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. 201.
    Sanctuary
    by William Faulkner

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  2. 202.
    Casino Royale (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  3. 203.
    Goldfinger (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  4. 204.
    You Only Live Twice (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  5. 205.
    The Day of the Jackal
    by Frederick Forsyth

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  6. 207.
    A Gun for Sale (Penguin Classics)
    by Graham Greene

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  7. 208.
    The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment (Penguin Classics)
    by Graham Greene

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  8. 209.
    The Third Man
    by Graham Greene

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  9. 210.
    A Time to Kill
    by John Grisham

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  10. 211.
    The King of Torts
    by John Grisham

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  11. 212.
    Hangover Square (Penguin Modern Classics)
    by Patrick Hamilton

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  12. 213.
    The Glass Key
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  13. 214.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  14. 215.
    Red Harvest
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  15. 216.
    The Thin Man
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  16. 217.
    Fatherland: A Novel (Mortalis)
    by Robert Harris

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  17. 218.
    Black Sunday
    by Thomas Harris

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  18. 219.
    Red Dragon
    by Thomas Harris

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  19. 220.
    Tourist Season
    by Carl Hiaasen

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  20. 221.
    The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel (John MacRae Books)
    by George V. Higgins

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  21. 222.
    Strangers on a Train
    by Patricia Highsmith

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  22. 223.
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    by Patricia Highsmith

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  24. 225.
    A Rage in Harlem
    by Chester Himes

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  25. 226.
    Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther)
    by Peter Hoeg

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  26. 227.
    Rogue Male
    by Geoffrey Household

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  27. 228.
    Malice Aforethought
    by Francis Iles

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  28. 229.
    Silence of the Grave: A Reyjavik Murder Mystery
    by Arnaldur Indridason

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  29. 230.

  30. 231.
    Cover Her Face
    by P. D. James

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  31. 232.
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    A Taste for Death
    by P.D. James

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  32. 233.
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    Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
    by Harry Kemelman

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  33. 234.
    Misery
    by Stephen King

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  34. 235.
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    Dolores Claiborne
    by Stephen King

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  35. 236.
    Kim (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Rudyard Kipling

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  36. 237.
    The Constant Gardener

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  37. 238.
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    by John le Carre

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  38. 239.
    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

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  39. 240.

  40. 241.
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    52 Pick-up
    by Elmore Leonard

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  41. 242.
    Get Shorty
    by Elmore Leonard

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  42. 243.
    Motherless Brooklyn
    by Jonathan Lethem

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  43. 244.
    The Bourne Identity
    by Robert Ludlum

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  44. 245.
    Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback))
    by Ed McBain

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  45. 246.
    No Country for Old Men (MTI) (Vintage International)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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  46. 247.
    Enduring Love: A Novel
    by Ian Mcewan

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  47. 248.
    Sidetracked
    by Henning Mankell

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  48. 249.
    Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
    by Walter Mosley

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