21
Falstaff
Robert Nye“ Published in 1976. „ - 22
Farewell companions
James Plunkett“ Published in 1977. „ - 23 James Joyce“ Published in 1939. „
- 24 Ernest Hemingway“ Published in 1940. „
- 25 John Barth“ Published in 1966. „
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