Laurence Sterne

18 total votes across 2 books

Readers Also on the Guardian’s reader-voted top 100: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (=80).

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.

In the Top 100

Rank	Title	Votes	Voters
#19	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman	17	Adam Thirlwell, Alexandra Harris, Blake Morrison, Charlotte Higgins, Colum McCann, Ian Patterson, Jennifer Egan, John Mullan, Liese Spencer, Nina Stibbe, Rishi Dastidar, Sam Leith, Sandra Newman, Sarah Bakewell, Stuart Kelly, Sukhdev Sandhu, William Boyd

Voted For But Outside Top 100

Title	Votes	Voters
A Sentimental Journey	1	Ahdaf Soueif

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Taste Fault Lines

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