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Kazuo Ishiguro

19 total votes across 3 books

Readers Also on the Guardian’s reader-voted top 100: The Remains of the Day (=31), Never Let Me Go (=57).

Ranked on Both Lists Readers

This author’s 2 works 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’ rankThe Remains of the Day (#24 / =31)Never Let Me Go (#59 / =57)

In the Top 100

RankTitleVotesVoters
#24The Remains of the Day13Clare Clark, Dorian Lynskey, Joe Dunthorne, John Self, Jon Day, Julie Myerson, Kit de Waal, Laura Wilson, Lorrie Moore, RF Kuang, Sara Collins, Sian Cain, Yagnishsing Dawoor
#59Never Let Me Go5Beejay Silcox, Charlotte Northedge, Lucy Knight, M. John Harrison, Sayaka Murata

Voted For But Outside Top 100

TitleVotesVoters
Klara and the Sun1Susanna Rustin

Closest Authors

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Taste Fault Lines

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

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