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What is essential is invisible to the eye.

(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

　

100 Best novels of 20th century, by Random House 

　

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Reader's List

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce 1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce 3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov 4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley 5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner 6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller 7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler 8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence 9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck 10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry 11. ULYSSES by James Joyce
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler 12. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
13. 1984 by George Orwell 13. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves 14. DUNE by Frank Herbert
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf 15. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser 16. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers 17. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut 18. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison 19. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright 20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow 21. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara 22. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos 23. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson 24. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster 25. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James 26. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James 27. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald 28. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell 29. THE STAND by Stephen King
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford 30. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 31. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James 32. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser 33. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh 34. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner 35. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren 36. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder 37. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
38. HOWARD'S END by E. M. Forster 38. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin 39. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene 40. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding 41. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey 42. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell 43. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley 44. YARROW by Charles de Lint
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway 45. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H. P. Lovecraft
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad 46. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad 47. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence 48. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence 49. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller 50. TRADER by Charles de Lint
51. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer 51. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
52. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth 52. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
53. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov 53. THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
54. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner 54. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac 55. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
56. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett 56. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
57. PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford 57. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
58. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton 58. GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint
59. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm 59. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
60. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy 60. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
61. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather 61. THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
62. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones 62. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
63. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever 63. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger 64. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess 65. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
67. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham 66. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
66. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad 67. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
68. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis 68. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
69. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton 69. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
70. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell 70. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
71. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes 71. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
72. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul 72. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
73. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West 73. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig
74. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway 74. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
75. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh 75. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
76. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark 76. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien
77. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce 77. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
78. KIM by Rudyard Kipling 78. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
79. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster 79. WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
80. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh 80. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
81. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow 81. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy
82. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner 82. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
83. A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul 83. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
84. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen 84. IT by Stephen King
85. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad 85. V. by Thomas Pynchon
86. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow 86. DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein
87. THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett 87. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London 88. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
89. LOVING by Henry Green 89. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
90. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie 90. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey
91. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell 91. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
92. IRONWEED by William Kennedy 92. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
93. THE MAGUS by John Fowles 93. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
94. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys 94. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
95. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch 95. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
96. SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron 96. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
97. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles 97. Robert Holdstock
98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain 98. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy 99. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington 100. VERSES by Salman Rushdie

　

 

二十世纪中文小说一百强

名 作品 作者 排名 作品 作者
1 呐喊 鲁迅 2 边城 沈从文
3 骆驼祥子 老舍 4 传奇 张爱玲
5 围城 钱锺书 6 子夜 茅盾
7 台北人 白先勇 8 家 巴金
9 呼兰河传 萧红 10 老残游记 刘鹗
11 寒夜 巴金 12 彷徨 鲁迅
13 官场现形记 李伯元 14 财主底儿女们 路翎
15 将军族 陈映真 16 沉沦 郁达夫
17 死水微澜 李劼人 18 红高粱 莫言
19 小二黑结婚 赵树理 20 棋王 阿城
21 家变 王文兴 22 马桥词典 韩少功
23 亚细亚的孤儿 吴浊流 24 半生缘 张爱玲
25 四世同堂 老舍 26 胡雪岩 高阳
27 啼笑因缘 张恨水 28 儿子的大玩偶 黄春明
29 射雕英雄传 金庸 30 莎菲女士的日记 丁玲
31 鹿鼎记 金庸 32 孽海花 曾朴
33 惹事 赖和 34 嫁妆一牛车 王祯和
35 异域 柏杨 36 曾国藩 唐浩明
37 原乡人 锺理和 38 白鹿原 陈忠实
39 长恨歌 王安忆 40 吉陵春秋 李永平
41 黄祸 王力雄 42 狂风沙 司马中原
43 艳阳天 浩然 44 公墓 穆时英
45 旧址 李锐 46 星星·月亮·太阳 徐速
47 台湾人三部曲 锺肇政 48 洗澡 杨绛
49 旋风 姜贵 50 荷花淀 孙犁
51 我城 西西 52 受戒 汪曾祺
53 铁浆 朱西甯 54 世纪末的华丽 朱天文
55 蜀山剑侠传 还珠楼主 56 又见棕榈，又见棕榈 于梨华
57 浮躁 贾平凹 58 组织部新来的年轻人 王蒙
59 玉梨魂 徐枕亚 60 香港三部曲 施叔青
61 京华烟云 林语堂 62 倪焕之 叶圣陶
63 春桃 许地山 64 桑青与桃红 聂华苓
65 蓝与黑 王蓝 66 二月 柔石
67 风萧萧 徐皐 68 芙蓉镇 古华
69 地之子 台静农 70 城南旧事 林海音
71 古船 张炜 72 酒徒 刘以鬯
73 未央歌 鹿桥 74 沉重的翅膀 张洁
75 果园城记 师陀 76 人啊，人！ 戴厚英
77 黄金时代 王小波 78 狗日的粮食 刘恒
79 棋王 张系国 80 赖索 黄凡
81 妻妾成群 苏童 82 霸王别姬 李碧华
83 杀夫 李昂 84 楚留香 古龙
85 窗外 琼瑶 86 沉默之岛 苏伟贞
87 白发魔女传 梁羽生 88 古都 朱天心
89 尹县长 陈若曦 90 四喜忧国 张大春
91 喜宝 亦舒 92 男人的一半是女人 张贤亮
93 将军底头 施蛰存 94 蓝血人 倪匡
95 二十年目睹之怪现状 吴趼人 96 活着 余华
97 冈底斯的诱惑 马原 98 十年十 林斤澜
99 北极风情画 无名氏 100 雍正皇帝 二月河

　

     Waterstones 100 Books of the 20th Century

  1. The lord of the rings. J.R.R. Tolkien
    　

  2. 1984. George Orwell
    　

  3. Animal farm. George Orwell
    　

  4. Ulysses. James Joyce
    　

  5. Catch-22. Joseph Heller
    　

  6. The catcher in the rye. J.D. Salinger
    　

  7. To kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee
    　

  8. One hundred years of solitude. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    　

  9. The grapes of wrath. John Steinbeck
    　

  10. Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh
    　

  11. Wild swans. Jung Chang
    　

  12. The great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald
    　

  13. The lord of the flies. William Golding
    　

  14. On the road. Jack Kerouac
    　

  15. Brave new world. Aldous Huxley
    　

  16. The wind in the willows. Kenneth Grahame
    　

  17. Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne
    　

  18. The colour purple. Alice Walker
    　

  19. The hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien
    　

  20. The outsider. Albert Camus
    　

  21. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. C.S. Lewis
    　

  22. The trial. Franz Kafka
    　

  23. Gone with the wind. Margaret Mitchell
    　

  24. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Douglas Adams
    　

  25. Midnights children. Salman Rushdie
    　

  26. The diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank
    　

  27. A clockwork orange. Anthony Burgess
    　

  28. Sons and lovers. D.H. Lawrence
    　

  29. To the lighthouse. Virginia Woolf
    　

  30. If this is a man