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LITERATURE
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Greatest Novels Of All Time (TIME)
This list features the greatest English language books from 1923–2005, according to Time Magazine.
RANK | BOOK | AUTHOR | YEAR |
1 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 1960 |
2 | 1984 | George Orwell | 1949 |
3 | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 |
4 | The Catcher of the Rye | J. D. Salinger | 1951 |
5 | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 |
6 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C. S. Lewis | 1950 |
7 | Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 1954 |
8 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 |
9 | Catch-22 | Joseph Heller | 1961 |
10 | The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 1939 |
References
Goodreads, (n.d.). Time Magazine’s All Time 100 Novels. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2681.Time_Magazine_s_All_Time_100_Novels [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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