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Time's All-Time 100 Novels (100 Books)

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The Time's All-Time 100 Novels—originating from Time Magazine—stands as one of the most influential literary roadmaps for modern readers. Bringing together 100 landmark works by acclaimed authors such as Saul Bellow, Robert Penn Warren, Philip Roth, Theodore Dreiser, this collection spans unforgettable storytelling, cultural turning points, and enduring intellectual achievements.

Highlights of this curated canon include "The Adventures of Augie March", "All the King's Men", "American Pastoral", "An American Tragedy". Whether you are tackling the ranking from #1 to #100 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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Time's All-Time 100 Novels — Complete Book Catalog

Time Magazine 100 Curated Books
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow EPUB · PDF

The Adventures of Augie March

Saul Bellow

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren EPUB · PDF

All the King's Men

Robert Penn Warren

American Pastoral by Philip Roth EPUB · PDF

American Pastoral

Philip Roth

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser EPUB · PDF

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Animal Farm by George Orwell EPUB · PDF

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara EPUB · PDF

Appointment in Samarra

John O'Hara

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume EPUB · PDF

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

The Assistant by Bernard Malamud EPUB · PDF

The Assistant

Bernard Malamud

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien EPUB · PDF

At Swim-Two-Birds

Flann O'Brien

Atonement by Ian McEwan EPUB · PDF

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Beloved by Toni Morrison EPUB · PDF

Beloved

Toni Morrison

The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood EPUB · PDF

The Berlin Stories

Christopher Isherwood

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler EPUB · PDF

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood EPUB · PDF

The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy EPUB · PDF

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh EPUB · PDF

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder EPUB · PDF

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder

Call It Sleep by Henry Roth EPUB · PDF

Call It Sleep

Henry Roth

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller EPUB · PDF

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

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

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess EPUB · PDF

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron EPUB · PDF

The Confessions of Nat Turner

William Styron

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen EPUB · PDF

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon EPUB · PDF

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell EPUB · PDF

A Dance to the Music of Time

Anthony Powell

The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West EPUB · PDF

The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather EPUB · PDF

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

A Death in the Family by James Agee EPUB · PDF

A Death in the Family

James Agee

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen EPUB · PDF

The Death of the Heart

Elizabeth Bowen

Deliverance by James Dickey EPUB · PDF

Deliverance

James Dickey

Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone EPUB · PDF

Dog Soldiers

Robert Stone

Falconer by John Cheever EPUB · PDF

Falconer

John Cheever

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles EPUB · PDF

The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing EPUB · PDF

The Golden Notebook

Doris Lessing

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin EPUB · PDF

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell EPUB · PDF

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck EPUB · PDF

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon EPUB · PDF

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald EPUB · PDF

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh EPUB · PDF

A Handful of Dust

Evelyn Waugh

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers EPUB · PDF

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene EPUB · PDF

The Heart of the Matter

Graham Greene

Herzog by Saul Bellow EPUB · PDF

Herzog

Saul Bellow

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson EPUB · PDF

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul EPUB · PDF

A House for Mr Biswas

V.S. Naipaul

I, Claudius by Robert Graves EPUB · PDF

I, Claudius

Robert Graves

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace EPUB · PDF

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison EPUB · PDF

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

Light in August by William Faulkner EPUB · PDF

Light in August

William Faulkner

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis EPUB · PDF

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov EPUB · PDF

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Lord of the Flies by William Golding EPUB · PDF

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

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

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Loving by Henry Green EPUB · PDF

Loving

Henry Green

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis EPUB · PDF

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis

The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead EPUB · PDF

The Man Who Loved Children

Christina Stead

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie EPUB · PDF

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Money by Martin Amis EPUB · PDF

Money

Martin Amis

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy EPUB · PDF

The Moviegoer

Walker Percy

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf EPUB · PDF

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs EPUB · PDF

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

Native Son by Richard Wright EPUB · PDF

Native Son

Richard Wright

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro EPUB · PDF

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

1984 by George Orwell EPUB · PDF

1984

George Orwell

On the Road by Jack Kerouac EPUB · PDF

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

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

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski EPUB · PDF

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosinski

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov EPUB · PDF

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster EPUB · PDF

A Passage to India

E.M. Forster

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion EPUB · PDF

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth EPUB · PDF

Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

Possession by A.S. Byatt EPUB · PDF

Possession

A.S. Byatt

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene EPUB · PDF

The Power and the Glory

Graham Greene

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

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

Rabbit, Run by John Updike EPUB · PDF

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow EPUB · PDF

Ragtime

E.L. Doctorow

The Recognitions by William Gaddis EPUB · PDF

The Recognitions

William Gaddis

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett EPUB · PDF

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates EPUB · PDF

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles EPUB · PDF

The Sheltering Sky

Paul Bowles

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut EPUB · PDF

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson EPUB · PDF

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth EPUB · PDF

The Sot-Weed Factor

John Barth

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner EPUB · PDF

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

The Sportswriter by Richard Ford EPUB · PDF

The Sportswriter

Richard Ford

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré EPUB · PDF

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John le Carré

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway EPUB · PDF

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston EPUB · PDF

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe EPUB · PDF

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee EPUB · PDF

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf EPUB · PDF

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller EPUB · PDF

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Ubik by Philip K. Dick EPUB · PDF

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

Under the Net by Iris Murdoch EPUB · PDF

Under the Net

Iris Murdoch

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry EPUB · PDF

Under the Volcano

Malcolm Lowry

Watchmen by Alan Moore EPUB · PDF

Watchmen

Alan Moore

White Noise by Don DeLillo EPUB · PDF

White Noise

Don DeLillo

White Teeth by Zadie Smith EPUB · PDF

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys EPUB · PDF

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

The Women's Room by Marilyn French EPUB · PDF

The Women's Room

Marilyn French

Frequently Asked Questions — Time's All-Time 100 Novels

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