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TML 200 Best Books 1950-1999

Description: Books and Series with entries in A Brief Guide to the The Modern Library by Colm Tóibín and Carmen Callil
Members: 10 participating members
quondame, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, ursula, steller0707, ManWithAnAgenda, NinieB, hipdeep, elkiedee, merrystar

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Rank Title Author Added

1

To Kill a Mockingbird

76,097 members

1,421 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: ursula, hipdeep, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

2

by Sylvia Plath

27,265 members

481 reviews

4

8 Members: ursula, elkiedee, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

3

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

67,794 members

1,061 reviews

3.8

7 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

4

by Toni Morrison

22,098 members

398 reviews

3.9

7 Members: ursula, hipdeep, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

5

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,172 members

241 reviews

½ 3.5

7 Members: elkiedee, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

6

A Thousand Acres

6,023 members

135 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: ursula, elkiedee, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

7

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

20,977 members

460 reviews

3.9

6 Members: ursula, hipdeep, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

8

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

20,004 members

425 reviews

3.8

6 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

9

The Secret History

19,280 members

523 reviews

4.1

6 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

10

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,054 members

330 reviews

4.1

6 Members: ursula, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

11

The Joy Luck Club

17,269 members

197 reviews

3.9

6 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

12

12,685 members

286 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

13

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

by John le Carré

8,333 members

232 reviews

4

6 Members: ursula, hipdeep, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

14

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

5,503 members

109 reviews

3.9

6 Members: hipdeep, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

15

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

29,708 members

489 reviews

3.8

5 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, steller0707

16

Interview with the Vampire

22,309 members

321 reviews

3.8

5 Members: ursula, hipdeep, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

17

The Shipping News

by E. Annie Proulx

13,273 members

247 reviews

3.9

5 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Rohinton Mistry

8,982 members

247 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, steller0707

19

by Marilynne Robinson

6,179 members

204 reviews

3.9

5 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, steller0707

20

by E. L. Doctorow

6,100 members

119 reviews

3.9

5 Members: ursula, hipdeep, PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

21

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,098 members

113 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

5,061 members

166 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

23

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

4,455 members

90 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

24

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

48,182 members

732 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

25

by Joseph Heller

39,002 members

513 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ursula, hipdeep, PaulCranswick, quondame

26

by Vladimir Nabokov

31,009 members

546 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ursula, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

27

by John Steinbeck

22,549 members

409 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: ursula, NinieB, quondame, steller0707

28

by Ralph Ellison

15,775 members

202 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, PaulCranswick, NinieB, quondame

29

by Stephen King

14,720 members

193 reviews

4

4 Members: ursula, hipdeep, ahef1963, quondame

30

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis De Bernières

7,862 members

152 reviews

3.9

4 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

31

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

6,105 members

139 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: ursula, elkiedee, PaulCranswick, quondame

32

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

5,971 members

190 reviews

3.9

4 Members: ursula, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

33

by Kingsley Amis

5,697 members

151 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

34

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

5,183 members

90 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, PaulCranswick, NinieB, quondame

35

My Cousin Rachel

by Daphne Du Maurier

3,929 members

140 reviews

4

4 Members: ursula, ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

36

by Katherine Anne Porter

1,116 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: ursula, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

37

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,593 members

241 reviews

4

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

38

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

13,484 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ursula, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides

12,295 members

250 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ursula, quondame, steller0707

40

by Margaret Atwood

11,617 members

253 reviews

3.9

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

41

Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

9,026 members

209 reviews

4

3 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, quondame

42

The Bonfire of the Vanities

8,784 members

130 reviews

3.8

3 Members: NinieB, quondame, steller0707

43

by Larry McMurtry

8,099 members

236 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: ursula, quondame, steller0707

44

Schindler's Ark

by Thomas Keneally

7,894 members

92 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, quondame

45

by Sebastian Faulks

5,957 members

153 reviews

4

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

46

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,240 members

90 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: ursula, quondame, steller0707

