In 1999, French newspaper Le Monde of Paris ranked The Grapes of Wrath as seventh on its list of the 100 best books of the 20th century. In the UK, it was listed at number 29 among the "nation's best loved novels" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read."The Big Read" , BBC, April 2003. Retrieved January 12, 2014 In 2005, Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 2009, The Daily Telegraph of the United Kingdom included the novel in its "100 novels everyone should read".
In 1999, French newspaper Le Monde of Paris ranked The Grapes of Wrath as seventh on its list of the 100 best books of the 20th century. In the UK, it was listed at number 29 among the "nation's best loved novels" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read."The Big. Read" , BBC, April 2003. Retrieved January 12, 2014 In 2005, Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005" In 2009, The Daily Telegraph of the United Kingdom included the novel in its "100 novels everyone should read".