The Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth Century
A Composite List and Ranking
by Brian Kunde
 
INTRODUCTION
SOURCE LISTS
COMPOSITE LIST
RANKING SYSTEM
COLUMN KEY
REVIEWS
LINKS

Works Appearing in Two Sources.

K LM R App. Points Rank Author Title Date
K-021 L-011 2 170 033 Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth, The 1931
K-022 L-022 2 158 036 Tolkien, J. R. R. Hobbit, The 1937
K-027 L-018 2 157 038 Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 1952
K-017 L-036 2 149 039 Atwood, Margaret Handmaid's Tale, The 1986
M-035 R-019 2 148 040 Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying 1930
K-014 L-040 2 148 041 Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land 1961
L-034 R-022 2 146 043 Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh 1926
M-009 R-064 2 129 048 Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers 1913
M-039 R-036 2 127 049 Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953
L-027 R-048 2 127 050 Lawrence, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover 1928
L-050 R-025 2 127 051 Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 1977
L-035 R-045 2 122 054 Sinclair, Upton Jungle, The 1906
K-060 L-021 2 121 055 Smith, Betty Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A 1947
L-059 M-024 2 119 057 Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio 1919
M-026 R-069 2 107 059 James, Henry Wings of the Dove, The 1902
K-068 R-030 2 104 060 Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940
L-024 M-076 2 102 061 Spark, Muriel Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The 1962
M-016 R-088 2 098 063 Dreiser, Theodore American Tragedy, An 1925
L-077 M-030 2 095 064 Ford, Ford Madox Good Soldier, The 1915
L-062 R-047 2 093 065 Baum, L. Frank Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The 1900
K-065 L-051 2 086 067 Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club, The 1989
L-086 M-033 2 083 071 Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrie 1900
L-097 M-023 2 082 072 Dos Passos, John U.S.A. (trilogy) 1930/37
M-077 R-044 2 081 073 Joyce, James Finnegans Wake 1939
M-054 R-068 2 080 074 Faulkner, William Light in August 1932
L-042 M-082 2 078 077 Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose 1971
K-058 M-069 2 075 079 Wharton, Edith House of Mirth, The 1905
L-054 R-076 2 072 080 Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel 1929
K-029 L-103 2 070 082 Lessing, Doris Golden Notebook. The 1962
K-040 R-092 2 070 083 Rand, Ayn Atlas Shrugged 1957
L-080 M-052 2 070 084 Roth, Philip Portnoy's Complaint 1969
L-071 M-062 2 069 085 Jones, James From Here to Eternity 1951
L-107 M-027 2 068 087 James, Henry Ambassadors, The 1903
L-102 M-032 2 068 088 James, Henry Golden Bowl, The 1904
K-052 L-084 2 066 092 Kingsolver, Barbara Bean Trees, The 1988
K-062 L-076 2 064 094 Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
K-094 L-048 2 060 098 Byatt, A. S. Possession 1990
L-131 M-011 2 060 099 Lowry, Malcolm Under the Volcano 1947
L-087 R-061 2 054 108 O'Connor, Flannery Good Man is Hard to Find, A 1955
L-091 M-066 2 045 119 Maugham, W. Somerset Of Human Bondage 1915
K-085 R-073 2 044 121 Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch 1959
L-142 M-017 2 043 123 McCullers, Carson Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The 1940
K-048 L-115 2 039 128 Herbert, Frank Dune 1965
L-079 R-090 2 033 137 Graham, Kenneth Wind in the Willows, The 1908
M-085 R-086 2 031 140 Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim 1900
M-078 R-095 2 029 147 Kipling, Rudyard Kim 1901
L-089 M-086 2 027 154 Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime 1975
L-150 M-029 2 023 158 Farrell, James T. Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy 1932/35
L-118 R-066 2 018 163 Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Cat's Cradle 1963
L-148 M-037 2 017 167 Wilder, Thornton Bridge of San Luis Rey, The 1927
L-093 R-094 2 015 170 Lewis, Sinclair Babbit 1922
K-081 L-106 2 015 171 Plath, Sylvia Bell Jar, The 1963
K-064 L-123 2 015 172 Smiley, Jane Thousand Acres, A 1991
M-090 R-100 2 012 176 Rushdie, Salman Midnight's Children 1981
L-130 M-063 2 009 184 Cheever, John Wapshot Chronicle, The 1957
L-136 M-060 2 006 188 Percy, Walker Moviegoer, The 1961
K-073 L-129 2 000 201 Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are 1963
L-133 R-070 2 -001 202 Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart 1959
L-113 M-092 2 -003 203 Kennedy, William Ironweed 1983
K-075 L-141 2 -014 208 Roth, Henry Call It Sleep 1934
K-083 L-143 2 -024 212 Puzo, Mario Godfather, The 1969


1st web edition posted 2/26/99 (last updated 5/25/04).
2nd web edition posted 6/24/05 (last updated 3/26/13).
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Published by Fleabonnet Press.
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Additional material © 1999-2013 by Brian Kunde.