100 Best Novels in the World (Published in 1899)

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The Daily Telegraph, 101 Books

The Daily Telegraph published an article in 1899 listing the 100 Best Novels. The list was selected by the editor of The Daily Telegraph with the assistance of Sir Edwin Arnold, H. D. Traill, and W. L. Courtney.

These books were also sold to the public, so it was a commercial proposition.

This list was originally published in 1899 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
15899 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
11545 Old St Paul's William Harrison Ainsworth 1841 British English
15899 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
425 Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1811 British English
228 Father Goriot Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
17119 A Window In Thrums J. M. Barrie 1889 Scottish English
17119 The Golden Butterfly Walter Besant, James Rice 1876 British English
14896 Robbery Under Arms Rolf Boldrewood 1882 Australian English
2091 Lady Audley's Secret M. E. Braddon 1862 British English
29 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 1847 British English
2458 Shirley Charlotte Brontë 1849 British English
17119 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
11545 Valentine Vox Henry Cockton 1839 British English
139 The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 1860 British English
393 The Moonstone Wilkie Collins 1868 British English
507 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper 1826 American English
15899 The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper 1840 American English
2503 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
17119 Mr Isaacs F. Marion Crawford 1882 British English
1808 Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1843 British English
1146 Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1839 British English
8251 The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 1841 British English
995 Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 1846 British English
339 The Adventures of Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1837 British English
17119 The Firm Of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 British English
119 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
8664 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
87 The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
17119 Scenes Of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 British English
134 Tom Jones Henry Fielding 1749 British English
992 Joseph Andrews Henry Fielding 1742 British English
1450 Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell 1848 British English
15899 The Aide De Camp James Grant 1848 British English
11545 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
17119 Gabriel Conroy Bret Harte 1876 American English
74 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English
601 The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 American English
10202 Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 1861 American English
2457 The Prisoner Of Zenda Anthony Hope 1894 British English
2327 Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes 1857 British English
40 Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1862 French French
7575 The Toilers Of The Sea Victor Hugo 1866 French French
366 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo 1831 French French
13583 Two Years Ago Charles Kingsley 1857 British English
16532 Alton Locke Charles Kingsley 1850 British English
14896 Hypatia Charles Kingsley 1853 British English
17119 The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn Henry Kingsley 1859 British English
4493 Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
17119 Guy Livingstone George Lawrence 1857 British English
12162 Harry Lorrequer Charles Lever 1839 Irish English
9049 Charles O'malley Charles Lever 1841 Irish English
17119 The Atonement Of Leam Dundas Eliza Lynn Linton 1876 British English
12398 Handy Andy Samuel Lover 1842 Irish English
11545 Rory O'more Samuel Lover 1837 Irish English
10629 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
15899 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15899 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15899 The Caxtons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1849 British English
15899 The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1830 British English
11895 Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1834 British English
15899 Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1834 British English
8899 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
17119 Diana Of The Crossways George Meredith 1885 British English
12013 John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856 British English
17119 Under Two Flags Ouida 1867 British English
17119 It Is Never Too Late To Mend Charles Reade 1856 British English
17119 Peg Woffington And Christie Johnstone Charles Reade 1853 British English
17119 Hard Cash Charles Reade 1863 British English
4734 The Headless Horseman Thomas Mayne Reid 1865 Irish English
17119 Virginia Of Virginia Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy 1888 American English
1319 The Story Of An African Farm Olive Schreiner 1883 South African English
8706 Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1829 British English
11895 Cruise Of The Midge Michael Scott 1834 Scottish English
385 Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz 1895 Polish Polish
1779 Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott 1817 British English
4621 The Bride Of Lammermoor Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
3266 Old Mortality Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
6181 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
6297 Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott 1815 Scottish English
7031 Woodstock Sir Walter Scott 1826 British English
6939 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
11634 Frank Fairlegh Francis Edward Smedley 1850 British English
1792 The Adventures Of Roderick Random Tobias Smollett 1748 British English
1226 The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Tobias Smollett 1751 British English
17119 On The Face Of The Waters Flora Annie Steel 1896 British English
51 The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne 1759 British English
184 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 American English
17119 Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1853 British English
1430 The Wandering Jew Eugène Sue 1844 French French
978 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
9587 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
3021 The Memoirs Of Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 1844 British English
10 Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1877 Russian Russian
5916 Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1862 British English
17119 Robert Elsmere Mary Augusta Ward 1888 British English
11545 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
10780 The Wide, Wide World Elizabeth Wetherell 1850 American English
17119 Market Harborough George Whyte-Melville 1860 British English
17119 Inside The Bar George Whyte-Melville 1872 British English
3041 East Lynne Ellen Wood 1861 British English