Thanks Veronica,
I'll definitely be looking around for Riddley Walker. And also Kleinzeit. :)

Russ, Russell Hoban seems to have really gone out of fashion. I haven't read any of his books for years, but I really liked Kleinzeit, of which I saw a brilliant fringe theatre production once. The book I'm thinking of that is like the central section of Cloud Atlas is Riddley Walker -- I think it was first published in the early 80s.

Russ, I think that powerful writing can provide both language and insight that help recognize and potentially change the world.

To be sure, most often the writer is giving voice to currents swirling about in the larger culture, but those currents may lack direction and purpose until directed by art or prophecy or inspiration, whatever you choose to call it.

Ghostwwritten I have (I think), and Russell Hoban is a new name I'll have to look at. Many thanks for the suggestions.

Erin wrote: There is so much great literature in the world that I take issue with ranking books ... it's so subjective. I wonder if Random House did this as a marketing ploy to help them sell books? I imagine that the copyright has expired on a decent number of these books, meaning the publisher would get to keep ALL the profits.

Hah, truer words were never spoken.

Really, I find it most difficult to rank enjoyment of reading. So much depends on mood, age, situation at the time. Too many variables, and associations to be fair. For me at any rate.

Hayes,
I read The Handmaid's Tale when it first came out, and it made me exceedingly angry, however reading it again only recently, while it had lost some of it's power to shock, was still chilling. I think possibly the ending, the "conference" at the end...their attitude toward what had happened was the most chilling. Their indifference and sluffing off of the events was unacceptable to me.

Russ,
I loved Cloud Atlas as well, and consider it to be one of the books I'll go back and reread again, and probably again.

Veronica,
I had to laugh at your remark about Mitchell showing off, it may well be, but on the other hand, if you've got it, flaunt it! :)

Hayes, I remember seeing the film of The Handmaid's Tale when that came out -- it gave me nightmares for days afterwards. To such an extent that although Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors, I have never read the book!

Russ, David Mitchell is an amazing writer, isn't he? I could never quite decide whether Cloud Atlas was genuinely profound, or just showing off, though I tended towards the latter :) The central section, though well executed, seemed quite derivative of Russell Hoban. I actually liked his first novel, Ghostwritten, better in some ways.

Many of the books certainly had their place in the literature of the time, and some have even held their stature during the course of time. It's hard to know which is which, but I think it is a valuable distinction when you can find it.

And I am now reading The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, which is more than 20 years old and must have been truly shocking when it first came out. I'm finding it a very uncomfortable, but compelling read.

Phillip,
I think that gives the authors way too much credit.
I think mankind did it all by itelf with its own pairs of hands and inner drives.

If someone were interested in an excellent replacement for any dystopian reading in the list, I would recommend Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. That includes a contemporary and all-too-convincing look at what might be in store for us. It chilled me for a couple weeks afterward, and still does now that I think of it. The books in the list strike me as child's play, now.

Russ, I find your second group rather provocative, in a good way I hasten to explain. Maybe I'm wrong, but didn't Catch-22 and the Orwell books help create the world that we now look on with jaded eyes?

Oh boy! I'm going to get my sharp knife out for this one!

In my jaded opinion, there are only five that one must absolutely read, all superb. Three on the list, two substitutions:

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
13a. HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by George Orwell
15a. MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf

The rest are probably about as good as their reputations, some excellent, and they include a number I'll be reading someday, but no hurry.


These, once revolutionary, have worn too thin for me by now. Just too obvious, given what we have seen of the world.
7. CATCH-22
13. 1984 by George Orwell
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

And then the special award for beginning well and then running out of steam:
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell

Apart from these you are on your own, and will find many excellent books not on the list. Good hunting.

I see the "Reader's List" is fairly different from the critics' - it starts with Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and ... Battlefield Earth????????????

Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard seem to have written, between them, 7 of the readers' top ten! Snort.

There's nothing before 1900 because of the nature of the list, if I read "About the Lists" correctly.

Has anyone else checked out the non-fiction lists? The Reader's Non-Fiction List may be funnier than the fiction one!

jo wrote: "only two women, only three people of color... hello, random house???"

Ditto!

There is so much great literature in the world that I take issue with ranking books ... it's so subjective. I wonder if Random House did this as a marketing ploy to help them sell books? I imagine that the copyright has expired on a decent number of these books, meaning the publisher would get to keep ALL the profits.

I can't even rank MY favorites!

Sorry, don't mean to be a spoil sport! But I had to say something. Many of these are great books, but there's also no accounting for taste :P

Hmm.

Thumbs Up

2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway

Thumbs Down

3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
13. 1984 by George Orwell
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence

5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley - I remember enjoying this one. I read an abridged version when I was learning English in my early teens and because I was also learning French at the time thought that poison meant fish. Later I read the whole book.
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck - only read an abrigded version in my early teens and thought it was quite boring.
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell - fast read, it was very popular with my friends because it was one of the easier books that was allowed for English.

