Time's All-Time Best Novels
 The adventures of Augie March by Bellow, Saul.   The adventures of Augie March
Bellow, Saul.
 
 All the king's men by Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.   All the king's men
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.
A dynamic backwoods lawyer batters his way into the governor's mansion, where he uses his unprincipl ...
 
 American pastoral by Roth, Philip.   American pastoral
Roth, Philip.
"Seymour "Swede" Levov - a legendary high school athlete, a devoted family man, a hard worker, the p ...
 
 An American tragedy by Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945   An American tragedy
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Based on an actual criminal case, "An American Tragedy" was the inspiration for the award-winning fi ...
 
 Animal farm : a fairy story by Orwell, George, 1903-1950   Animal farm : a fairy story
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring sloga ...
 
 Are you there God? It's me, Margaret by Blume, Judy.   Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
Blume, Judy.
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over ...
 
 The assistant by Malamud, Bernard.   The assistant
Malamud, Bernard.
 
 At Swim-Two-Birds by O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966.   At Swim-Two-Birds
O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966.
"The story of an Irish college student who - half to amuse himself and half to avoid work - writes a ...
 
 Beloved : a novel by Morrison, Toni   Beloved : a novel
Morrison, Toni
"Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this novel transforms history into a story as powe ...
 
 The Berlin stories : The last of Mr. Norris [and]  ... by Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.   The Berlin stories : The last of Mr. Norris [and] Goodbye to Berlin
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
 
 The Big sleep by Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.   The Big sleep
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Chandler's first novel, published in 1939, introduces Philip Marlowe, a 38-year-old P.I. moving thro ...
 
 Blankets : an illustrated novel by Thompson, Craig, 1975-   Blankets : an illustrated novel
Thompson, Craig, 1975-
 
 The blind assassin by Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-   The blind assassin
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
"The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura d ...
 
 Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the Wes ... by McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-   Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the West
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
 
 The boulevard of broken dreams by Deitch, Kim.   The boulevard of broken dreams
Deitch, Kim.
This visually beautiful, and narratively intricate book is by one of the most original, and least re ...
 
 Brideshead revisited by Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.   Brideshead revisited
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
 
 Catch-22 by Heller, Joseph.   Catch-22
Heller, Joseph.
 
 A clockwork orange by Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.   A clockwork orange
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the ...
 
 The confessions of Nat Turner by Styron, William, 1925-2006.   The confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William, 1925-2006.
 
 The corrections by Franzen, Jonathan.   The corrections
Franzen, Jonathan.
"After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunatel ...
 
 The crying of lot 49 by Pynchon, Thomas.   The crying of lot 49
Pynchon, Thomas.
 
 A dance to the music of time : fourth movement by Powell, Anthony, 1905-2000.   A dance to the music of time : fourth movement
Powell, Anthony, 1905-2000.
 
 The day of the locust by West, Nathanel.   The day of the locust
West, Nathanel.
 
 Death comes for the archbishop by Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.   Death comes for the archbishop
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Death Comes For The Archbishop shares a limitless, craggy beauty with the New Mexico landscape of de ...
 
 A death in the family by Agee, James, 1909-1955.   A death in the family
Agee, James, 1909-1955.
Forty years after its original publication, Agee's last novel seems, more than ever, an American cla ...
 
 The death of the heart by Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.   The death of the heart
Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.
 
 Dog soldiers : a novel by Stone, Robert, 1937?-   Dog soldiers : a novel
Stone, Robert, 1937?-
Small-time journalist John Converse thinks to cash in on the last days of the Vietnam War by becomin ...
 
 Complete novels by Cheever, John.   Complete novels
Cheever, John.
 
 The French lieutenant's woman by Fowles, John, 1926-2005.   The French lieutenant's woman
Fowles, John, 1926-2005.
 
 The golden notebook by Lessing, Doris May, 1919-   The golden notebook
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-
 
 Go tell it on the mountain by Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.   Go tell it on the mountain
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
James Baldwin's portrayal of black people in Harlem caught up in a dramatic struggle, and of a socie ...
 
 Gone with the wind by Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.   Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara s ...
 
 The grapes of wrath by Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.   The grapes of wrath
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the pow ...
 
 Gravity's rainbow by Pynchon, Thomas.   Gravity's rainbow
Pynchon, Thomas.
 
 The great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940.   The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940.
Magnificently restored to include all of Fitzgerald's own revisions, manuscript notes, and corrected ...
 
 A handful of dust by Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.   A handful of dust
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
 
 The heart of the matter by Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.   The heart of the matter
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
 
 Herzog by Bellow, Saul.   Herzog
Bellow, Saul.
 
 Housekeeping by Robinson, Marilynne.   Housekeeping
Robinson, Marilynne.
 
 A House for Mr. Biswas by Naipaul, V. S. 1932-   A House for Mr. Biswas
Naipaul, V. S. 1932-
 
 I, Claudius : from the autobiography of Tiberius C ... by Graves, Robert, 1895-1985   I, Claudius : from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born 10 B.C., mu ...
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
 
 Jimmy Corrigan : the smartest kid on earth. by Ware, Chris, 1967-   Jimmy Corrigan : the smartest kid on earth.
Ware, Chris, 1967-
In the tradition of Art Spiegelman's Maus comes Jimmy Corrigan -- a comic book masterpiece seven yea ...
 
