The Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth Century
A Composite List and Ranking
by Brian Kunde
 
INTRODUCTION
SOURCE LISTS
COMPOSITE LIST
RANKING SYSTEM
COLUMN KEY
REVIEWS
LINKS

Koen Book Distributors list.

K LM R App. Points Rank Author Title Date
K-001 L-001 R-004 3 297 014 Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird 1960
K-002 L-002 M-064 R-002 4 334 009 Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye, The 1951
K-003 L-013 M-002 R-001 4 385 001 Fitzgerald, F. Scott Great Gatsby, The 1925
K-004 L-020 M-010 R-003 4 367 004 Steinbeck, John Grapes of Wrath, The 1939
K-005 L-010 M-007 R-015 4 367 003 Heller, Joseph Catch-22 1961
K-006 L-007 M-013 R-009 4 369 002 Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty Four 1949
K-007 L-004 R-026 3 266 020 Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind 1936
K-008 L-006 R-005 3 284 016 Walker, Alice Color Purple, The 1982
K-009 L-005 R-007 3 282 017 Morrison, Toni Beloved 1987
K-010 L-003 R-040 3 250 023 Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings 1956
K-011 L-078 R-023 3 191 028 Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937
K-012 L-009 M-041 R-008 4 334 008 Golding, William Lord of the Flies 1954
K-013 L-008 M-031 R-017 4 335 007 Orwell, George Animal Farm 1945
K-014 L-040 2 148 041 Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land 1961
K-015 1 086 068 Toole, John K. Confederacy of Dunces, A 1980
K-016 L-028 M-019 R-024 4 317 012 Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man 1952
K-017 L-036 2 149 039 Atwood, Margaret Handmaid's Tale, The 1986
K-018 L-044 M-001 R-006 4 335 006 Joyce, James Ulysses 1922
K-019 L-045 M-045 R-018 4 277 018 Hemingway, Ernest Sun Also Rises, The 1926
K-020 L-014 M-018 R-029 4 323 010 Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse Five 1969
K-021 L-011 2 170 033 Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth, The 1931
K-022 L-022 2 158 036 Tolkien, J. R. R. Hobbit, The 1937
K-023 L-039 M-055 R-031 4 256 021 Kerouac, Jack On the Road 1957
K-024 L-041 M-005 R-016 4 318 011 Huxley, Aldous Brave New World 1932
K-025 L-056 R-060 3 162 035 Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome 1911
K-026 1 disc McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes 1996
K-027 L-018 2 157 038 Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 1952
K-028 L-019 R-071 3 185 030 Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca 1938
K-029 L-103 2 070 082 Lessing, Doris Golden Notebook. The 1962
K-030 L-047 M-006 R-010 4 311 013 Faulkner, William Sound and the Fury, The 1929
K-031 L-017 M-004 R-011 4 341 005 Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita 1955
K-032 L-012 R-013 3 246 024 White, E. B. Charlotte's Web 1952
K-033 1 068 089 Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina 1992
K-034 L-025 R-051 3 193 027 Cather, Willa My Antonia 1918
K-035 L-037 M-058 R-042 4 232 025 Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence, The 1920
K-036 1 065 093 Shaara, Michael Killer Angels, The 1974
K-037 1 064 095 Proulx, E. Annie Shipping News, The 1993
K-038 L-061 R-037 3 167 034 Irving, John World According to Garp, The 1978
K-039 L-060 M-015 R-034 4 256 022 Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse 1927
K-040 R-092 2 070 083 Rand, Ayn Atlas Shrugged 1957
K-041 L-053 M-003 R-014 4 293 015 Joyce, James Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A 1916
K-042 L-067 M-088 R-033 4 174 032 London, Jack Call of the Wild, The 1903
K-043 1 058 102 Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars 1994
K-044 1 057 104 Adams, Richard Watership Down 1972
K-045 1 disc Crane, Stephen Red Badge of Courage, The 1895