Hm, not a very impressive list.

I'd be interested in doing Hayes' suggestion (#7), anyone else?

Welcome, Veronica!!!

Hi

First post here from a newbie to both goodreads and this group! This seems like a good way of introducing me and my reading tastes :) Here's my take on the ones I've read:


2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- vaguely remember enjoying in my 20s
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov -- Nabokov is an amazing writer, definitely unmissable
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley -- very impressed by this in my teens
7. CATCH-22 -- absolutely loved this; both funny and profound. A classic.
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler -- another classic, was engeossed when I read ig many years ago.
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence -- probably rather dated now.
13. 1984 by George Orwell -- another must-read at the time, but maybe not now ...
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers -- enjoyed this, I don't know why I haven't read more of her work.
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison -- incredible book
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos -- I absolutely loved this massive tome when I read it in my 20s. Again, it's probably dated now.
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster -- OK, not one of my favourites
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- read in my FSF phase in my 20s! I think I'd find it tedious now.
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell -- worth reading just because it's a classic. But in my opinion his essays and journalism are better than his novels.
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh --fantastic, both funny and creepy.
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder -- an odd little book!
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster --this was OK, but the film was better :)
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene -- very atmospheric
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding -- forced to read this at school. Some of his other books are better (I loved Pincher Martin), though his prose is a bit purple for modern tastes.
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell -- urgh. Gave up on about page 50 of the first volume.
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence -- loved this when in my 20s. Lawrence writes sensitively about women.
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence -- ditto.

It's an awfully white-male-dominated list, isn't it? I take it it's a 20th century list, hence lack of 19th-century classics. But it's still surprising that it is so heavily biased, and with few/no books published in the last 50 years (unless they are in the next 50?)

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce – read it in my 20s, tried a reread in my 60s and never got off the ground

2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald – everybody likes this but me

3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce --read it once, reread failed

4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov – read it when it was new and scandalous and just didn’t get it – read it a few years ago with CR and loved it – funny as all get-out

5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley – read 40 years ago and was impressed

6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner – read in my 30s, didn’t get it – reread with CR compatriots a few years back and was crazy about it

7. CATCH-22 – after two attempts I have come to the conclusion that I may be the only person in the world who couldn’t hack this one and didn’t think it was funny.

8. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence – bored the spit out of me, didn’t finish

9. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck – loved it as a kid, found it a little simplistic on a reread

10. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry – gave up early in the game
11.
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler – love it, funnier than hell, we should do it on CC some day
12.
1984 by George Orwell –several reads, each time I found it scary

13. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf – I find her life more interesting than her books
14.
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser – read it too long ago to remember much

15. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers –I must have read this—don’t remember
16.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut – I love this book
17.
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison – I was saddened and impressed
18.
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright – ditto
19.
U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos – read too long ago to comment

20. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson – liked this when I was young.
21. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster – I liked this a lot.

22. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James – a struggle

TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald – I’ve never been able to appreciate FSF
23.
SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser – too long ago to say anything coherent, but I remember I liked it.
24.
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner – Loved it, funnier than hell

25. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren – read twice, held up each time – a fine over-the-top telling of an over-the-top character
26.
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder – years ago I liked this a lot, I wonder if it’s changed over time.

27. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster –Read with CR not long ago. It was okay.

28. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin – read in the early 70s, and found it deeply affecting.
29.
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding –scary as hell

30. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey – scary as hell

31. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell – started as an audiobook – never got the second series of tapes

32. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley – I went thru a really AH phase in my 30s.

33. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway – I’ve always liked EH’s short stories more than his novels

34. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence - bailed early on
35.
TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller - This guy can write.

Great idea, Janet. Thank you. I shall add at least one right now.

Hey Steve, you can use this list to add to your bookshelf of books read. I see you've already dramatically increased from the one (or was it two?) you had there before. Just teasing of course; I remembered your record keeping issues from another thread.

Here's the list of the one's I've read of that first fifty. Bear in mind that since I am an English major, I was forced to read some of these.

2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7. CATCH-22
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
13. 1984 by George Orwell
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50. TROPIC OF Cancer by Henry Miller

Let's tackle the project by starting this way. I understand why James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence are considered great writers. That doesn't mean we have to read them, and I recommend that you not. Henry Miller is for very specialized tastes. I love Catch 22, but it takes a really off beat sense of humor to enjoy it. I do wish these folks would have shown some originality and listed something else by George Orwell. He is so good, but the Animal Farm fable is passé now.

Now for the positive. Read The Great Gatsby right away. You don't want to take the chance that you might die before having read this. You could be hit by a truck any day after all.

For all its flaws An American Tragedy is a compelling novel, I think. It draws you in emotionally. The same goes for The Grapes of Wrath.

