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The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century compiled by American literary critic Larry McCaffery. The list was created largely in response to the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery considered out of touch with 20th-century ...
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
The list includes only English language novels published between 1923 (when Time was first published) and 2005 (when the list was compiled). As a result, some notable 20th-century novels, such as Ulysses by James Joyce (published in 1922), were ineligible for inclusion. [1] [2]
Many complained of there being only nine books- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726), The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1759), The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1891); Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897), Ulysses by James Joyce (1922), Murphy by Samuel Beckett (1938), At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann ...
Other novelists writing in the 1950s and later were: Anthony Powell whose twelve-volume cycle of novels A Dance to the Music of Time, is a comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-20th century; comic novelist Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) is best known for his ...
The Guardian ' s 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015) [3] Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999) [6] See also. Literature portal; Books portal; Category:Top ...
100 million [139] English V. C. Andrews, The Devil's Advocate: 60 American Roger Hargreaves: 100 million [140] 100 million [141] English Children's literature, Mr. Men: British Robin Cook: 100 million [142] 100 million [143] English Medical thriller Coma: 27 American Wilbur Smith: 80 million [144] 100 million [145] English African adventure 32 ...
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a 1998 list of the best English-language novels published during the 20th century, [a] as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library. [1] The purpose of the list was to "bring the Modern Library to public attention" and stimulate sales of its books. [2]