I’m not much of a novel reader myself. Let the Sideways snobbiness ensue….
Anyway, if you are looking to build your library, you might start with Time’s list of the All-Time 100 Novels. Time Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick through the tons of books out there and find the 100 best English-Language novels from 1923 to the present…Is your favorite listed?
Link: TIME Magazine – ALL-TIME 100 Novels.
The Adventures of Augie March (1953)
Saul Bellow
All the King’s Men (1946)
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral (1997)
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy (1925)
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm (1946)
George Orwell
