On the island of Lilliput: a colour print from an 1860s edition of Gulliver’s Travels. The 100 best novels, No 3 – Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726) Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English. On the island of Lilliput: a colour print from an 1860s edition of Gulliver’s Travels. The 100 best novels, No 3 – Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726) Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English. Robert McCrum discusses a satirical masterpiece that’s never been out of print. Robert McCrum.