00 The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein WH Auden thought this tale of fantastic creatures looking for lost

jewellery was a masterpiece. 99 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A childs eye !iew of racial prejudice and freaky neigh"ours in #hirties Ala"ama. 9$ The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore A rich %engali no"le li!es happily until a radical re!olutionary appears. 9& The Hitchhikers Guide to the Gala y by !ouglas "dams 'arth is demolished to make way for a Hyperspatial '(press )oute. *ont panic. 9+ #ne Thousand and #ne $ights "non A ,ersian kings new "ride tells tales to stall post coital e(ecution. 9- The %orro&s of 'oung Werther by Johann Wolfgang (on Goethe Werther lo!es .harlotte/ "ut shes already engaged. Woe is he0 91 Midnights )hildren by %alman Rushdie #he children of poor Hindus and wealthy 2uslims are switched at "irth. 93 Tinker* Tailor* %oldier* %py by John le )arr+ 4ursery rhyme pro!ides the code names for %ritish spies suspected of treason. 95 )old )omfort ,arm by %tella Gibbons Hilarious satire on doom laden rural romances. 6omething nasty has "een o"ser!ed in the woodshed. 97 The Tale of Gen-i by Lady Murasaki #he life and lo!es of an emperors son. And the worlds first no!el8 90 .nder the $et by /ris Murdoch A feckless writer has dealings with a canine mo!ie star. .omedy and philosophy com"ined. $9 The Golden $otebook by !oris Lessing

9essing considers communism and womens li"eration in what 2argaret *ra""le calls inner space fiction. $$ 0ugene #negin by "le ander 1ushkin ,assion/ poetry and pistols in this !erse no!el of thwarted lo!e. $& #n the Road by Jack Kerouac %eat generation "oys aim to "urn/ "urn/ "urn like fa"ulous yellow roman candles. $+ #ld Goriot by Honor+ de 2al3ac A disillusioning dose of %our"on )estoration realism. #he anti hero )astingnac "ecame a "yword for ruthless social clim"ing. $- The Red and the 2lack by %tendhal ,le"ian hero struggles against the materialism and hypocrisy of :rench society with his force dame. $1 The Three Musketeers by "le andre !umas ;ne for all and all for one< the eponymous swash"ucklers "attle the mysterious 2ilady. $3 Germinal by 0mile 4ola Written to germinate social change/ =erminal unflinchingly documents the star!ation of :rench miners. $5 The %tranger by "lbert )amus :renchman kills an Ara" friend in Algiers and accepts the gentle indifference of the world. $7The $ame of the Rose by .mberto 0co >lluminating historical whodunnit set in a 71th century >talian monastry. $0 #scar and Lucinda by 1eter )arey An Australian heiress "ets an Anglican priest he cant mo!e a glass church 100km. &9 Wide %argasso %ea by Jean Rhys ,re?uel to @ane 'yre gi!ing mo!ing/ human !oice to the mad woman in the attic.

&$ "lices "d(entures in Wonderland by Le&is )arroll .arrolls ludic logic makes it possi"le to "elie!e si( impossi"le things "efore "reakfast. && )atch566 by Joseph Heller Aossarian feels a homicidal impulse to machine gun total strangers. >snt that craBy8 &+ The Trial by ,ran3 Kafka C proclaims hes innocent when une(pectedly arrested. %ut innocent of what8 &- )ider &ith Rosie by Laurie Lee ,rotagonists first long secret drink of golden fire is under a hay wagon. &1 Waiting for the Mahatma by RK $arayan =entle comedy in which a =andhi inspired >ndian youth "ecomes an anti %ritish e(tremist. &3 "ll 7uiet on the Western ,ront by 0rich Remar8ue #he horror of the =reat War as seen "y a teenage soldier. &5 !inner at the Homesick Restaurant by "nne Tyler #hree si"lings are differently affected "y their parents une(plained separation. &7 The !ream of the Red )hamber by )ao 9ue8in ,rofound and panoramic insight into 7$th century .hinese society. &0 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa =ari"aldis )edshirts sweep through 6icily/ the jackals ousting the no"ility/ or leopards. +9 /f #n a Winters $ight a Tra(eller by /talo )al(ino >nternational "ook fraud is e(posed in this playful postmodernist puBBle. +$ )rash by JG 2allard :ormer #D scientist preaches a new se(uality/ "orn from a per!erse technology. +& " 2end in the Ri(er by :% $aipaul

