Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century

I am at 43 books so far. I would like to get back to this list soon and get to the 50 mark. Still staring at my copy of Ulysses on my book shelf trying to get my nerve up.

1. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
3. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
4. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
5. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
6. CATCH-22
7. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
8. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
9. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
10. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
11. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
12. 1984 by George Orwell
13. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
14. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
15. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
16. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
17. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
18. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
19. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
21. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
22. ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
23. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
24. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
25. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
26. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
27. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
28. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
29. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
30. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
31. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
32. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
33. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
34. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
35. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
36. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
37. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
38. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
39. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
40. KIM by Rudyard Kipling
41. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
42. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
43. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

I was slow reading on this book, just too many other things on the go. I did enjoy it, but probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read it more steadily with out long pauses. It has a Hardy’ish feel to it, and as I am a big Thomas Hardy fan I enjoyed this. I will keep plugging along through the books on the list.

Great book, slow reading lately due to work, renovations and 14 month old daughter. I really enjoyed this one. I wish I had not seen the movie first. That is 38 out of 100 for me. Would love to make the half way point this year.

This is the second Forester Ihave read. I really enjoy his style. Easy reading and good stories. It took me a while to get through. Hard to get much reading done living in our basement with my wife and one year old daughter as we do a major renovation to the main floor of our house. Hope to dig in a bit better when the work is done.

in the middle of a major renovation at our house, so the reading is going pretty slow so far this year. Found this book a bit slow, but it may have been the on again off again reading opportunities that I had.

a very interesting poem. Spent some time with the commentary, it really enhanced the read.

A very creatively written book. Vonnegut’s uniques use of timelines, and interesting third person perspecitve gives alot to this novel. It has been on my list of books to read for a long time. So it goes.

This puts me 1/3 of the way to list, though with 12 of the top 15 finished I am a bit heavy to the front end.
I found this book stunning. It is a beautiful journey through one man’s life. His painful struggles with his own body, love, religion, and education is wonderfully portrayed throughout the novel. I would have thought that it would be hirer on the list. Not sure what I will read next, but probably pick something else of this list.

This is the first EM Forster novel I have ever read. I found it very enjoyable. The language is simple but effective and the story line has a great flow to it.

Having seen the movie many years ago, I was worried that my knowledge of the storyline would take away from reading this novel. I must admit that knowing the outcome of the story had little impact on my enjoyment of the book. The story is absolutely wonderful, but the real treat is the writing style. Dickey takes you on a wonderful adventure. As an avid outdoorsman, I could really appreciate his descriptions of the wilderness and the river. A wonderful and fast moving novel. I ate this one up in two days (very fast by my standards).