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Time's All-Time 100 Novels

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Based on bookaward: Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

Members: 18 participating members (show all)

All members' listSort: Score | Title | Author | Date | CK Order
2
1984
by George Orwell
60,056 members, 962 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: Tinuvia, bluepiano, mspixieears, cpg, aulsmith, sturlington, gypsysmom, jephwood, ahef1963, JuliaMaria, eromsted — 1 more, merrystar

Score: 12

7
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
25,790 members, 353 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Degbert, cej1027, eromsted, gypsysmom, cpg, sturlington, jephwood, thecoroner, aulsmith, FranzK72

Score: 10

9
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
34,181 members, 528 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, bluepiano, jephwood, aulsmith, gypsysmom, sturlington, ahef1963, mspixieears, merrystar, eromsted

Thumbs down: cpg

Score: 9

11
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
19,783 members, 295 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Tinuvia, bluepiano, gypsysmom, mspixieears, sturlington, jephwood, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 8

12
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
36,400 members, 564 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, aulsmith, ahef1963, mspixieears, gypsysmom, sturlington, eromsted

Score: 7

13
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
17,699 members, 278 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, Tinuvia, mspixieears, gypsysmom, jephwood, sturlington, FranzK72

Score: 7

14
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
7,484 members, 220 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: cpg, merrystar, sturlington, aulsmith, ahef1963, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 7

15
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
31,505 members, 415 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, bluepiano, aulsmith, ahef1963, gypsysmom, sturlington, thecoroner

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 6

16
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
9,540 members, 204 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: cpg, ahef1963, aulsmith, gypsysmom, sturlington, FranzK72, thecoroner

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 6

17
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
14,878 members, 403 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, bluepiano, jephwood, ahef1963, mspixieears, sturlington

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 5

18
Possession
by A. S. Byatt
10,797 members, 236 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: merrystar, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72, thecoroner

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 5

19
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
5,906 members, 117 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, bluepiano, ahef1963, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 5

20
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
3,922 members, 129 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, aulsmith, ahef1963, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 5

21
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
25,026 members, 418 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, FranzK72, Tinuvia, GlendaLauz, bluepiano

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 4

22
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
18,821 members, 226 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963, gypsysmom

Score: 4

23
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
17,887 members, 367 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: GlendaLauz, merrystar, bluepiano, gypsysmom

Score: 4

24
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
17,845 members, 261 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, jephwood, ahef1963, sturlington

Score: 4

25
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
16,935 members, 776 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: GlendaLauz, ahef1963, sturlington, gypsysmom

Score: 4

26
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
16,520 members, 294 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72

Score: 4

27
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
15,740 members, 285 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, jephwood, ahef1963, sturlington

Score: 4

28
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
14,585 members, 323 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: cej1027, eromsted, FranzK72, ahef1963

Score: 4

29
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
14,001 members, 301 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: cej1027, FranzK72, sturlington, gypsysmom, thecoroner

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 4

30
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
13,436 members, 232 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, jephwood, eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4

31
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
10,991 members, 199 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, mspixieears, ahef1963

Score: 4

32
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
8,974 members, 86 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: eromsted, bluepiano, thecoroner, FranzK72

Score: 4

33
Light in August
by William Faulkner
7,170 members, 77 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: eromsted, jephwood, FranzK72, ahef1963

Score: 4

34
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
6,980 members, 127 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, aulsmith, ahef1963, FranzK72

Score: 4

35
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
6,126 members, 99 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: eromsted, thecoroner, bluepiano, FranzK72

Score: 4

36
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
5,319 members, 92 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 4

37
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
3,553 members, 92 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, gypsysmom, jephwood, thecoroner, FranzK72

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 4

38
Call it Sleep
by Henry Roth
1,621 members, 29 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, eromsted, bluepiano

Score: 4

39
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
21,873 members, 562 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, sturlington, gypsysmom

Score: 3

40
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
15,234 members, 261 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, mspixieears

Score: 3

41
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
13,515 members, 199 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, merrystar, mspixieears

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 3

42
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,456 members, 333 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: mspixieears, ahef1963, sturlington, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 3

43
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
12,985 members, 157 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, eromsted, ahef1963, FranzK72

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3

44
White Noise
by Don DeLillo
8,492 members, 118 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, mspixieears

Score: 3

45
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
8,379 members, 100 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: eromsted, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 3

46
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
6,192 members, 137 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, gypsysmom, FranzK72