'ast African >ndian 6alim tra!els to the heart of Africa and finds #he world is what it is. ++ )rime and 1unishment by ,yodor !ostoye(sky %oy meets pawn"roker. %oy kills pawn"roker with an a(e. =uilt/ "reakdown/ 6i"eria/ redemption. +- !r 4hi(ago by 2oris 1asternak )omantic young doctors idealism is trampled "y the atrocities of the )ussian )e!olution. +1 The )airo Trilogy by $aguib Mahfou3 :ollows three generations of .airenes from the :irst World War to the coup of 79-5. +3 The %trange )ase of !r Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis %te(enson 6te!ensons "ogey tale came to him in a dream. +5 Gulli(ers Tra(els by Jonathan %&ift 6wifts scri"ulous satire on tra!ellers tall tales Ethe 9illiputian .ourt is really =eorge >sF. +7 My $ame /s Red by #rhan 1amuk A painter is murdered in >stan"ul in 7-97. Gnusually/ we hear from the corpse. +0 #ne Hundred 'ears of %olitude by Gabriel Garc;a M<r8ue3 2yth and reality melt magically together in this .olom"ian family saga. -9 London ,ields by Martin "mis A failed no!elist steals a womans trashed diaries which re!eal shes plotting her own murder. -$ The %a(age !etecti(es by Roberto 2ola=o =ang of 6outh American poets tra!el the world/ sleep around/ challenge critics to duels. -& The Glass 2ead Game by Herman Hesse >ntellectuals withdraw from life to play a game of musical and mathematical rules. -+ The Tin !rum by G>nter Grass 2adhouse memories of the 6econd World War. Cey te(t of 'uropean magic realism.

-- "usterlit3 by WG %ebald ,aragraph less no!el in which a .Bech "orn historian traces his own history "ack to the Holocaust. -1 Lolita by :ladimir $aboko( 6cholars se(ual o"session with a prepu"escent nymphet is complicated "y her mothers passion for him. -3 The Handmaids Tale by Margaret "t&ood After nuclear war has rendered most sterile/ fertile women are ensla!ed for "reeding. -5 The )atcher in the Rye by J! %alinger '(pelled from a phony prep school/ adolescent anti hero goes through a difficult phase. -7 .nder&orld by !on !eLillo :rom "ase"all to nuclear waste/ all late 50th century American life is here. -0 2elo(ed by Toni Morrison %rutal/ haunting/ jaBB inflected journey down the darkest narrati!e ri!ers of American sla!ery. 19 The Grapes of Wrath by John %teinbeck ;kies set out from the *epression dust"owl seeking decent wages and dignity. 1$ Go Tell /t #n the Mountain by James 2ald&in '(plores the role of the .hristian .hurch in Harlems African American community. 1&The .nbearable Lightness of 2eing by Milan Kundera A doctors infidelities distress his wife. %ut if life means nothing/ it cant matter. 1+ The 1rime of Miss Jean 2rodie by Muriel %park A meddling teacher is "etrayed "y a fa!ourite pupil who "ecomes a nun. 1- The :oyeur by "lain Robbe5Grillet *id the watch salesman kill the girl on the "each. >f so/ who heard8

11 $ausea by Jean51aul %artre A historian "ecomes increasingly sickened "y his e(istence/ "ut decides to muddle on. 13 The Rabbit books by John .pdike A former high school "asket"all star is unsatisfied "y marriage/ fatherhood and sales jo"s. 15 The "d(entures of Huckleberry ,inn by Mark T&ain A "oy and a runaway sla!e set sail on the 2ississippi/ away from Ante"ellum si!ilisation. 17 The Hound of the 2asker(illes by "rthur )onan !oyle A drug addict chases a ghostly dog across the midnight moors. 10 The House of Mirth by 0dith Wharton 9ily %art cra!es lu(ury too much to marry for lo!e. 6candal and sleeping pills ensue. 39 Things ,all "part by )hinua "chebe A 4igerian yam farmers local leadership is shaken "y accidental death and a missionarys arri!al. 3$#he Great Gatsby by , %cott ,it3gerald A mysterious millionaires lo!e for a woman with a !oice full of money gets him in trou"le. 3& The Warden by "nthony Trollope ;f all no!elists in any country/ #rollope "est understands the role of money/ said W8H Auden. 3+ Les Mis+rables by :ictor Hugo An e( con!ict struggles to "ecome a force for good/ "ut it ends "adly. 3- Lucky Jim by Kingsley "mis An uncommitted history lecturer clashes with his pompous "oss/ gets drunk and gets the girl. 31 The 2ig %leep by Raymond )handler *ead men are hea!ier than "roken hearts in this hard"oiled crime noir. 33 )larissa by %amuel Richardson