 Light in August : the corrected text by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.   Light in August : the corrected text
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
 
 The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.   The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.
Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assis ...
 
 Lord of the flies by Golding, William, 1911-1993.   Lord of the flies
Golding, William, 1911-1993.
 
 The lord of the rings by Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.   The lord of the rings
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.
"In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, fo ...
 
 Lucky Jim by Amis, Kingsley.   Lucky Jim
Amis, Kingsley.
 
 The man who loved children by Stead, Christina, 1902-1983.   The man who loved children
Stead, Christina, 1902-1983.
 
 Midnight's children by Rushdie, Salman.   Midnight's children
Rushdie, Salman.
The author of The Stananic Verses creates a fascinating family saga about the birth and maturity of ...
 
 Money : a suicide note by Amis, Martin.   Money : a suicide note
Amis, Martin.
John Self, one of London's top commercial directors, is in New York shooting his first feature film. ...
 
 The moviegoer. by Percy, Walker, 1916-1990.   The moviegoer.
Percy, Walker, 1916-1990.
 
 Mrs. Dalloway by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941   Mrs. Dalloway
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
 
 Naked lunch : the restored text by Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.   Naked lunch : the restored text
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
 
 Native son by Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.   Native son
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
"Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet ...
 
 Neuromancer by Gibson, William, 1948-   Neuromancer
Gibson, William, 1948-
 
 Never let me go by Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-   Never let me go
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an un ...
 
 One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Kesey, Ken.   One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Kesey, Ken.
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Kesey's work is the seminal novel of the 1960s that h ...
 
 On the road by Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.   On the road
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
 
 The Painted bird by Kosinski, Jerzy N., 1933-   The Painted bird
Kosinski, Jerzy N., 1933-
A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, ...
 
 Pale fire by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.   Pale fire
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
Vladimir Nabokov's novel about the poet John Shade and the demented Slavic scholar who worships him ...
 
 A passage to India by Forster, E. M. 1879-1970.   A passage to India
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970.
A classic account of the clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century.
 
 Play it as it lays: a novel by Didion, Joan.   Play it as it lays: a novel
Didion, Joan.
 
 Portnoy's complaint by Roth, Philip.   Portnoy's complaint
Roth, Philip.
 
 Possession : a romance by Byatt, A. S. 1936-   Possession : a romance
Byatt, A. S. 1936-
Winner of England's Booker Prize, a coast-to-coast bestseller, and the literary sensation of the yea ...
 
 The power and the glory by Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.   The power and the glory
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
 
 Rabbit, run by Updike, John.   Rabbit, run
Updike, John.
 
 Ragtime by Doctorow, E. L., 1931-   Ragtime
Doctorow, E. L., 1931-
Doctorow's big bestseller, made into a major movie and now repackaged, was first published in mass m ...
 
 The Recognitions by Gaddis, William, 1922-1998.   The Recognitions
Gaddis, William, 1922-1998.
 
 Red harvest by Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.   Red harvest
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
 
 The sheltering sky by Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.   The sheltering sky
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
"In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans appr ...
 
 Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade :  ... by Vonnegut, Kurt.   Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade : a duty-dance with death
Vonnegut, Kurt.
 
 Snow crash by Stephenson, Neal.   Snow crash
Stephenson, Neal.
 
 The sot-weed factor by Barth, John.   The sot-weed factor
Barth, John.
 
 The sound and the fury : the corrected text by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.   The sound and the fury : the corrected text
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
 
 The sportswriter by Ford, Richard, 1944-   The sportswriter
Ford, Richard, 1944-
To coordinate with the publication of its long-awaited sequel, Independence Day, Vintage is reissuin ...
 
 The spy who came in from the cold by Le Carré, John, 1931-   The spy who came in from the cold
Le Carré, John, 1931-
A veteran spy wants to "come in from the cold" to retirement. He undertakes one last assignment in w ...
 
 The sun also rises by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.   The sun also rises
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
 
 Things fall apart by Achebe, Chinua.   Things fall apart
Achebe, Chinua.
With more than eight million copies in print worldwide, the author of this classic of twentieth-cent ...
 
 To the lighthouse by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941   To the lighthouse
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
 
 Tropic of cancer by Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.   Tropic of cancer
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
 
 Ubik by Dick, Philip K.   Ubik
Dick, Philip K.
Glen Runciter is dead--or is everybody else? Somebody died in an explosion orchestrated by Runciter' ...
 
 Under the net, a novel. by Murdoch, Iris.   Under the net, a novel.
Murdoch, Iris.
 
 Under the volcano by Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957.   Under the volcano
Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957.
"Set in Mexico on the eve of WWII, the story tells of a man in extremis, an alcoholic consul burstin ...
 
 Watchmen by Moore, Alan, 1953-   Watchmen
Moore, Alan, 1953-
This stunning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super heroes plagued by all ...
 
 White noise by DeLillo, Don.   White noise
DeLillo, Don.
 
 White teeth : a novel by Smith, Zadie   White teeth : a novel
Smith, Zadie
"Epic and intimate, hilarious and poignant, White Teeth is the story of two North London families - ...
 
 Wide Sargasso Sea by Rhys, Jean.   Wide Sargasso Sea
Rhys, Jean.
 
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