Ever wish you had a different book for every day of the year? Me neither, but I created this list anyway. I went down a rabbit hole looking at the Modern Library’s list of the “100 Best Novels of the 20thCentury” and comparing it to Time Magazine’s “100 Best Novels Since 1923,” and decided they were too modern-biased and too American-biased and too English language-biased and started looking at other lists and ended up combining six of them. So here they are, incorporating “100 Best” lists from The Guardian and from The Observer in Britain, a list compiled by readers of Penguin Classics, and finally (to get a non-English perspective), a list compiled by Norwegian book clubs affiliated with the Norwegian Nobel Institute in 2002. There are 365 separate works on the combined list (I left out nonfiction classics). In the following list, alphabetized by author, I have underlined books mentioned on at least four separate lists, There are two books that were mentioned on all six lists (i.e., Nabokov’s Lolita and Orwell’s 1984). Have fun counting how many you’ve already read, and which ones you’d like to read. You’re welcome.
Key: #= book on Modern Library list
*= book on Time Magazine list
^= book on Guardian list
+= book on Penguin List
@=book on Observer list
!=Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002.
- Achebe. THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe*+@!
- Agee, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by James Agee*
- Alcott, LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott^+@
- Amis, K. LUCKY JIM by Kingsley Amis*@
- Amis, M. MONEY: A SUICIDE NOTE by Martin Amis^*@
- Andersen, FAIRY TALES AND STORIES by Hans Christian Andersen!
- Anderson, WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson#
- Atwood, THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood+
- Atwood, THE BLIND ASSASSIN by Margaret Atwood*
- Austen, PERSUASION by Jane Austen+
- Austen, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen+!
- Austen, EMMA by Jane Austen^@
- Auster, THE NEW YORK TRILOGY by Paul Auster@
- Bainbridge, THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING by Beryl Bainbridge@
- Baldwin, ANOTHER COUNTRY by James Baldwin+
- Baldwin, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin#*
- Balzac, LOST ILLUSIONS by Honoré Balzac+
- Balzac, THE BLACK SHEEP by Honore de Balzac@
- Balzac, PERE GORIOT by Honore de Balzac!
- Barrie, PETER PAN by J. M. Barrie+
- Barth. THE SOT-WEED FACTOR by John Barth*
- Beckett, TRILOGY: MOLLOY, MALONE DIES, THE UNNAMABLEby Samuel Beckett@!
- Beckett, MURPHY by Samuel Beckett^
- Beerbohm, ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm#^
- Bellow, HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow#
- Bellow, HERZOG by Saul Bellow*@
- Bellow, THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow#^
- Bennett, THE OLD WIVES’ TALE by Arnold Bennett#
- Blume. ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET by Judy Blume*
- Boccaccio, DECAMERON by Giovanni Boccaccio!
- Borges, COLLECTED FICTIONS by Jorge Luis Borges!
- Bowen, THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen#*+
- Bowen, THE HEAT OF THE DAY by Elizabeth Bowen^
- Bowles, THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles#*
- Bronte, C. JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte^+@
- Bronte, E. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte ^+@!
- Buchan, THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS by John Buchan^@
- Bulgakov, THE MASTER AND MARGARITA by Mikhail Bulgakov+
- Bunyan. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan^@
- Burgess, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess#^*
- Burroughs, NAKED LUNCH by William Burroughs*
- Butler, THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler#
- Byatt. POSSESSION by A.S. Byatt*
- Cain, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain#
- Caldwell, TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell#
- Calvino, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELLER by Italo Calvino@
- Camus, THE PLAGUE by Albert Camus@
- Camus, THE STRANGER by Albert Camus!
- Capote, IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote^+
- Carey. OSCAR AND LUCINDA by Peter Carey@
- Carey, TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG by Peter Carey^
- Carroll, ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll^+@
- Carter, WISE CHILDREN by Angela Carter@
- Cather, MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather+
- Cather, DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather#*
- Celan, POEMS by Paul Celan!
- Celine, JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT by Louis-Ferdinand Celine@!
- Cervantes, DON QUOXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes @!
- Chandler, THE BIG SLEEP by Raymond Chandler^*@
- Chaucer, THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer!
- Cheever, FALCONER by John Cheever*
- Cheever, THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever#
- Chekhov, SELECTED STORIES by Anton Chekhov!
- Chekhov, THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS by Anton Chekhov!
- Childers, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers@
- Coe, WHAT A CARVE UP! by Jonathan Coe+
- Coetzee, DISGRACE by J.M. Coetzee^
- Coetzee, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS by J.M. Coetzee@
- Collins, THE MOONSTONE by Wilkie Collins^@
- Conan Doyle. THE SIGN OF FOUR by Arthur Conan Doyle^
- Conrad, HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad#^+
- Conrad, LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad#
- Conrad, NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad#@!