'pistolary ad!enture whose heroines "odice is sa!agely unlaced "y the "rothel keeping )o"ert 9o!elace. 35 " !ance to the Music of Time by "nthony 1o&ell #wel!e "ook saga whose most cele"rated character wears the wrong kind of o!ercoat. 37 %uite ,rancaise by /r?ne $+miro(sky ,u"lished +0 years after their author was gassed/ these two no!ellas portray city and !illage life in 4aBi occupied :rance. 30 "tonement by /an Mc0&an ,uts the c word in the classic 'nglish country house no!el. 59 Life@ a .sers Manual by Georges 1erec #he jigsaw puBBle of li!es in a ,arisian apartment "lock. ,lus empty rooms. 5$ Tom Jones by Henry ,ielding #high thwacking yarn of a foundling "oy sewing his wild oats "efore marrying the girl ne(t door. 5& ,rankenstein by Mary %helley Human endea!ours to mock the stupendous mechanism of the .reator of the world ha!e tragic conse?uences. 5+ )ranford by 0li3abeth Gaskell 4orthern !illagers turn their "onnets against the social changes accompanying the industrial re!olution. 5- The Moonstone by Wilkie )ollins Hailed "y #86 'liot as the first/ the longest/ and the "est of modern 'nglish detecti!e no!els. 51 .lysses by James Joyce 2odernist masterpiece reworking of Homer with humour. .ontains one of the longest sentences in 'nglish literature< 1/397 words. 53 Madame 2o(ary by Gusta(e ,laubert

%uying the lies of romance no!els leads a pro!incial doctors wife to an agonising end. 55 " 1assage to /ndia by 0M ,orster A false accusation e(poses the racist oppression of %ritish rule in >ndia. 57 ABCD by George #r&ell >n which %ig %rother is e!en more sinister than the #D series it inspired. 50 Tristram %handy by Laurence %terne 6amuel @ohnson thought 6ternes "awdy/ e(perimental no!el was too odd to last. ,ah0 79 The War of the Worlds by HG Wells %loodsucking 2artian in!aders are wiped out "y a dose of the sniffles. 7$ %coop by 0(elyn Waugh Waugh "ased the hapless junior reporter in this journalistic farce on former #elegraph editor %ill *eedes. 7& Tess of the !.rber(illes by Thomas Hardy 6e(ual dou"le standards are held up to the cold/ Wesse( light in this rural tragedy. AE 2righton Rock by Graham Greene A seaside sociopath mucks up murder and marriage in =reenes literary ,unch and @udy show. 7- The )ode of the Woosters by 1G Wodehouse A scrape prone toff and pals are sua!ely manipulated "y his gentlemans personal gentleman. 71 Wuthering Heights by 0mily 2rontF ;ut on the winding/ windy moors .athy and Heathcliff "ecome each others souls. #hen he storms off. 73 !a(id )opperfield by )harles !ickens *e"t and deception in *ickenss semi auto"iographical %ildungsroman crammed with cads/ creeps and capital fellows. 75 Robinson )rusoe by !aniel !efoe

A sla!e trader is shipwrecked "ut finds =od/ and a nati!e to con!ert/ on a desert island. 77 1ride and 1re-udice by Jane "usten '!ery proud posh "oy deser!es a prejudiced girl. And a stately pile. 70 !on 7ui ote by Miguel de )er(antes ,icares?ue tale a"out ?uin?uagenarian gent on a skinny horse tilting at windmills. 9 Mrs !allo&ay by :irginia Woolf 6eptimuss suicide doesnt spoil our heroines stream of consciousness party. $ !isgrace by JM )oet3ee An 'nglish professor in post apartheid 6outh Africa loses e!erything after seducing a student. & Jane 0yre by )harlotte 2rontF ,oor and o"scure and plain as she is/ 2r )ochester wants to marry her. >llegally. + /n %earch of Lost Time by Marcel 1roust 6e!en !olume meditation on memory/ featuring literatures most cele"rated lemony cake. - Heart of !arkness by Joseph )onrad #he con?uest of the earth/ said .onrad/ is not a pretty thing. 1 The 1ortrait of a Lady by Henry James An American heiress in 'urope affronts her destiny "y marrying an adulterous egoist. 3 "nna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy #olstoys doomed adulteress grew from a daydream of a "are e(?uisite aristocratic el"ow. 5 Moby5!ick by Herman Mel(ille 2onomaniacal .aptain Aha" seeks !engeance on the white whale which ate his leg. 7 Middlemarch by George 0liot ;ne of the few 'nglish no!els written for grown up people/ said Dirginia Woolf.