Score: 3

47
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
5,773 members, 76 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, ahef1963, FranzK72

Score: 3

48
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
5,606 members, 222 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: jephwood, bluepiano, ahef1963

Score: 3

49
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
4,104 members, 64 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, FranzK72, gypsysmom

Score: 3

50
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
3,716 members, 65 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, eromsted, FranzK72

Score: 3

51
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
3,338 members, 69 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, sturlington, gypsysmom

Score: 3

52
An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
3,162 members, 37 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, FranzK72, bluepiano

Score: 3

53
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
2,933 members, 55 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: eromsted, thecoroner, FranzK72

Score: 3

54
The Berlin Stories
by Christopher Isherwood
1,717 members, 29 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, aulsmith, gypsysmom

Score: 3

55
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis
1,573 members, 20 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: eromsted, FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 3

56
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
22,524 members, 310 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, mspixieears, gypsysmom, thecoroner

Thumbs down: sturlington, bluepiano

Score: 2

57
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
8,753 members, 150 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: eromsted, mspixieears

Score: 2

58
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
8,273 members, 188 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, sturlington, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2

59
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
6,892 members, 91 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner

Score: 2

60
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
6,114 members, 176 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: cej1027, mspixieears, sturlington

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2

61
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John Le Carré
5,947 members, 164 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, ahef1963

Score: 2

62
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
5,611 members, 191 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: mspixieears, ahef1963, sturlington

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 2

63
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick
5,392 members, 102 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, gypsysmom

Score: 2

64
Ragtime
by E. L. Doctorow
4,900 members, 90 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: eromsted, gypsysmom

Score: 2

65
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
4,621 members, 113 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, ahef1963

Score: 2

66
Herzog
by Saul Bellow
4,042 members, 49 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: FranzK72, thecoroner, eromsted

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2

67
The Heart of the Matter
by Graham Greene
3,903 members, 61 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, ahef1963

Score: 2

68
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
3,188 members, 55 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, FranzK72

Score: 2

69
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
2,178 members, 60 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, aulsmith

Score: 2

70
The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
2,112 members, 26 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, FranzK72

Score: 2

71
Deliverance
by James Dickey
1,971 members, 42 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, sturlington

Score: 2

72
The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
1,437 members, 36 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: jephwood, bluepiano

Score: 2

73
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
11,079 members, 194 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

74
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
9,707 members, 184 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

75
Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy
8,005 members, 201 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, sturlington

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 1

76
Native Son
by Richard Wright
5,795 members, 67 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 1

77
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
4,842 members, 85 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom

Score: 1

78
Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
4,770 members, 154 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Score: 1

79
Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
4,278 members, 105 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: merrystar

Score: 1

80
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
3,412 members, 70 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: bluepiano

Score: 1

81
A House for Mr. Biswas
by V. S. Naipaul
2,559 members, 55 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 1

82
A Death in the Family
by James Agee
2,316 members, 50 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Score: 1

83
Play it as it Lays
by Joan Didion
1,924 members, 34 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: bluepiano

Score: 1

84
The Assistant
by Bernard Malamud
1,240 members, 25 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom

Score: 1

85
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
5,558 members, 100 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Score: 0

86
Money
by Martin Amis
2,576 members, 43 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Score: 0

87
At Swim-Two-Birds
by Flann O'Brien
2,501 members, 41 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Score: 0

88
The Sportswriter
by Richard Ford
2,417 members, 47 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Score: 0

89
The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
1,653 members, 29 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Score: 0

90
Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
1,544 members, 36 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 0

91
Appointment in Samarra
by John O'Hara
1,345 members, 35 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Score: 0

92
The Death of the Heart
by Elizabeth Bowen
1,286 members, 29 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Score: 0

93
Falconer
by John Cheever
1,105 members, 13 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Score: 0

94
The Man Who Loved Children
by Christina Stead
1,080 members, 27 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: JuliaMaria

Thumbs down: bluepiano

Score: 0

95
Dog Soldiers
by Robert Stone
749 members, 16 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Score: 0

96
A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement, Winter
by Anthony Powell
699 members, 9 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Score: 0

97
Loving
by Henry Green
487 members, 9 reviews
3.14 stars (3.14 stars)

Score: 0

98
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
11,985 members, 148 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: jephwood

Thumbs down: merrystar, aulsmith

Score: < 0

99
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
3,685 members, 70 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

100
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
2,285 members, 52 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

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