The following is a list of the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century: 1 Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin 2 Journey to the West-Wu Chengen 3 Water Margins-Shi Nai 'an Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong 5. The Scholars-Wu Jingzi 6 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling "Ordinary World"-Lu Yao 8 "Alive"-Yu Hua 9 White Night Journey-Keigo Higashino Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Thunderstorm-Cao Yu 12 "Border Town"-Shen Congwen 13 "Miserable World"-Hugo 14. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Live-Yu Hua 18 "How many flowers fall in my dreams"-Guo Jingming Ordinary World-Lu Yao The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua Xu Sanguan Selling Blood-Xu Xiake 23 The Snowy Country-Kawabata Yasunari Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu "Border Town"-Shen Congwen 26 "White Night Journey"-Keigo Higashino The Sacrifice of Suspect X-Keigo Higashino Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong The Scholars-Wu Jingzi Water Margins-Shi Naian Journey to the West-Wu Chengen "Ordinary World"-Lu Yao Water Margins-Shi Naian Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez Thunderstorm-Cao Yu 39 "White Night Journey"-Keigo Higashino "Border Town"-Shen Congwen 41 "Miserable World"-Hugo The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Thunderstorm-Cao Yu 47 "White Night Journey"-Keigo Higashino Suspect X's Sacrifice-Keigo Higashino Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin 50 "How many flowers fall in my dreams"-Guo Jingming The Ordinary World-Lu Yao Water Margins-Shi Naian Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua "Border Town"-Shen Congwen 58 "Miserable World"-Hugo The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger "The Sacrifice of Suspect X"-Keigo Higashino White Night Journey-Keigo Higashino Water Margins-Shi Naian Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin The Scholars-Wu Jingzi Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Thunderstorm-Cao Yu White Night Journey-Keigo Higashino Suspect X's Sacrifice-Keigo Higashino 73 "Miserable World"-Hugo The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger "Border Town"-Shen Congwen Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Thunderstorm-Cao Yu 81 "White Night Journey"-Keigo Higashino 82 " The Sacrifice of Suspect X "-Keigo Higashino 83 "Miserable World"-Hugo The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin The Scholars-Wu Jingzi Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Live-Yu Hua Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu Thunderstorm-Cao Yu 93 " White Night Journey "-Keigo Higashino Suspect X's Sacrifice-Keigo Higashino 95 "Miserable World"-Hugo The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger Border Town-Shen Congwen Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio-Pu Songling The Three-Body Problem-Liu Cixin Alive-Yu Hua