The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must 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.

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  1. 151.
    The Man With the Golden Arm
    by Nelson Algren

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  2. 152.
    Fantomas (Penguin Classics)
    by Marcel Allain

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  3. 153.
    The Mask of Dimitrios
    by Eric Ambler

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  4. 154.
    Epitaph for a Spy

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  5. 155.
    Journey Into Fear
    by Eric Ambler

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  6. 156.
    New York Trilogy (Green Integer)
    by Paul Auster

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  7. 157.
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    Trent's Last Case
    by E. C. Bentley

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  8. 158.
    The Poisoned Chocolates Case (A Roger Sheringham Case)
    by Anthony Berkeley

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  9. 159.
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    The beast must die
    by Nicholas Blake

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  10. 160.
    Lady Audley's Secret
    by Elizabeth Mary Braddon

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  11. 161.
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    The Neon Rain
    by James Lee; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) Burke

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  12. 162.
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    The Tin Roof Blowdown
    by James Lee Burke

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  13. 163.

  14. 164.
    Greenmantle
    by John Buchan

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  15. 165.
    The Asphalt Jungle (Film Ink)
    by W.R. Burnett

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  16. 166.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by James Mallahan Cain

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  17. 167.
    Double Indemnity
    by James M. Cain

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  18. 168.
    True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel
    by Peter Carey

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  19. 169.
    The Big Sleep
    by Raymond Chandler

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  20. 170.
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    The Hollow Man
    by John Dickson Carr

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  21. 171.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Raymond Chandler

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  22. 172.
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    No Orchids for Miss Blandish
    by James Hadley Chase

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  23. 174.
    And Then There Were None

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  24. 175.
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Detective Story (Mortalis)
    by Agatha Christie

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  25. 176.
    Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery
    by Agatha Christie

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  26. 177.
    Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
    by Agatha Christie

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  27. 178.
    The Secret Adversary
    by Agatha Christie

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  28. 179.
    The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)
    by Wilkie Collins

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  29. 180.
    The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics)
    by Wilkie Collins

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  30. 181.
    A Study in Scarlet
    by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

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  31. 183.
    The Sign of the Four
    by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

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  32. 184.
    The Manchurian Candidate
    by Greil Marcus

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  33. 185.
    The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics)
    by Joseph Conrad

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  34. 186.
    Under Western Eyes
    by Joseph Conrad

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  35. 187.
    Postmortem
    by Patricia Cornwell

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  36. 188.
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    The Andromeda Stain
    by Michael Crichton

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  37. 189.
    Jurassic Park
    by Michael Crichton

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  38. 190.
    Poetic Justice (Kate Fansler Novels (Paperback))
    by Amanda Cross

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  39. 191.
    The Ipcress File
    by Len Deighton

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  40. 192.
    Last Seen Wearing (Pan Crime)
    by Colin Dexter

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  41. 193.
    The Remorseful Day
    by Colin Dexter

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  42. 194.
    Ratking
    by Michael Dibdin

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  43. 195.
    Dead Lagoon: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
    by Michael Dibdin

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  44. 196.
    Dirty Tricks
    by Michael Dibdin

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  45. 197.
    A Rich Full Death (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
    by Michael Dibdin

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  46. 198.
    Vendetta
    by Jan Guillou

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  47. 199.
    Crime and Punishment
    by F.M. Dostoevsky

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  48. 200.
    Dreiser American Tragedy (Library of America)
    by Theodore Dreiser

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