K-046 L-109 R-012 3 136 045 Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men 1937
K-047 L-108 2 disc Allende, Isabel House of the Spirits, The 1985
K-048 L-115 2 039 128 Herbert, Frank Dune 1965
K-049 L-058 M-065 R-049 4 183 031 Burgess, Anthony Clockwork Orange, A 1962
K-050 1 051 112 Irving, John Prayer for Owen Meany, A 1989
K-051 L-146 2 disc McBride, James Color of Water, The 1996
K-052 L-084 2 066 092 Kingsolver, Barbara Bean Trees, The 1988
K-053 L-127 M-094 R-081 4 049 113 Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea 1966
K-054 1 disc Brontë, Charlotte Jane Eyre 1847
K-055 L-026 R-032 3 190 029 Hemingway, Ernest Old Man and the Sea, The 1952
K-056 L-031 M-020 R-027 4 270 019 Wright, Richard Native Son 1940
K-057 L-033 M-074 R-020 4 220 026 Hemingway, Ernest Farewell to Arms, A 1929
K-058 M-069 2 075 079 Wharton, Edith House of Mirth, The 1905
K-059 1 042 125 Archer, Jeffrey Kane and Abel 1980
K-060 L-021 2 121 055 Smith, Betty Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A 1947
K-061 L-124 M-079 R-039 4 101 062 Forster, E. M. Room With a View, A 1908
K-062 L-076 2 064 094 Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
K-063 L-128 R-082 3 030 143 DeLillo, Don White Noise 1985
K-064 L-123 2 015 173 Smiley, Jane Thousand Acres, A 1991
K-065 L-051 2 086 067 Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club, The 1989
K-066 M-028 R-062 3 147 042 Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night 1934
K-067 1 disc Alcott, Louisa May Little Women 1868
K-068 R-030 2 104 060 Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940
K-069 1 032 139 Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster 1987
K-070 1 031 141 Burns, Olive-Ann Cold Sassy Tree 1984
K-071 1 030 146 Ishiguro, Kazuo Remains of the Day, The 1989
K-072 1 029 151 Wouk, Herman War and Remembrance 1978
K-073 L-129 2 000 202 Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are 1963
K-074 1 027 156 Michener, James A. Centennial 1974
K-075 L-141 2 -014 209 Roth, Henry Call It Sleep 1934
K-076 1 disc Thompson, Hunter Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1972
K-077 1 disc Conway, Jill K. Road From Coorain, The 1989
K-078 1 023 160 Morrison, Toni Sula 1973
K-079 1 022 161 King, Stephen Stand, The 1978
K-080 1 021 162 Finney, Jack Time and Again 1970
K-081 L-106 2 015 172 Plath, Sylvia Bell Jar, The 1963
K-082 L-065 R-043 3 113 058 Rand, Ayn Fountainhead, The 1943
K-083 L-143 2 -024 213 Puzo, Mario Godfather, The 1969
K-084 M-038 R-052 3 129 047 Forster, E. M. Howard's End 1910
K-085 R-073 2 044 121 Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch 1959
K-086 1 015 174 McCullough, Colleen Thorn Birds, The 1977
K-087 1 disc Carson, Rachel Silent Spring, The 1962
K-088 1 013 176 Carr, Caleb Alienist, The 1994
K-089 1 012 178 Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep 1994
K-090 1 011 181 Pilcher, Rosamunde Shell Seekers, The 1987
K-091 1 010 182 Brown, Rita Mae Rubyfruit Jungle 1973
K-092 L-038 R-097 3 076 078 Updike, John Rabbit, Run 1960
K-093 1 008 186 Conroy, Pat Prince of Tides, The 1986
K-094 L-048 2 060 098 Byatt, A. S. Possession 1990
K-095 L-023 R-028 3 157 037 Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1962
K-096 M-068 R-099 3 040 127 Lewis, Sinclair Main Street 1920
K-097 L-070 M-014 3 122 053 Graves, Robert I, Claudius 1934
K-098 1 003 195 de Bernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin 1994
K-099 1 002 199 Michener, James A. Hawaii 1959
K-100 1 disc Carter, Forrest Education of Little Tree, The 1976

1st web edition posted 2/26/99 (last updated 5/25/04).
2nd web edition posted 6/24/05 (last updated 12/13/13).
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Additional material © 1999-2013 by Brian Kunde.