- Conrad, THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad#
- Crane, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane^
- Dahl, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Roald Dahl+
- Dahl, THE BFG by Roald Dahl@
- Dante, THE DIVINE COMEDY by Dante Alighieri!
- De Laclos, DANGEROUS LIAISONS by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos@
- Defoe. ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe^@
- DeLillo, UNDERWORLD by Don DeLillo^
- DeLillo. WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo*
- Dick. UBIK by Philip K. Dick*
- Dickens, A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens+
- Dickens, A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens+
- Dickens, BLEAK HOUSE by Charles Dickens+
- Dickens, GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens+!
- Dickens, HARD TIMES by Charles Dickens+
- Dickens, DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens^@
- Dickey, DELIVERANCE by James Dickey#*
- Diderot, JACQUES THE FATALIST AND HIS MASTER by Denis Diderot!
- Didion. PLAY IT AS IT LAYS by Joan Didion*
- Disraeli, SYBIL by Benjamin Disraeli^@
- Doblin, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Alfred Doblin!
- Doctorow, RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow#*
- Donleavy, THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy#
- Dos Passos. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos#^@
- Dostoyevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoyevsky+!
- Dostoyevsky, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Fyodor Dostoyevsky+@!
- Dostoyevsky, THE IDIOT by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
- Dostoyevsky, THE POSSESSED by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
- Dostoyevsky, WHITE NIGHTS by Fyodor Dostoyevsky+
- Dreiser, AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser#^
- Dreiser, SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser#^
- Dumas, THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO by Alexander Dumas+@
- Durrell, THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durrell#
- Eliot, DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot@
- Eliot, SILAS MARNER by George Eliot+
- Eliot, THE MILL ON THE FLOSS by George Eliot+
- Eliot, MIDDLEMARCH by George Eliot ^+!
- Ellison, INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison#*!
- Ellroy, LA CONFIDENTIAL by James Ellroy@
- Euripedes, MEDEA by Euripedes!
- Farrell, THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell#
- Faulkner, ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner!
- Faulkner, AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner#^@
- Faulkner, LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner#*
- Faulkner, THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner#*!
- Fielding, TOM JONES by Henry Fielding^@
- Fitzgerald P. THE BEGINNING OF SPRING by Penelope Fitzgerald^
- Fitzgerald, F. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald#
- Fitzgerald, F. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald#^*+@
- Flaubert, A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION by Gustve Flaubert!
- Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY by Gustave Flaubert@!
- Ford, F. PARADE’S END by Ford Madox Ford#
- Ford, F. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford#^@
- Ford, R. THE SPORTSWRITER by Richard Ford*
- Forster, A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster#^*@
- Forster, A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster#
- Forster, HOWARD’S END by E.M. Forster#
- Fowles, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles*
- Fowles, THE MAGUS by John Fowles#
- Franzen, THE CORRECTIONS by Jonathan Franzen*
- Gaddis. THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis*
- Galsworthy, THE FORSYTE SAGA by John Galsworthy+
- Gaskell, NORTH AND SOUTH by Elizabet Gaskell+
- Gibbons, COLD COMFORT FARM by Stella Gibbons^
- Gibson. NECROMANCER by William Gibson*
- GILGAMESH, Anonymous!
- Gissing, NEW GRUB STREET by George Gissing^
- Goethe, FAUST by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
- Gogol, DEAD SOULS by Nikolai Gogol!
- Golding, LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding#^*@
- Grahame, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame^+@
- Grass, THE TIN DRUM by Gunter Grass@!
- Graves, I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves#*+
- Gray, LANARK by Alisdair Gray@
- Green, LOVING by Henry Green#*
- Green, PARTY GOING by Henry Green^
- Greene, THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene^
- Greene, THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene#*
- Greene. THE POWER AND THE GLORY by Graham Greene*
- Greene, THE QUIET AMERICAN by Graham Greene@
- Grossmith, A DIARY OF NOBODY by George and Weedon Grossmith+@
- Hammett. RED HARVEST by Dashiell Hammett*
- Hammett, THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett#^
- Hamsun, HUNGER by Knut Hamsun!
- Hardy, TESS OF THE D’URDERVILLES by Thomas Hardy+
- Hardy, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE by Thomas Hardy+
- Hardy, JUDE THE OBSCURE by Thomas Hardy^@
- Hartley, THE GO-BETWEEN by L.P. Hartley+
- Hawthorne, THE SCARLET LETT ER by Nathaniel Hawthorne^@
- Heller, CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller#^*+@
- Hemingway, MEN WITHOUT WOMEN by Ernest Hemingway@
- Hemingway, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway!
