Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels published in the 20th century, as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library. The purpose of the list was to "to bring the Modern Library to public attention" and stimulate sales of its books. == Editors' list == In early 1998, the Modern Library polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels. The board consisted of Daniel J. Boorstin, A. S. Byatt, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger Jr...

The 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the one hundred best books of the 20th century, according to a poll conducted in the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde. Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created by bookshops and journalists, 17,000 French voters responded to the question, "Which books have remained in your memory?" (Quels livres sont restés dans votre mémoire ?).The list of acclaimed titles mixes great novels with poetry and theatre, as well as the Asterix comic book. The list includes many French...