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Hilary Mantel

17 total votes across 4 books

Readers Also on the Guardian’s reader-voted top 100: Wolf Hall (=14).

Ranked on Both Lists Readers

This author’s 1 work on both the critics’ and readers’ lists, by rank on each (#1 at top-right). The dashed line is where the two agree; points above it are ranked higher by readers, below by critics.

11252550507575100100Critics’ rankReaders’ rankWolf Hall (#34 / =14)

In the Top 100

RankTitleVotesVoters
#34Wolf Hall10Clare Clark, Fiona Sturges, Justine Jordan, Katherine Rundell, Maaza Mengiste, Meg Rosoff, RF Kuang, Samantha Ellis, Sandra Newman, Sarah Moss

Voted For But Outside Top 100

TitleVotesVoters
The Mirror and the Light3Alexandra Harris, Meg Rosoff, Sian Cain
Bring up the Bodies2Meg Rosoff, Melissa Harrison
A Place of Greater Safety2Charlotte Mendelson, Rishi Dastidar

Closest Authors

Authors whose voters overlap most with this one.

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Taste Fault Lines

Authors with the most votes but zero voter overlap with this one.

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