Which publishing company, owned by Random House, ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century?
Modern Library 100 Best Novels Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the Modern Library, an American publishing company owned by Random House.
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is a privately-held Stuttgart-based company which owns publishing companies worldwide. The company has published a wide variety of books, from "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie to classics by Agatha Christie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway and John Updike. Other well-known publications of the company include the scientific journal "Nature" and "Scientific American". It is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies.