Modern Library list.
| K |
L | M
| R |
App. |
Points |
Rank |
Author |
Title |
Date |
| K-018
| L-044
| M-001
| R-006
| 4 |
335 |
006 |
Joyce, James
| Ulysses
| 1922
|
| K-003
| L-013
| M-002
| R-001
| 4 |
385 |
001 |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
| Great Gatsby, The
| 1925
|
| K-041
| L-053
| M-003
| R-014
| 4 |
293 |
015 |
Joyce, James
| Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A
| 1916
|
| K-031
| L-017
| M-004
| R-011
| 4 |
341 |
005 |
Nabokov, Vladimir
| Lolita
| 1955
|
| K-024
| L-041
| M-005
| R-016
| 4 |
318 |
011 |
Huxley, Aldous
| Brave New World
| 1932
|
| K-030
| L-047
| M-006
| R-010
| 4 |
311 |
013 |
Faulkner, William
| Sound and the Fury, The
| 1929
|
| K-005
| L-010
| M-007
| R-015
| 4 |
367 |
003 |
Heller, Joseph
| Catch-22
| 1961
|
| | M-008
| | 1
| disc
| | Koestler, Arthur
| Darkness at Noon
| 1940
|
| | M-009
| R-064
| 2 |
129 |
048 |
Lawrence, D. H.
| Sons and Lovers
| 1913
|
| K-004
| L-020
| M-010
| R-003
| 4 |
367 |
004 |
Steinbeck, John
| Grapes of Wrath, The
| 1939
|
| L-131
| M-011
| | 2
| 060
| 099
| Lowry, Malcolm
| Under the Volcano
| 1947
|
| | M-012
| | 1
| 089
| 066
| Butler, Samuel
| Way of All Flesh, The
| 1903
|
| K-006
| L-007
| M-013
| R-009
| 4 |
369 |
002 |
Orwell, George
| Nineteen Eighty Four
| 1949
|
| K-097
| L-070
| M-014
| | 3
| 122
| 053
| Graves, Robert
| I, Claudius
| 1934
|
| K-039
| L-060
| M-015
| R-034
| 4 |
256 |
022 |
Woolf, Virginia
| To the Lighthouse
| 1927
|
| | M-016
| R-088
| 2 |
098 |
063 |
Dreiser, Theodore
| American Tragedy, An
| 1925
|
| L-142
| M-017
| | 2
| 043
| 123
| McCullers, Carson
| Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The
| 1940
|
| K-020
| L-014
| M-018
| R-029
| 4 |
323 |
010 |
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
| Slaughterhouse Five
| 1969
|
| K-016
| L-028
| M-019
| R-024
| 4 |
317 |
012 |
Ellison, Ralph
| Invisible Man
| 1952
|
| K-056
| L-031
| M-020
| R-027
| 4 |
270 |
019 |
Wright, Richard
| Native Son
| 1940
|
| | M-021
| | 1
| 080
| 175
| Bellow, Saul
| Henderson the Rain King
| 1959
|
| | M-022
| | 1
| 079
| 076
| O'Hara, John
| Appointment at Samarra
| 1934
|
| L-097
| M-023
| | 2
| 082
| 072
| Dos Passos, John
| U.S.A. (trilogy)
| 1930/37
|
| L-059
| M-024
| | 2
| 119
| 057
| Anderson, Sherwood
| Winesburg, Ohio
| 1919
|
| L-075
| M-025
| R-059
| 3 |
144 |
044 |
Forster, E. M.
| Passage to India, A
| 1924
|
| | M-026
| R-069
| 2 |
107 |
059 |
James, Henry
| Wings of the Dove, The
| 1902
|
| L-107
| M-027
| | 2
| 068
| 087
| James, Henry
| Ambassadors, The
| 1903
|
| K-066
| | M-028
| R-062
| 3 |
147 |
042 |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
| Tender is the Night
| 1934
|
| L-150
| M-029
| | 2
| 023
| 159
| Farrell, James T.
| Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy
| 1932/35
|
| L-077
| M-030
| | 2
| 095
| 064
| Ford, Ford Madox
| Good Soldier, The
| 1915
|
| K-013
| L-008
| M-031
| R-017
| 4 |
335 |
007 |
Orwell, George
| Animal Farm
| 1945
|
| L-102
| M-032
| | 2
| 068
| 088
| James, Henry
| Golden Bowl, The
| 1904
|
| L-086
| M-033
| | 2
| 083
| 071
| Dreiser, Theodore
| Sister Carrie
| 1900
|
| | M-034
| | 1
| 067
| 091
| Waugh, Evelyn
| Handful of Dust, A
| 1934
|
| | M-035
| R-019
| 2 |
148 |
040 |
Faulkner, William
| As I Lay Dying
| 1930
|
| L-094
| M-036
| R-038
| 3 |
135 |
046 |
Warren, Robert Penn
| All the King's Men
| 1946
|
| L-148
| M-037
| | 2
| 017
| 168
| Wilder, Thornton
| Bridge of San Luis Rey, The
| 1927
|
| K-084
| | M-038
| R-052
| 3 |
129 |
047 |
Forster, E. M.
| Howard's End
| 1910
|
| | M-039
| R-036
| 2 |
127 |
049 |
Baldwin, James
| Go Tell It on the Mountain
| 1953
|
| | M-040
| | 1
| 061
| 097
| Greene, Graham
| Heart of the Matter, The
| 1948
|
| K-012
| L-009
| M-041
| R-008
| 4 |
334 |
008 |
Golding, William
| Lord of the Flies
| 1954
|
| | M-042
| | 1
| 059
| 101
| Dickey, James
| Deliverance
| 1970
|
| | M-043
| | 1
| 058
| 103
| Powell, Anthony
| Dance to the Music of Time, A (series)
| 1951/75
|
| | M-044
| | 1
| 057
| 105
| Huxley, Aldous
| Point Counter Point
| 1928
|
| K-019
| L-045
| M-045
| R-018
| 4 |
277 |
018 |
Hemingway, Ernest
| Sun Also Rises, The
| 1926
|
| | M-046
| | 1
| 055
| 106
| Conrad, Joseph
| Secret Agent, The
| 1907
|
| | M-047
| | 1
| 054
| 109
| Conrad, Joseph
| Nostromo
| 1904
|
| | M-048
| | 1
| 053
| 110
| Lawrence, D. H.
| Rainbow, The
| 1915
|
| L-095
| M-049
| R-075
| 3 |
084 |
070 |
Lawrence, D. H.
| Women in Love
| 1920
|
| L-132
| M-050
| R-084
| 3 |
037 |
131 |
Miller, Henry
| Tropic of Cancer
| 1934
|
| L-110
| M-051
| R-080
| 3 |
062 |
096 |
Mailer, Norman
| Naked and the Dead, The
| 1948
|
| L-080
| M-052
| | 2
| 070
| 084
| Roth, Philip
| Portnoy's Complaint
| 1969
|
| | M-053
| | 1
| 048
| 115
| Nabokov, Vladimir
| Pale Fire
| 1962
|
| | M-054
| R-068
| 2 |
080 |
074 |
Faulkner, William
| Light in August
| 1932
|
| K-023
| L-039
| M-055
| R-031
| 4 |
256 |
021 |
Kerouac, Jack
| On the Road
| 1957
|
| L-101
| M-056
| R-079
| 3 |
067 |
090 |
Hammett, Dashiell
| Maltese Falcon, The
| 1930
|
| | M-057
| | 1
| 044
| 122
| Ford, Ford Maddox
| Parade's End
| 1924/28
|
| K-035
| L-037
| M-058
| R-042
| 4 |
232 |
025 |
Wharton, Edith
| Age of Innocence, The
| 1920
|
| | M-059
| | 1
| 042
| 126
| Beerbohm, Max
| Zuleika Dobson
| 1911
|
| L-136
| M-060
| | 2
| 006
| 189
| Percy, Walker
| Moviegoer, The
| 1961
|
| L-117
| M-061
| R-089
| 3 |
036 |
133 |
Cather, Willa
| Death Comes for the Archbishop
| 1927
|
| L-071
| M-062
| | 2
| 069
| 085
| Jones, James
| From Here to Eternity
| 1951
|
| L-130
| M-063
| | 2
| 009
| 185
| Cheever, John
| Wapshot Chronicle, The
| 1957
|
| K-002
| L-002
| M-064
| R-002
| 4 |
334 |
009 |
Salinger, J. D.
