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Guardian's 100 Best Novels (103 Books)

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The Guardian's 100 Best Novels—originating from The Guardian—stands as one of the most influential literary roadmaps for modern readers. Bringing together 103 landmark works by acclaimed authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, this collection spans unforgettable storytelling, cultural turning points, and enduring intellectual achievements.

Highlights of this curated canon include "Don Quixote", "Pilgrim's Progress", "Robinson Crusoe", "Gulliver's Travels". Whether you are tackling the ranking from #1 to #103 or searching for your next weekend read, ZipMyBook lets you sample available editions right in your browser with our 10-Minute Daily Free Reader or request complete DRM-free EPUB and PDF editions delivered directly to your personal Google Drive shelf.

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Guardian's 100 Best Novels — Complete Book Catalog

The Guardian 103 Curated Books
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes EPUB · PDF

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan EPUB · PDF

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe EPUB · PDF

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift EPUB · PDF

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding EPUB · PDF

Tom Jones

Henry Fielding

Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne EPUB · PDF

Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne

Emma by Jane Austen EPUB · PDF

Emma

Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley EPUB · PDF

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë EPUB · PDF

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray EPUB · PDF

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens EPUB · PDF

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë EPUB · PDF

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens EPUB · PDF

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll EPUB · PDF

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Middlemarch by George Eliot EPUB · PDF

Middlemarch

George Eliot

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James EPUB · PDF

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain EPUB · PDF

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson EPUB · PDF

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome EPUB · PDF

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle EPUB · PDF

The Sign of Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde EPUB · PDF

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells EPUB · PDF

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad EPUB · PDF

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle EPUB · PDF

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Nostromo by Joseph Conrad EPUB · PDF

Nostromo

Joseph Conrad

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame EPUB · PDF

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett EPUB · PDF

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence EPUB · PDF

Sons and Lovers

D.H. Lawrence

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford EPUB · PDF

The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford

The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan EPUB · PDF

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence EPUB · PDF

The Rainbow

D.H. Lawrence

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham EPUB · PDF

Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton EPUB · PDF

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf EPUB · PDF

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald EPUB · PDF

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Trial by Franz Kafka EPUB · PDF

The Trial

Franz Kafka

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway EPUB · PDF

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf EPUB · PDF

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley EPUB · PDF

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner EPUB · PDF

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh EPUB · PDF

Scoop

Evelyn Waugh

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck EPUB · PDF

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier EPUB · PDF

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler EPUB · PDF

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck EPUB · PDF

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler EPUB · PDF

Darkness at Noon

Arthur Koestler

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford EPUB · PDF

The Pursuit of Love

Nancy Mitford

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh EPUB · PDF

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank EPUB · PDF

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell EPUB · PDF

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger EPUB · PDF

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene EPUB · PDF

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison EPUB · PDF

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

Lord of the Flies by William Golding EPUB · PDF

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov EPUB · PDF

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien EPUB · PDF

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

On the Road by Jack Kerouac EPUB · PDF

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

Voss by Patrick White EPUB · PDF

Voss

Patrick White

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller EPUB · PDF

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark EPUB · PDF

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess EPUB · PDF

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath EPUB · PDF

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey EPUB · PDF

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez EPUB · PDF

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy EPUB · PDF

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe EPUB · PDF

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote EPUB · PDF

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut EPUB · PDF

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth EPUB · PDF

Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy EPUB · PDF

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré EPUB · PDF

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John le Carré

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer EPUB · PDF

The Female Eunuch

Germaine Greer

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee EPUB · PDF

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

The Women's Room by Marilyn French EPUB · PDF

The Women's Room

Marilyn French

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie EPUB · PDF

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul EPUB · PDF

A Bend in the River

V.S. Naipaul

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino EPUB · PDF

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

Italo Calvino

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro EPUB · PDF

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco EPUB · PDF

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks EPUB · PDF

The Wasp Factory

Iain Banks

Money by Martin Amis EPUB · PDF

Money

Martin Amis

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro EPUB · PDF

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe EPUB · PDF

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey EPUB · PDF

Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Beloved by Toni Morrison EPUB · PDF

Beloved

Toni Morrison

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie EPUB · PDF

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

Possession by A.S. Byatt EPUB · PDF

Possession

A.S. Byatt

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis EPUB · PDF

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

The Secret History by Donna Tartt EPUB · PDF

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle EPUB · PDF

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman EPUB · PDF

How Late It Was, How Late

James Kelman

The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields EPUB · PDF

The Stone Diaries

Carol Shields

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson EPUB · PDF

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels EPUB · PDF

Fugitive Pieces

Anne Michaels

Underworld by Don DeLillo EPUB · PDF

Underworld

Don DeLillo

White Teeth by Zadie Smith EPUB · PDF

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

Atonement by Ian McEwan EPUB · PDF

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Life of Pi by Yann Martel EPUB · PDF

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini EPUB · PDF

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro EPUB · PDF

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Road by Cormac McCarthy EPUB · PDF

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz EPUB · PDF

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel EPUB · PDF

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

Frequently Asked Questions — Guardian's 100 Best Novels

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