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Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century
#39
11h 8m
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. H. Lawrence
A woman in an unhappy marriage finds love with the local gameskeeper, while she contemplates her position in the society of early 20th century England.
#44
5h 37m
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous detective investigates a mysterious and apparently supernatural threat to the heir of a wealthy Dartmoor estate.
#56
5h 51m
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
The first-person narrative of the Martian invasion of 19th-century Earth.
#61
13h 37m
Martin Eden
Jack London
A young working-class man sets out to become a bourgeois writer.
#75
12h 14m
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
Haunted by the part he played in a shipping disaster, young British seaman Jim escapes to an island in the South Seas to build his future.
#78
12h 24m
Manhattan Transfer
John Dos Passos
Several characters strive for happiness and excitement in early twentieth century New York City.