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Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (authoritative list)

 

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  1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)

    by Mark Haddon

  2. Catch-22

    Catch-22 (1961)

    by Joseph Heller

  3. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1946)

    by William Steig, Eric Hodgins

  4. High Fidelity

    High Fidelity (1995)

    by Nick Hornby

  5. I Served the King of England

    I Served the King of England (1971)

    by Bohumil Hrabal

  6. The Lecturer's Tale

    The Lecturer's Tale (2001)

    by James Hynes

  7. Mr Norris Changes Trains

    Mr Norris Changes Trains

    by Christopher Isherwood

  8. The Mighty Walzer

    The Mighty Walzer

    by Howard Jacobson

  9. Pictures From an Institution

    Pictures From an Institution

    A Comedy

    by Randall Jarrell

  10. Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat (1889)

    (to Say Nothing of the Dog)

    by Jerome K. Jerome

  11. Finnegans Wake

    Finnegans Wake (1939)

    by James Joyce

  12. The Castle

    The Castle (1926)

    by Franz Kafka

  13. Lake Wobegon Days

    Lake Wobegon Days (1985)

    by Garrison Keillor

  14. The Debt to Pleasure

    The Debt to Pleasure (1996)

    by John Lanchester

  15. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

    The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

    by Alain René Le Sage

  16. The Towers of Trebizond

    The Towers of Trebizond (1956)

    by Rose MacAulay

  17. England, Their England

    England, Their England

    by A. G. Macdonell

  18. Whiskey Galore

    Whiskey Galore

    by Compton Mackenzie

  19. Cakes and Ale

    Cakes and Ale (1933)

    by W. Somerset Maugham

  20. Tales of the City

    Tales of the City (1978)

    by Armistead Maupin

  21. Bright Lights, Big City

    Bright Lights, Big City (1984)

    by Jay McInerney

  22. Puckoon

    Puckoon

    by Spike Milligan

  23. The Restraint of Beasts

    The Restraint of Beasts (1998)

    by Magnus Mills

  24. Charade

    Charade (1986)

    by John Mortimer

  25. Titmuss Regained

    Titmuss Regained

    by John Mortimer

  26. Under the Net

    Under the Net (1954)

    by Iris Murdoch

  27. Pnin

    Pnin (1957)

    by Vladimir Nabokov

  28. Pale Fire

    Pale Fire (1962)

    by Vladimir Nabokov

  29. Fireflies

    Fireflies

    by Shiva Naipaul

  30. The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

    The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

    by Victor Pelevin

  31. A Void

    A Void (1969)

    by Georges Perec

  32. Les revenentes

    Les revenentes

    by Georges Perec

  33. Life A User's Manual

    Life A User's Manual (1987)

    by Georges Perec

  34. My Search for Warren Harding

    My Search for Warren Harding (1983)

    by Robert Plunket

  35. A Time to Be Born

    A Time to Be Born

    by Dawn Powell

  36. Excellent Women

    Excellent Women (1952)

    by Barbara Pym

  37. Less Than Angels

    Less Than Angels

    by Barbara Pym

  38. Zazie in the Metro

    Zazie in the Metro

    by Raymond Queneau

  39. Solomon Gursky Was Here

    Solomon Gursky Was Here

    by Mordecai Richler

  40. Portnoy's Complaint

    Portnoy's Complaint (1969)

    by Philip Roth

  41. The Westminster Alice : a political parody based on Lewis Carroll's Wonderland

    The Westminster Alice : a political parody based on Lewis Carroll's Wonderland

    by Saki

  42. The Unbearable Bassington

    The Unbearable Bassington

    by Saki

  43. Hurrah for St. Trinian's and other Lapses

    Hurrah for St. Trinian's and other Lapses (1948)

    by Ronald Searle

  44. Great Apes

    Great Apes (1997)

    by Will Self

  45. Porterhouse Blue

    Porterhouse Blue (1974)

    by Tom Sharpe

  46. Blott on the Landscape

    Blott on the Landscape

    by Tom Sharpe

  47. Office Politics

    Office Politics

    by Wilfrid Sheed

  48. The Belles Lettres PapersThe Belles Lettres PapersCharles Simmons

    The Belles Lettres Papers

    by Charles Simmons

  49. Moo

    Moo (1995)

    by Jane Smiley

  50. Topper

    Topper (1926)

    by Thorne Smith

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