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. 201.
    My Cousin Rachel
    by Daphne du Maurier

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  2. 202.
    The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
    by Alexandre Dumas père

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  3. 203.
    The Pledge
    by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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  4. 204.
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    The Crime of Father Amado

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  5. 205.
    The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Umberto Eco

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  6. 206.
    American Psycho
    by Bret Easton Ellis

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  7. 207.
    L.A. Confidential
    by James Ellroy

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  8. 208.
    The Big Nowhere
    by James Ellroy

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  9. 209.
    A Quiet Belief in Angels
    by R. J. Ellory

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  10. 210.
    Sanctuary
    by William Faulkner

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  11. 211.
    Casino Royale (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  12. 212.
    Goldfinger (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  13. 213.
    You Only Live Twice (James Bond Novels)
    by Ian Fleming

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  14. 214.
    The Day of the Jackal
    by Frederick Forsyth

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  15. 216.
    A Gun for Sale (Penguin Classics)
    by Graham Greene

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  16. 217.
    The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment (Penguin Classics)
    by Graham Greene

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  17. 218.
    The Third Man
    by Graham Greene

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  18. 219.
    A Time to Kill
    by John Grisham

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  19. 220.
    The King of Torts
    by John Grisham

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  20. 221.
    Hangover Square
    by Patrick Hamilton

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  21. 222.
    The Glass Key
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  22. 223.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  23. 224.
    Red Harvest
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  24. 225.
    The Thin Man
    by Dashiell Hammett

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  25. 226.
    Fatherland: A Novel (Mortalis)
    by Robert Harris

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  26. 227.
    Black Sunday
    by Thomas Harris

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  27. 228.
    Red Dragon
    by Thomas Harris

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  28. 229.
    Tourist Season
    by Carl Hiaasen

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  29. 230.
    The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel (John MacRae Books)
    by George V. Higgins

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  30. 231.
    Strangers on a Train
    by Patricia Highsmith

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  31. 232.
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    by Patricia Highsmith

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  32. 233.

  33. 234.
    A Rage in Harlem
    by Chester Himes

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  34. 235.
    Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther)
    by Peter Hoeg

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  35. 236.
    Rogue Male
    by Geoffrey Household

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  36. 237.
    Malice Aforethought
    by Francis Iles

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  37. 238.
    Silence of the Grave: A Thriller
    by Arnaldur Indridason

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  38. 239.

  39. 240.
    Cover Her Face
    by P.D. James

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  40. 241.
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    A Taste for Death
    by P.D. James

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  41. 242.
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    Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
    by Harry Kemelman

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  42. 243.
    Misery, Spanish Edition
    by Stephen King

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  43. 244.
    Dolores Claiborne
    by Stephen King

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  44. 245.
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    Kim
    by Rudyard Kipling

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  45. 246.
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    The Constant Gardener
    by Jon Le Carre

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  46. 247.
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    by John Le Carre

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  47. 248.
    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

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  48. 249.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

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  49. 250.
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    52 Pick-up
    by Elmore Leonard

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