Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read

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Selected by the Guardian’s Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels – no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems – from any decade and in any language. Originally published in thematic supplements – love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, war and travel – they appear here for the first time in a single list.

The novels are organised into themes:
Love: #1 – 141
Crime: #142 – 288
Comedy: #289 – 437
Family and Self: #438 – 583
State of the Nation: #584 – 717
Science Fiction and Fantasy: #718 – 866
War and Travel: #867 – 998

Note: In the list provided by The Guardian at the link below, there are only 998 books. The Guardian has been informed.

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  1. 152.
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    The Neon Rain
    by James Lee Burke

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  2. 153.
    Tin Roof Blow-Down
    by James Lee Burke

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  3. 154.
    The Thirty-Nine Steps (Penguin Classics)
    by John Buchan

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  4. 155.
    Greenmantle
    by John Buchan

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  5. 156.
    The Asphalt Jungle (Film Ink)
    by W.R. Burnett

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  6. 157.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by James Mallahan Cain

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  7. 158.
    Double Indemnity
    by James M. Cain

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  8. 159.
    True History of the Kelly Gang
    by Peter Carey

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  9. 160.
    The Three Coffins
    by John Dickson Carr

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  10. 161.
    The Big Sleep
    by Raymond Chandler

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  11. 162.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Raymond Chandler

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  12. 163.
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    No Orchids for Miss Blandish
    by James Hadley Chase

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  13. 165.
    And Then There Were None
    by Agatha Christie

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  14. 166.
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    by Agatha Christie

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  15. 167.
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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    by Agatha Christie

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  16. 168.
    The Murder at the Vicarage
    by Agatha Christie

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  17. 169.
    The Secret Adversary
    by Agatha Christie

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  18. 170.
    The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)
    by Wilkie Collins

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  19. 171.
    The Moonstone (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Wilkie Collins

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  20. 172.
    A Study In Scarlet
    by Arthur Conan Doyle

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  21. 173.
    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  22. 174.
    The Sign of the Four
    by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

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  23. 175.
    The Manchurian Candidate
    by Richard Condon

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  24. 176.
    The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Joseph Conrad

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  25. 177.
    Under Western Eyes
    by Joseph Conrad

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  26. 178.
    Postmortem
    by Patricia Cornwell

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  27. 179.
    The Andromeda Strain
    by Michael Crichton

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  28. 180.
    Jurassic Park
    by Michael Crichton

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  29. 181.
    Poetic Justice (Kate Fansler Novels (Paperback))
    by Amanda Cross

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  30. 182.
    The Ipcress File
    by Len Deighton

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  31. 183.
    Last Seen Wearing (Pan Crime)
    by Colin Dexter

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  32. 184.
    The Remorseful Day
    by Colin Dexter

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  33. 185.
    Ratking
    by Michael Dibdin

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  34. 186.
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    Dead Lagoon
    by Michael Dibdin

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  35. 187.
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    Dirty Tricks
    by Michael Dibdin

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  36. 188.
    A Rich Full Death (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Michael Dibdin

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  37. 189.
    Vendetta: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
    by Michael Dibdin

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  38. 190.
    Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics)
    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  39. 191.
    Dreiser American Tragedy (Library of America)
    by Theodore Dreiser

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  40. 192.
    My Cousin Rachel
    by Daphne du Maurier

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  41. 193.
    The Count of Monte Cristo
    by Alexandre Dumas

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  42. 194.
    The Pledge
    by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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  43. 195.
    The Crime of Father Amaro
    by Jose Maria Eca De Queiros

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  44. 196.
    The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Umberto Eco

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  45. 197.
    American Psycho
    by Bret Easton Ellis

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  46. 198.
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    LA Confidential
    by James Ellroy

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  47. 199.
    The Big Nowhere
    by James Ellroy

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  48. 200.
    A Quiet Belief in Angels
    by R. J. Ellory

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