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Time Magazine's top 100 greatest English-langauge books from 1923 to the present. As a prestigious publication, Time's picks for best books since 1923 should be recognized and considered among every literature fan. For the full article go to: http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html. I intend to sit and read through as many of these as I can.

 
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  1. 1
    The Adventures of Augie March Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Adventures of Augie March

    Saul Bellow
    1953
    Fiction, Picaresque novel
    Literary, Literature, Mexico
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  2. 2
    All the King's Men Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    All the King's Men

    Robert Penn Warren
    1946
    Novel
    Politician, Election, Political corruption
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  3. 3
    American Pastoral Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    American Pastoral

    Philip Roth
    1997-05-12
    Novel, Fiction
    United States of America, History, Literary, Family
    buy@amazon
  4. 4
    An American Tragedy Time's Best Novels Since 1923 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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  5. 5
    Animal Farm Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell
    1945-08-17
    Fiction, Roman à clef, Children's literature, Speculative fiction, Satire More
    Drama, Literary, Classics, Literature, English Literature, Literary criticism, Monarch, Communism More
    buy@amazon
  7. 6
    Appointment in Samarra Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Appointment in Samarra

    John O'Hara
    1934
    Novel
    United States of America, 20th century, Pennsylvania, Suicide, Elite
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  8. 7
    Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

    Judy Blume
    Young adult literature
    buy@amazon
  9. 8
    The Assistant Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Assistant

    Bernard Malamud
    1957
    Novel, Fiction
    Literary
    buy@amazon
  10. 9
    At Swim-Two-Birds Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    At Swim-Two-Birds

    Flann O'Brien
    1939
    Novel
    Ireland, Folklore
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  11. 10
    Beloved Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison
    1987-01
    Novel, Fiction, Children's literature, Speculative fiction, Historical fiction More
    United States of America, History, Literary, Spanish Language, Ohio, 19th century, Slavery More
    buy@amazon
  12. 11
    The Berlin Stories Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Berlin Stories

    Christopher Isherwood
    Novel, Fiction
    Germany, Literary, Classics, Literature, British Cuisine
    buy@amazon
  13. 12
    The Big Sleep Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Big Sleep

    Raymond Chandler
    1939
    Novel, Crime fiction, Hardboiled, Detective fiction
    California
    buy@amazon
  14. 13
    The Blind Assassin Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Blind Assassin

    Margaret Atwood
    2000-09-02
    Fiction
    Literary, Espionage, Family, Performing arts, Death, Sibling rivalry
    buy@amazon
  15. 14
    Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

    Cormac McCarthy
    1985-02
    Fiction, Historical novel, Western
    Reference
    buy@amazon
  16. 15
    Brideshead Revisited Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Brideshead Revisited

    Evelyn Waugh
    1945
    Fiction
    England, Literary, Classics, Popular literature
    buy@amazon
  18. 16
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    Thornton Wilder, Thomas Richter
    1927
    Novel, Fiction
    History, 18th century, Literary, Classics, Literature, Music, Peru, Divine Providence, Disaster More
    buy@amazon
  19. 17
    Call It Sleep Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    Call It Sleep

    Henry Roth
    Fiction
    Literary, Comics
    buy@amazon
  20. 18
    Catch-22 Time's Best Novels Since 1923 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
    buy@amazon
  21. 19
    The Catcher in the Rye Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger
    1951-07-16
    Novel, Fiction, Bildungsroman, First-person narrative
    Classics, Literature, Literary criticism, Popular literature, Human sexuality, Psychological identity, Social alienation, Teenage rebellion, Adolescent psychology, Belongingness More
    buy@amazon
  22. 20
    A Clockwork Orange Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess
    1962
    Fiction, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Satire, Utopian and dystopian fiction More
    Classics, Brainwashing
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  23. 21
    The Confessions of Nat Turner Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Confessions of Nat Turner

    William Styron
    1967
    Novel, Fiction
    Slavery, Nat Turner, Nat Turner's Rebellion
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  24. 22
    The Corrections Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Corrections

    Jonathan Franzen
    2001
    Fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, Literary criticism, Family
    buy@amazon
  25. 23
    The Crying of Lot 49 Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Crying of Lot 49

    Thomas Pynchon
    1966
    Novel, Fiction, Speculative fiction
    Literary, Classics, Literature, California
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  26. 24

    A Dance to the Music of Time

    Anthony Powell
    buy@amazon
  27. 25
    The Day of the Locust Time's Best Novels Since 1923 Books & Publications picture

    The Day of the Locust

    Nathanael West
    1939-05-16
    Novel, Fiction
    Hollywood, Music, Popular literature
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  1. Anonymous
    Time's Best Novels Since 1923 at 1/14/2010 11:23 PM
    great list
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