A countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide, 100-41. Still missing your favourite? Come back on Friday to see which novels ranked among the highest on our list
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Editorial Charlotte Northedge, Liese Spencer, Justine Jordan, David Shariatmadari, Ella Creamer, Emma Loffhagen, Lisa Allardice
Production Julia Longley, Nick Shave, Grainne Mooney, Katie Shimmon
Pictures Kate Edwards, Caroline Hunter, Louis Siroy, Sadie Gould
Design & development Barry Ainslie, Fred O’Brien, Pip Lev, Sara Ramsbottom, Rich Cousins, Maggie Murphy, Alessia Amitrano, Harry Fischer, Ellen Wishart, Tara Herman
Data & development Tom Richards, Seán Clarke, Luke Hoyland
Extracted and lightly reformatted for readability. · Source: pt