Anything by Graham Greene is very readable and very entertaining.

Then forget all about this list of the first fifty and read something by each of the Brontë sisters and two of Jane Austen's Big Four. You will thank me.

Well, but then there is George Eliot, too . . . . .

Thanks, Yulia. I had never heard of that one... must go research.

Regarding Hayes's comment about Brave New World being among the first dystopian novels, preceding it was We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, which I also believe strongly influenced 1984. We unravels at the end, but is very interesting when considered alongside the avant-garde movement in Russia and the art and architecture that were its contemporaries. I took a course on the Russian avant-garde in college: that's the only reason I'm familiar with it :)

only two women, only three people of color... hello, random house???

Indeed... most of these lists tend to forget about the rest of the world. An interesting thread from my other group asked the members to list favorite authors/books from the their native or adopted countries. Has that been done here?

This is no doubt a list with 'important' and classic novels but I'd prefer a more international list.

Here's my list:

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce - loved Molly's end section
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald - loved madly
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov - found it too disconcerting to enjoy
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley - perfect
7. CATCH-22 - only remember enjoying it
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler - can't remember any details
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck - spectacular
13. 1984 by George Orwell - excellent
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves great TV: didn't read it
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser - loved it
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers - can't remember; intend to reread
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut - didn't like it as much as I had expected to
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison - need to reread
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright - I do not like this book, for very specific reasons
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos - loved it in high school
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster - excellent
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald - remember enjoying the first part best
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell - very, very good
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser - I had a Dreiser period; really liked it
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren - a good one
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder - very thought-provoking
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster - wonderful
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin - need to read again
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding - a goodie
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway - loved it then; don't think I would now
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller - think I read it, but don't remember a thing!

I'll follow Hayes's lead (welcome!) and comment on those I've actually read:

2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald - enjoyed it as a teen
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov - amazing
7. CATCH-22 - one of my all-time favorites, helps to stick with it
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence - enjoyed it long ago
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck - enjoyed it long ago
13. 1984 by George Orwell - enjoyed it long ago
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves - excellent
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut - enjoyed it as a teen
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison - read it long ago
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald - enjoyed it as a teen
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell - excellent
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster - enjoyed here at Constant Reader
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene - excellent
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding - read it long ago
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway - enjoyed it as a teen
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence - enjoyed it long ago

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce (started, never finished)
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (don't rermember much)
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce (ditto)
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov (loved, read here with Constant Readers)
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley (long ago--okay)
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner (loved)
7. CATCH-22 (loved then, don't know about now)
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler (not read)
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence (liked then, don't know about now)
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (liked very much)
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry (not read)
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler (not read)
13. 1984 by George Orwell (absolutely loved)
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves (liked a lot)
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf (liked a lot)
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser (liked, but didn't love)
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (can't remember)
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut (loved)
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison (liked)
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright (don't remember)
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow (not read)
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara (not read)
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos (loved at the time)
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson (loved)
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster (haven't read)
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James (struggled through, but liked)
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James (haven't read)
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald (can't remember)
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell (haven't read)
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford (want to read)
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell (liked at the time)
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James (haven't read)
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser (haven't read)
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh (haven't read)
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner (loved)
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren (liked at the time--couldn't get into it second go-round)
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder (liked)
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster (loved)
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin (can't remember)
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene (haven't read)
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (liked at the time)
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey (the movie was enough)
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell (haven't read)
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley (haven't read)
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway (liked at the time)
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad (haven't read)
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad (haven't read)
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence (haven't read)
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence (so-so)
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller (haven't read)

Hi Robyn, very NewBie here, so I'll use this as a way to introduce myself. (I am, however, way behind on the classics, which is one of the reasons I joined this group!!)

2. THE GREAT GATSBY - school read, I didn't like it then, may have to retry
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - mixed feelings
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD - brilliant, disconcerting, the first (correct me if I'm wrong) of the dystopia novels
7. CATCH-22 - I couldn't get past page 40.
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH - brilliant
13. 1984 - another disconcerting must read
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE - don't remember a thing...
19. INVISIBLE MAN - school read which I never finished, will retry
31. ANIMAL FARM - don't remember much of this school read either.

Oh, dear... I didn't do very well did I? Well, I guess I have a lot of work to do!!

I found this list at Random House. I am sure that others have different lists. I would like to read some of the 'greats' and the 'classics' that I haven't read and wonder if this list is a good starting place.

I'll start with their top 50.

Could you give your 'thumbs up'(as in, 'yes you must') or 'thumbs down' (as in 'don't bother')

on the following:
1. ULYSSES by James Joyce
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7. CATCH-22
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
13. 1984 by George Orwell
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller

Web link: http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary...