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Radcliffe Publishing Students Top 100 Books (this century)
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Book
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Author
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Year
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1
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The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1925
| X
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2
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The Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger
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1951
| X
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3
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The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck
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1939
| X
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4
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
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1960
| X
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5
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The Color Purple
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Alice Walker
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1982
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6
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Ulysses
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James Joyce
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1922
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7
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Beloved
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Toni Morrison
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1987
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8
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The Lord of the Flies
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William Golding
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1954
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9
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1984
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George Orwell
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1949
| X
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10
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The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
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1929
| X
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11
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Lolita
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Vladmir Nabokov
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1955
| X
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12
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Of Mice and Men
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John Steinbeck
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1937
| X
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13
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Charlotte’s Web
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E.B. White
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1952
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14
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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James Joyce
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1916
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15
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Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
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1961
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16
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Brave New World
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Aldous Huxley
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1932
| X
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17
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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1945
| X
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18
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The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway
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1926
| X
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19
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As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
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1940
| X
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20
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A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway
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1929
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21
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Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
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1902
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22
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Winnie-the-Pooh
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A.A. Milne
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1926
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23
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Their Eyes were Watching God
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Zora Neale Hurston
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1937
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24
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Invisible Man
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Ralph Elison
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1952
| X
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25
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Song of Solomon
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Toni Morrison
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1977
| X
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26
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Gone with the Wind
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Margaret Mitchell
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1936
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27
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Native Son
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Richard Wright
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1940
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28
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Ken Kesey
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1962
| X
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29
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
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1969
| X
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30
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Ernest Hemingway
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1940
| X
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31
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On the Road
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Jack Kerouac
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1957
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32
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Ernest Hemingway
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1952
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33
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The Call of the Wild
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Jack London
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1903
| X
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34
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To the Lighthouse
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Virginia Woolf
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1927
| X
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35
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The Portrait of a Lady
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Henry James
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1881
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36
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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James Baldwin
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1953
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37
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The World According to Garp
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John Irving
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1978
| X
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38
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All the King’s Men
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Robert Penn Warren
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1946
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39
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A Room with a View
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E.M. Forster
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1908
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40
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The Lord of the Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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1954
| X
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41
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Schindler’s List
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Thomas Keneally
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1982
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42
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The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
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1920
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43
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The Fountainhead
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Ayn Rand
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1943
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44
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Finnegans Wake
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James Joyce
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1939
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45
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The Jungle
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Upton Sinclair
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1906
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46
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Mrs. Dalloway
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Virginia Woolf
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1925
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47
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Frank L. Baum
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1900
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48
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
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D.H. Lawrence
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1928
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49
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A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
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1962
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50
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The Awakening
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Kate Chopin
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1899
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51
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My Antonia
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Willia Cather
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1918
| X
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52
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Howard’s End
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E.M. Forster
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1910
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53
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In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote
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1966
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54
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Franny and Zooey
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J.D. Salinger
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1961
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55
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Satanic Verses
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Salman Rushdie
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1988
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56
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Jazz
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Toni Morrison
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1992
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57
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Sophie’s Choice
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William Styron
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1979
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58
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Absalom
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Absalom! William Faulkner
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1936
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59
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Passage to India
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E.M. Forster
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1924
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60
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Ethan Frome
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Edith Wharton
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1911
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61
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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Flannery O’Connor
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1955
| X
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62
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Tender is the Night
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1934
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63
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Orlando
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Virginia Woolf
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1928
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64
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Sons and Lovers
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D.H. Lawrence
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1913
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65
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Bonfire of the Vanities
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Thomas Wolfe
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1987
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66
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Cat’s Cradle
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Kurt Vonnegut
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1963
| X
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67
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A Separate Peace
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John Knowles
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1959
| X
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68
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Light in August
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William Faulkner
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1932
| X
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69
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The Wings of the Dove
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Henry James
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1902
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70
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Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe
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1958
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71
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Rebecca
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Daphne du Maurier
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1938
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72
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Douglas Adams
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1980
| X
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73
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Naked Lunch
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William S. Boroughs
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1962
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74
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Brideshead Revisited
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Evelyn Waugh
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1945
| X
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75
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Women in Love
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D.H. Lawrence
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1921
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76
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Look Howard - Angel
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Thomas Wolfe
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1929
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77
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In Our Time
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Ernest Hemingway
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1925
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78
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein
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1933
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79
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The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett
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1930
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80
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The Naked and the Dead
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Norman Mailer
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1948
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81
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The Wide Sargasso Sea
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Jean Rhys
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1966
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82
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White Noise
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Don DeLillo
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1985
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83
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O Pioneers!
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Willa Cather
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1913
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84
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Tropic of Cancer
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Henry Miller
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1934
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85
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The War of the Worlds
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H.G. Wells
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1898
| X
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86
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Lord Jim
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Joseph Conrad
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1900
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87
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The Bostonians
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Henry James
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1886
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88
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An American Tragedy
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Theodore Dreiser
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1925
| X
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89
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Willa Cather
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1927
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90
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The Wind in the Willows
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Kenneth Grahame
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1908
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91
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This Side of Paradise
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1920
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92
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Atlas Shrugged
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Ayn Rand
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1957
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93
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman
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John Fowles
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1969
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94
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Babbitt
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Sinclair Lewis
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1922
| X
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95
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Kim
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Rudyard Kipling
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1901
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96
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The Beautiful and the Damned
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1922
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97
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Rabbit - Run
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John Updike
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1960
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98
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
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E.M. Forster
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1905
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99
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Main Street
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Sinclair Lewis
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1920
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100
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Midnight’s Children
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Salman Rushdie
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1981
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