47

Breathing Lessons

4,186 members

71 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

48

Oscar and Lucinda

4,057 members

65 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

49

Flaubert's Parrot

by Julian Barnes

3,846 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, quondame

50

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

3,757 members

101 reviews

3.8

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

51

A House for Mr Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul

3,369 members

66 reviews

3.8

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

52

The Human Factor

by Graham Greene

3,174 members

41 reviews

3.9

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

53

by Robertson Davies

3,166 members

85 reviews

4.2

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

54

The Grand Sophy

by Georgette Heyer

2,910 members

130 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, quondame

55

2,886 members

39 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

56

The Sportswriter

by Richard Ford

2,865 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

57

The Confessions of Nat Turner

by William Styron

2,649 members

35 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, PaulCranswick, quondame

58

The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

by Carson McCullers

2,409 members

53 reviews

3.9

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

59

What a Carve Up!

by Jonathan Coe

2,295 members

52 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ursula, PaulCranswick, quondame

60

by Mary McCarthy

2,265 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: elkiedee, quondame, steller0707

61

by L. P. Hartley

2,226 members

38 reviews

4

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

62

by Bernard Malamud

1,982 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: hipdeep, PaulCranswick, quondame

63

Jeeves in the Offing

by P. G. Wodehouse

1,960 members

36 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, quondame

64

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

by Oscar Hijuelos

1,916 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: ursula, ahef1963, quondame

65

The Jewel in the Crown

1,493 members

32 reviews

4

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

66

1,415 members

29 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, quondame, steller0707

67

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1,223 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

68

A Dark-Adapted Eye

by Barbara Vine

1,200 members

43 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, NinieB, quondame

69

1,083 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, quondame

70

The Balkan Trilogy

by Olivia Manning

1,074 members

30 reviews

4.1

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, quondame

71

A Book of Common Prayer

1,036 members

12 reviews

3.9

3 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame, steller0707

72

by John McGahern

966 members

25 reviews

3.9

3 Members: elkiedee, PaulCranswick, quondame

73

Train to Pakistan

by Khushwant Singh

947 members

26 reviews

3.9

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ahef1963, quondame

74

The Regeneration Trilogy

770 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: elkiedee, PaulCranswick, quondame

75

by Margaret Laurence

726 members

20 reviews

4

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, quondame

76

Girl with Green Eyes

by Edna O'Brien

506 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: elkiedee, PaulCranswick, quondame

77

by Cormac McCarthy

11,068 members

264 reviews

4.2

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

78

10,638 members

181 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ursula, quondame

79

by Thomas Harris

9,709 members

102 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ursula, quondame

80

7,802 members

84 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

81

by Irvine Welsh

7,599 members

79 reviews

4

2 Members: quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

82

5,088 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

83

The Adventures of Augie March

3,738 members

72 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ursula, quondame

84

by Flannery O'Connor

3,737 members

113 reviews

3.8

2 Members: quondame, steller0707

85

Empire of the Sun

by J. G. Ballard

3,675 members

71 reviews

4

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

86

The Cement Garden

3,488 members

96 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ursula, quondame

87

by Kaye Gibbons

3,402 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: quondame, ManWithAnAgenda

88

Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

by Raymond Carver

3,210 members

37 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ursula, quondame

89

Money: A Suicide Note

3,208 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

90

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,132 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ursula, quondame

91

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

2,933 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ursula, quondame

92

The Executioner's Song

by Norman Mailer

2,826 members

50 reviews

4

2 Members: ursula, quondame

93

by Graham Swift

2,734 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

94

by Elmore Leonard

2,315 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, quondame

95

The Siege of Krishnapur

by J. G. Farrell

2,044 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

96

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald

1,922 members

54 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: elkiedee, quondame

97

by Angela Carter

1,883 members

40 reviews

4

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

98

by Anthony Burgess

1,753 members

36 reviews

4.2

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

99

A Boy's Own Story

by Edmund White

1,705 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ursula, quondame

100

On the Black Hill

by Bruce Chatwin

1,577 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: PaulCranswick, quondame

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