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Originally Posted by TadW
Not necessarily my personal favorites, but RandomHouse has a list of their and their readers' top 100 Best Novels.
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlib...estnovels.html
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The board's top 5:
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
The readers' top 5:
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
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Random House's list which is parallel to the other one is also impressive.
Even if some of the books are doubtful to be there, these two lists represent years of great entertainment.