- Hemingway, A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway#
- Hemingway, THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway#^*
- Hinton, THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton+
- Hodgson, THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson+
- Homer, THE ILIAD by Homer+!
- Homer, THE ODYSSEY by Homer!
- Hughes, A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes#
- Hugo, LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo+
- Hurston. THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston*
- Huxley, BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley#^+@
- Huxley, POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley#
- Ibsen, A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen!
- Isherwood, A SINGLE MAN by Christopher Isherwood^
- Isherwood, THE BERLIN STORIES by Christopher Isherwood*
- Ishiguro. NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro*
- Ishiguro, AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD by Kazuo Ishiguro^@
- James, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY by Henry James@
- James, THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James#
- James, THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James#^
- James, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James#
- Jerome, THREE MEN IN A BOAT by Jerome K. Jerome^@
- JOB, Anonymous!
- Jones, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones#
- Joyce. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce#+
- Joyce, FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce#
- Joyce, ULYSSES by James Joyce#^+@!
- Kafka, THE CASTLE by Franz Kafka+!
- Kafka, THE COMPLETE STORIES by Franz Kafka!
- Kafka, THE TRIAL by Franz Kafka@!
- Kalidasa, THE RECOGNITION OF SAKUNTALA by Kalidasa!
- Kawabata, THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN by Yasunari Kawabata!
- Kazantzakis, ZORBA THE GREEK by Nikos Kazantzakis!
- Kennedy, IRONWEED by William Kennedy#
- Kerouac, ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac#^*@
- Kesey. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey*+
- Kipling, KIM by Rudyard Kipling#^
- Koestler, DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler#
- Kosinsky. THE PAINTED BIRD by Jerzy Kosinski*
- Kundera, THE BOOK OF LAUGHING AND FORGETTING by Milan Kundera@
- Lawrence, THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence#^@
- Lawrence, SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence#!
- Lawrence, WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence#+
- Laxness, INDEPENDENT PEOPLE by Halldor Laxness!
- Le Carre. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD by John le Carre*
- Le Carre. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY by John Le Carre@
- Lee. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee^*+@
- Leopardi, COMPLETE POEMS by Giacomo Leopardi!
- Lessing, THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK by Doris Lessing^*!
- Lewis, C.S. THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE by C.S. Lewis*+
- Lewis, S. BABBIT by Sinclair Lewis^
- Lewis, S. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis#
- Lindgren PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren!
- London, THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London#^+@
- Loos, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos^
- Lorca, GYPSY BALLADS by Federico Garcia Lorca!
- Lowry, UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry#^*
- Lu Xun, DIARY OF A MADMAN AND OTHER STORIES by Lu Xun!
- MAHABHARATA, Anonymous!
- Mahfouz, CHILDREN OF GEBELAWI by Naguib Mahfouz!
- Mailer, THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG by Norman Mailer@
- Mailer, THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer#
- Malamud, THE ASSISTANT by Bernard Malamud*
- Mann, BUDDENBROOKS by Thomas Mann+!
- Mann, THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN by Thomas Mann!
- Manzoni, THE BETROTHED by Alessandro Manzoni+
- Márquez, LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA by Federico Garcia Lorca!
- Márquez, ONE HUDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel García Márquez+@!
- Maugham, THE RAZOR’S EDGE by Somerset Maugham+
- Maugham, OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham#^+
- McCarthy. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy*
- McCullers, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers#*
- McEwan, ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan*@
- McGahern, AMONGST WOMENby John McGahern^
- Melville, MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville^+@!
- Miller, TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller#^*+
- Mitchell, GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell*
- Mitford, THE PURSUIT OF LOVE by Nancy Mitford@
- Moore. WATCHMEN by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons*
- Morante, HISTORY by Elsa Morante!
- Morrison. BELOVED by Toni Morrison*+!
- Morrison, SONG OF SOLOMON by Toni Morrison^@
- Murdoch, THE SEA, THE SEA by Iris Murdoch+
- Murdoch, UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch#*
- Musil, THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIESby Robert Musil!
- Nabokov, LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov#^*+@!
- Nabokov, PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov#*
- Naipaul, A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul#^@
- Naipaul, A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul#*
- Nemirovsky, SUITE FRANÇAIS by Irene Nemirovsky+
- NJAL’S SAGA, Anonymous!
- O’Brien. AT SWIM TWO BIRDS by Flann O’Brien^*
- O’Connor, WISE BLOOD by Flannery O’Connor@
- O’Hara. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O’Hara#*
- Orwell, 1984 by George Orwell#^*+@!
- Orwell, ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell#*
- Ovid, METAMORPHOSES by Ovid!
- Peacock, NIGHTMARE ABBEY by Thomas Love Peacock^@
- Percy, THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy#*
- Pessoa, THE BOOK OF DISQUIET by Fernando Pessoa!
