thumb|180px|Omslag van Joyce se Ulysses, no. 1 op die lys. Modern Library 100 Beste Romans (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) is 'n lys met die beste Engelstalige romans uit die twintigste eeu, gekies deur 'n kommissie bestaande uit Daniel J. Boorstin, A.S. Byatt, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger Jnr., William Styron en Gore Vidal. Die lys is in 1999 gepubliseer.
Die lys word aangevoer deur Ulysses van James Joyce. Joseph Conrad is met vier titels die beste verteenwoordig, gevolg deur ses skrywers met drie titels elk (William Faulkner, E.M. Forster, Henry James, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence en Evelyn Waugh) en tien met twee titels elk.
Die onderstaande tabel toon die top 100 romans:
Die lys Nr.JaarTitelOuteur1.1922UlyssesJames Joyce2.1925The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald3.1916A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce4.1955LolitaVladimir Nabokov5.1932Brave New WorldAldous Huxley6.1929The Sound and the FuryWilliam Faulkner7.1961Catch-22Joseph Heller8.1940Darkness at NoonArthur Koestler9.1913Sons and LoversD.H. Lawrence10.1939The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck11.1947Under the VolcanoMalcolm Lowry12.1903The Way of All FleshSamuel Butler13.1949Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell14.1934I, ClaudiusRobert Graves15.1927To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf16.1925An American TragedyTheodore Dreiser17.1940The Heart Is a Lonely HunterCarson McCullers18.1969Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut19.1952Invisible ManRalph Ellison20.1940Native SonRichard Wright21.1959Henderson the Rain KingSaul Bellow22.1934Appointment in SamarraJohn O'Hara23.1938U.S.A. (trilogie)John Dos Passos24.1919Winesburg, OhioSherwood Anderson25.1924A Passage to IndiaE.M. Forster26.1902The Wings of the DoveHenry James27.1903The AmbassadorsHenry James28.1934Tender Is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald29.1935Studs Lonigan (trilogie)James T. Farrell30.1915The Good SoldierFord Madox Ford31.1945Animal FarmGeorge Orwell32.1904The Golden BowlHenry James33.1900Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser34.1934A Handful of DustEvelyn Waugh35.1930As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner36.1946All the King's MenRobert Penn Warren37.1927The Bridge of San Luis ReyThornton Wilder38.1910Howards EndE.M. Forster39.1953Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin40.1948The Heart of the MatterGraham Greene41.1954Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding42.1970DeliveranceJames Dickey43.1951-1975A Dance to the Music of TimeAnthony Powell44.1928Point Counter PointAldous Huxley45.1926The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway46.1907The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad47.1904NostromoJoseph Conrad48.1915The RainbowD.H. Lawrence49.1920Women in LoveD.H. Lawrence50.1934Tropic of CancerHenry Miller51.1948The Naked and the DeadNorman Mailer52.1969Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth53.1962Pale FireVladimir Nabokov54.1932Light in AugustWilliam Faulkner55.1957On the RoadJack Kerouac56.1930The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett57.1924 -1928Parade's EndFord Madox Ford58.1920The Age of InnocenceEdith Wharton59.1911Zuleika DobsonMax Beerbohm60.1961The MoviegoerWalker Percy61.1927Death Comes for the ArchbishopWilla Cather62.1951From Here to EternityJames Jones63.1957The Wapshot ChronicleJohn Cheever64.1951The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger65.1962A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess66.1915Of Human BondageW. Somerset Maugham67.1902Hart van duisternisJoseph Conrad68.1920Main StreetSinclair Lewis69.1905The House of MirthEdith Wharton70.1957 - 1960The Alexandria QuartetLawrence Durrell71.1929A High Wind in JamaicaRichard Hughes72.1961A House for Mr BiswasV.S. Naipaul73.1939The Day of the LocustNathanael West74.1929A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway75.1938ScoopEvelyn Waugh76.1962The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark77.1939Finnegans WakeJames Joyce78.1901KimRudyard Kipling79.1908A Room with a ViewE.M. Forster80.1945Brideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh81.1953The Adventures of Augie MarchSaul Bellow82.1971Angle of ReposeWallace Stegner83.1979A Bend in the RiverV.S. Naipaul84.1938The Death of the HeartElizabeth Bowen85.1900Lord JimJoseph Conrad86.1975RagtimeE.L. Doctorow87.1908The Old Wives' TaleArnold Bennett88.1903The Call of the WildJack London89.1945LovingHenry Green90.1980Midnight's ChildrenSalman Rushdie91.1932Tobacco RoadErskine Caldwell92.1983IronweedWilliam Kennedy93.1965The MagusJohn Fowles94.1966Wide Sargasso SeaJean Rhys95.1954Under the NetIris Murdoch96.1979Sophie's ChoiceWilliam Styron97.1949The Sheltering SkyPaul Bowles98.1934The Postman Always Rings TwiceJames M. Cain99.1955The Ginger ManJ.P. Donleavy100.1918The Magnificent AmbersonsBooth Tarkington
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