Books of the century
ast October decided to find out what its readers thought was the best book of the previous 125 years. Subsequently, the paper’s book review editors whittled down thousands of nominations had gone to press, though you can find the result online. Meanwhile the top 25 makes for a fascinating reading list (listed in alphabetical by title order as by the ): (sic), George Orwell; , Anthony Doerr; , Toni Morrison; , Joseph Heller; , JD Salinger; , EB White; , John Kennedy Toole; , JRR Tolkien; , Rohinton Mistry; , Amor Towles; , Margaret Mitchell; , John Steinbeck; , F Scott Fitzgerald; Margaret Atwood; (sic), JK Rowling; , David Foster Wallace; , Harper Lee; , Hanya Yanagihara; , Vladimir Nabokov; , Larry McMurtry; , Gabriel García Márquez; , Richard Powers; , John Irving; , Betty Smith; , James Joyce.
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