- Plath, THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath^
- Poe, THE COMPLETE TALES by Edgar Allan Poe!
- Poe, THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKETby Edgar Allan Poe^
- Powell, A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell#*
- Proust, IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME by Marcel Proust@!
- Pullman, NORTHERN LIGHTS by Philip Pullman@
- Puzo, THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo+
- Pynchon, GRAVITY’S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon*
- Pynchon, THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon*
- Rabelais, GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL by Francois Rabelais!
- Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand+
- Rhys, WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys#*+
- Richardson. CLARISSA by Samuel Richardson^@
- Robinson, HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson^*@
- Rolfe, HADRIAN THE SEVENTH by Frederick Rolfe^
- Rosa, THE DEVIL TO PAY IN THE BACKLANDS by Joao Guimaraaes Rosa!
- Roth, H. CALL IT SLEEP by Henry Roth#*
- Roth, P. AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth*@
- Roth, P. PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth#^*
- Rulfo, PEDRO PARAMO by Juan Rulfo!
- Rumi, THE MATHNAWIby Jalalu’l-Din Rumi!
- Rushdie, MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie#^*+!
- Rushdie, HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIESby Salman Rushdie@
- Saadi, THE ORCHARDby Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz!
- Salih, A SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTHby Tayeb Salih!
- Salinger, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger#^*+@
- Saramago, BLINDNESSby Jose Saramago!
- Scott, STAYING ON by Paul Scott+
- Sebald, AUSTERLITZ by W.G. Sebald@
- Shakespeare, OTHELLO by William Shakespeare!
- Shakespeare, HAMLET by William Shakespeare!
- Shakespeare, KING LEAR by William Shakespeare!
- Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley^+@
- Shikibu, THE TALE OF GENJI by Murasaki Shikibu!
- Smith, D. I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith+
- Smith. WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith*
- Solzhenitsyn, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH by Alexander Solzhenitsyn+
- Sophocles, OEDIPUS THE KING by Sophocles!
- Spark, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark#^*@
- Stead, THE MAN WHO LOVED CHILDREN by Christina Stead*
- Stegner, ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner#
- Steinbeck, EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck+
- Steinbeck, THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck#^*+
- Stendhal, THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA by Stendahl@
- Stendhal, THE RED AND THE BLACK by Stendhal!
- Stephenson. SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson*
- Sterne, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY by Laurence Sterne^@!
- Stevenson, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Lewis Stevenson@
- Stevenson, KIDNAPPED by Robert Louis Stevenson^
- Stoker, DRACULA by Bram Stoker^+
- Stone, DOG SOLDIERS by Robert Stone*
- Styron, SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron#
- Styron, THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER by William Styron*
- Süskind, PERFUME by Patrick Süskind+
- Svevo, CONFESSIONS OF ZENO by Italo Svevo!
- Swift, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift^@!
- Tarkington, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington#
- Tartt, THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt+
- Taylor, MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT by Elizabeth Taylor^@
- Thackeray, VANITY FAIR by William Makepiece Thackeray^+@
- Thompson, LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD by Flora Thompson+
- Tolkien, THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien*+@
- Tolstoy, ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy+@!
- Tolstoy, THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH by Leo Tolstoy!
- Tolstoy, WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy+!
- Toole, A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole+
- Trollope, BARCHESTER TOWERS by Anthony Trollope+
- Trollope, THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope^@
- Twain, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain^@!
- Taylor, BREATHING LESSONS by Anne Tayler^
- Updike, RABBIT REDUX by John Updike^
- Updike. RABBIT, RUN by John Updike*
- Valmiki, RAMADAN by Valmiki!
- Virgil, THE AENEID by Virgil!
- Vonnegut, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut+
- Vonnegut, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut#*
- Wallace, INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace*
- Warner, LOLLY WILLOWES by Sylvia Townsend Warner^
- Warren, ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren#^*
- Waugh, A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh#*
- Waugh, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh#*+
- Waugh, SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh#^+@
- Wells, THE TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells+
- Wells, THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY by H.G. Wells^
- West, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West#*
- Wharton, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton#^+
- Wharton, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton#
- White, E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB by E.B. White@
- White, P. VOSS by Patrick White^
- Whitman, LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman!
- Wilde, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde^@
- Wilder, THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder#*
- Wodehouse, THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS by P.G. Wodehouse+
- Wodehouse, JOY IN THE MORNING by P.G. Wodehouse^
- Woolf, ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf+
- Woolf. MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf^*+@!
- Woolf, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf#*+!
- Wright, NATIVE SON by Richard Wright#*
- Wyndham, THE CHRYSALIDS by John Windham+
- Yates, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates*
- Yourcenar, MEMOIRS OF ADRIAN by Marguerite Yourcenar