wienerschnitzel points out Time Magazine's 100 best English-language novels from 1923-present. I could quibble with the list, but I'd much rather list what I've read (and what I plan on reading):Already read
Animal Farm (although I read it in high school and can barely remember it)
Catcher in the Rye
Crying of Lot 49
Gravity's Rainbow
The Great Gatsby
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Infinite Jest (hell yes)
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (really?)
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
Neuromancer
1984
On the Road
The Recognitions
Slaugherhouse-Five
Snow Crash (wow!)
The Sound and the Fury
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tropic of Cancer
White Noise
To Read
American Pastoral / Portnoy's Complaint
Beloved
The Blind Assassin
The Big Sleep
The Corrections
White Teeth
