The Guardian 100 best novels of all time

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Surprised this hasn’t been posted already, we love a listicle don’t we?

I am incredibly basic and have read 6 (and started but not finished a further 2) from numbers 100-61. My favourite of the choices so far are either Pedro Paramo or Invisible Cities.

How many you read?
Top 10 predictions?
Cormac McCarthy book rankings?

…It’s all to come in the Guardian 100 best novels of all time companion thread.

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I’d argue you’re more basic the more you’ve read of a list like this.

I’ve read seven.

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I haven’t read any but I have read Dark Rooms!

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I’ve read 5 of them.

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Six for me also so far. Annoyingly that was five in the first batch, and only one more today. I do have a fair few more unread on my Kindle though.

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give me the full 100, I’m not getting edged by a fucking guardian list of books ffs

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Was gonna post it but there’s always people on here who react badly to lists like this

I’ve read 6 I think. What do the colours mean?

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DiS favourite Richard Osman’s list (with a few that must be still to come in the top 60)

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Yeah this but I was really bored. I’m going to regret it probably.

Can’t figure out the colours actually. Country? Genre? Decade? dunno.

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The colours refresh differently if you load the page again, so I assume they’re meaningless. Absolutely daft design choice.

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Edit - 17 for me. Got my Calvinos mixed up

Jonathan Van Ness Says 'Basic' on Queer Eye

what do we reckon is gonna be number 1? Middlemarch?

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My Booky Wook

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Read 6 of 100 to 61.

Two those I think are genuinely poor (The Vegetarian and White Teeth) so cripes, lads

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Only read 4 of these so far, a handful more are on my Kindle to maybe read someday.

Have read Richard Osman’s 3rd favourite Lonesome Dove as well which must not be in the 100; whatever you make of him that is a very good book.

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Top 5 will be like Blood Meridian, Wuthering Heights or Pride & Prejudice, Kill a Mockingbird, East of Eden, 1984

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Blood Meridian is in the 39 they’ve already released

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It’ll return

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Have read 9 from the list so far.

Nice to see The Line of Beauty in there. Such a wonderful novel.

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10 or 11 for me (feel like I’ve read Line of Beauty, but not sure).

Don’t like seeing lists of books without the author’s name. Want the name too!

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

  • 41-60
  • 21-40
  • 1-20
  • Cruelly overlooked
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