100 Novels that Shaped Our World

Responding to the BBC’s new list of 100 novels that shaped our world to mark the 300th anniversary of the English language novel. I chat about my reaction to the books listed and my feelings about the 42 that I’ve read. Let me know your thoughts! Click 'Show More' for links and info. -------------------- Info on the BBC Arts season on the Novels that Shaped Our World: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat... The list of 100 novels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti... The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels:    • The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels   Some novels discussed: Corregidora - Gayl Jones https://www.bookdepository.com/Correg... Days Without End – Sebastian Barry https://www.bookdepository.com/Days-W... Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.bookdepository.com/Half-Y... Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi https://www.bookdepository.com/Homego... White Teeth – Zadie Smith https://www.bookdepository.com/White-... Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin https://www.bookdepository.com/Giovan... Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston https://www.bookdepository.com/Their-... The Passion – Jeanette Winterson https://www.bookdepository.com/Passio... The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler https://www.bookdepository.com/Big-Sl... Frankenstein – Mary Shelley https://www.bookdepository.com/Franke... The Road – Cormac McCarthy https://www.bookdepository.com/Road-C... Brave New World – Aldous Huxley https://www.bookdepository.com/Brave-... Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie https://www.bookdepository.com/Home-F... Lord of the Flies – William Golding https://www.bookdepository.com/Lord-F... V for Vendetta – Alan Moore https://www.bookdepository.com/V-For-... Unless – Carol Shields https://www.bookdepository.com/Unless... Cannery Row – John Steinbeck https://www.bookdepository.com/Canner... Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys https://www.bookdepository.com/Wide-S... Golden Child - Claire Adam https://www.bookdepository.com/Golden... Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood https://www.bookdepository.com/Oryx-C... The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Bronte https://www.bookdepository.com/Tenant... American War – Omar El Akkad https://www.bookdepository.com/Americ... Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier https://www.bookdepository.com/Rebecc... Bartleby, the Scrivener – Herman Melville https://www.bookdepository.com/Bartle... How to be Both – Ali Smith https://www.bookdepository.com/How-be... Orlando – Virginia Woolf https://www.bookdepository.com/Orland... Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter https://www.bookdepository.com/Nights... Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell https://www.bookdepository.com/1984-G... The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing https://www.bookdepository.com/Golden... We Were the Mulvaneys – Joyce Carol Oates https://www.bookdepository.com/We-Wer... -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter:   / lonesomereader   Instagram:   / lonesomereader   Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd : https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ Email: [email protected]