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The 100 Best Novels Written In English

From The Guardian (47 available)

The Guardian's definitive list of the 100 best novels that were written in English. I've only listed the ones on the list that are available here to download as the rest aren't in the public domain.


cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady

Samuel Richardson

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Henry Fielding

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Emma by Jane Austen
Emma

Jane Austen

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock
Nightmare Abbey

Thomas Love Peacock

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Edgar Allan Poe

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli
Sybil

Benjamin Disraeli

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

cover page for the Global Grey edition of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Moby Dick

Herman Melville

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Middlemarch by George Eliot
Middlemarch

George Eliot

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

cover page for the Global Grey edition of New Grub Street by George Gissing
New Grub Street

George Gissing

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dracula

Bram Stoker

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Kim

Rudyard Kipling

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Call of the Wild

Jack London

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Golden Bowl by Henry James
The Golden Bowl

Henry James

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The History Of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells
The History Of Mr. Polly

H. G. Wells

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
The Rainbow

D. H. Lawrence

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses

James Joyce

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

cover page for the Global Grey edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

cover page for the Global Grey edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell



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