Lists of Bests: 100 Years, 100 Novels http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64740 NPR's Dick Meyer posts his own version of the top 100 novels of the century. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:18:56 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3716 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3716"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> The Great Gatsby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743273567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Scott Fitzgerald</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393926362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Brave New World (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434784 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434784"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060850523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> Angle of Repose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1434812 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wallace Stegner</div> Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18439 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18439"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679410430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464690_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vladimir Nabokov</div> Humboldt's Gift http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3915413 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saul Bellow</div> A Passage to India (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163250 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014144116X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E.M. Forster</div> To the Lighthouse (Annotated) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007836 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007836"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156030470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1119999750_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33684 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33684"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1883011140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60062379_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dos Passos</div> The Untouchable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19055 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19055"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679767479.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> To Kill a Mockingbird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307932"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115951817_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harper Lee</div> Rabbit at Rest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13531 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13531"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449911942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> All the King's Men [ALL THE KINGS MEN HARVEST/E] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6354802 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6354802"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YSmCBFdKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Penn(Author) ; Blotner, Joseph(Foreword by) Warren</div> American Pastoral http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9027"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123891143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Remains of the Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18738 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18738"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679731725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464898_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1612668 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1612668"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451530179.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> Light in August http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18744 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18744"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679732268.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Faulkner</div> My Antonia (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96250 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96250"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593082029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> The Sun Also Rises http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743297334.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Hemingway</div> A Lesson Before Dying (Five Star) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244000 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/244000"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/185242723X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest J. Gaines</div> Rabbit, Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13526 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13526"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449911659.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Updike</div> Babbitt (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3283467 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3283467"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SlFET4UCL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sinclair Lewis</div> The Moviegoer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9043 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9043"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701966.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> The Jungle (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118690 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118690"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743487621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Upton Sinclair</div> The Bell Jar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5346512 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5346512"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qBxu54XdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia/ McCullough, Frances (FRW) Plath</div> Midnight's Children: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972555 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976533.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136584770_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18883 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18883"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679744398.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081537713_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> The Sportswriter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19020 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19020"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679762108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54193156_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Ford</div> The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786449 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786449"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01fnpWZt95L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Ford</div> Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375753737.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div> Aloft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82328 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594480702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1111067462_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chang-Rae Lee</div> Appointment in Samarra: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9226"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719202.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John O'Hara</div> Atonement (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2948278 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2948278"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YHsec0n6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Mcewan</div> So Long, See You Tomorrow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64850 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64850"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679767207.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465010_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Maxwell</div> Winesburg, Ohio (Signet Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47111 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47111"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529952.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherwood Anderson</div> Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2787"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140186301.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1067538032_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kingsley Amis</div> The Forsyte Saga (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5609434 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5609434"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41O3SHGa0DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Galsworthy</div> Franny and Zooey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7090 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> A Soldier of the Great War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760182 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760182"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Helprin</div> The Big Sleep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11237 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11237"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394758285.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122538385_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Animal Farm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2737902 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2737902"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595404295.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Charlotte's Web http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344864"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064410935.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. B. White</div> The Good Soldier (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216092 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ford Maddox Ford</div> The Secret Sharer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3454874 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3454874"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01y%2BNXaLJZL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18594 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18594"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679641041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> The Day of the Locust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619772 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathanael West</div>