| Catcher in the Rye, The
| 1951
|
| K-049
| L-058
| M-065
| R-049
| 4 |
183 |
031 |
Burgess, Anthony
| Clockwork Orange, A
| 1962
|
| L-091
| M-066
| | 2
| 045
| 119
| Maugham, W. Somerset
| Of Human Bondage
| 1915
|
| L-092
| M-067
| R-021
| 3 |
123 |
052 |
Conrad, Joseph
| Heart of Darkness
| 1902
|
| K-096
| | M-068
| R-099
| 3 |
140 |
127 |
Lewis, Sinclair
| Main Street
| 1920
|
| K-058
| | M-069
| | 2
| 075
| 079
| Wharton, Edith
| House of Mirth, The
| 1905
|
| | M-070
| | 1
| 031
| 142
| Durrell, Lawrence
| Alexandria Quartet, The
| 1957/60
|
| | M-071
| | 1
| 030
| 145
| Hughes, Richard
| High Wind in Jamaica, A
| 1929
|
| | M-072
| | 1
| 029
| 149
| Naipaul, V. S.
| House for Mr. Biswas, A
| 1961
|
| | M-073
| | 1
| 028
| 153
| West, Nathanael
| Day of the Locust, The
| 1939
|
| K-057
| L-033
| M-074
| R-020
| 4 |
220 |
026 |
Hemingway, Ernest
| Farewell to Arms, A
| 1929
|
| | M-075
| | 1
| 026
| 157
| Waugh, Evelyn
| Scoop
| 1938
|
| L-024
| M-076
| | 2
| 102
| 061
| Spark, Muriel
| Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The
| 1962
|
| | M-077
| R-044
| 2 |
081 |
073 |
Joyce, James
| Finnegans Wake
| 1939
|
| | M-078
| R-095
| 2 |
029 |
147 |
Kipling, Rudyard
| Kim
| 1901
|
| K-061
| L-124
| M-079
| R-039
| 4 |
101 |
062 |
Forster, E. M.
| Room With a View, A
| 1908
|
| L-119
| M-080
| R-074
| 3 |
030 |
144 |
Waugh, Evelyn
| Brideshead Revisited
| 1945
|
| | M-081
| | 1
| 020
| 163
| Bellow, Saul
| Adventures of Augie March, The
| 1953
|
| L-042
| M-082
| | 2
| 078
| 077
| Stegner, Wallace
| Angle of Repose
| 1971
|
| | M-083
| | 1
| 018
| 167
| Naipaul, V. S.
| Bend in the River, A
| 1979
|
| | M-084
| | 1
| 017
| 169
| Bowen, Elizabeth
| Death of the Heart, The
| 1938
|
| | M-085
| R-086
| 2 |
031 |
140 |
Conrad, Joseph
| Lord Jim
| 1900
|
| L-089
| M-086
| | 2
| 027
| 154
| Doctorow, E. L.
| Ragtime
| 1975
|
| | M-087
| | 1
| 014
| 175
| Bennett, Arnold
| Old Wives' Tale, The
| 1908
|
| K-042
| L-067
| M-088
| R-033
| 4 |
174 |
032 |
London, Jack
| Call of the Wild, The
| 1903
|
| | M-089
| | 1
| 012
| 179
| Green, Henry
| Loving
| 1945
|
| | M-090
| R-100
| 2 |
012 |
177 |
Rushdie, Salman
| Midnight's Children
| 1981
|
| | M-091
| | 1
| 010
| 183
| Caldwell, Erskine
| Tobacco Road
| 1932
|
| L-113
| M-092
| | 2
| -003
| 204
| Kennedy, William
| Ironweed
| 1983
|
| | M-093
| | 1
| 008
| 198
| Fowles, John
| Magus, The
| 1966
|
| K-053
| L-127
| M-094
| R-081
| 4 |
049 |
113 |
Rhys, Jean
| Wide Sargasso Sea
| 1966
|
| | M-095
| | 1
| 006
| 190
| Murdoch, Iris
| Under the Net
| 1954
|
| L-030
| M-096
| R-057
| 3 |
120 |
056 |
Styron, William
| Sophie's Choice
| 1979
|
| | M-097
| | 1
| 004
| 193
| Bowles, Paul
| Sheltering Sky, The
| 1949
|
| | M-098
| | 1
| 003
| 194
| Cain, James M.
| Postman Always Rings Twice, The
| 1934
|
| | M-099
| | 1
| 002
| 198
| Donleavy, J. P.
| Ginger Man, The
| 1955
|
| | M-100
| | 1
| 001
| 200
| Tarkington, Booth
| Magnificent Ambersons, The
| 1918
|
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2nd web edition posted 6/24/05 (last updated 12/4/13).
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