Time Magazine’s 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005

Posted by Kendall Harmon

See how many you can guess before you look.

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Posted August 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. NoVA Scout wrote:

If one went back to 1800, one could probably defend a “100 Best” compilation.  From 1923, it’s a heavier lift.  Maybe the list should be “100 Better than the Others”.

August 30, 7:45 am | [comment link]
2. art wrote:

Typical: by starting in 1923 they omit by one year Joyce’s Ulysses.  Shame on them!

August 30, 7:29 pm | [comment link]
3. Hal wrote:

As among the Ishiguros, I wouldn’t have expected Never Let Me Go to beat out The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans.

August 30, 9:32 pm | [comment link]
4. J. Champlin wrote:

Well, I wonder:  The Reivers by Faulkner; Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton; Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler; just as a first pass; surely those three would outrank some of the lighter offerings.

August 31, 2:41 pm | [comment link]
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