author · 8/10 picks in the top 100
"It's been tough to select only 10 – I've dithered and adjusted and I'm aware that there are no 21st century books on my list, it's because these books have all stood the test of time, and have remained important (to me, at least) for decades. "
| # | Title | Author | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | #6 |
| 2 | Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | #10 |
| 3 | In Search of Lost Time | Marcel Proust | #5 |
| 4 | Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | #22 |
| 5 | Beloved | Toni Morrison | #2 |
| 6 | Mrs Dalloway | Virginia Woolf | #14 |
| 7 | The Rings of Saturn | WG Sebald | #61 |
| 8 | The Blue Flower | Penelope Fitzgerald | |
| 9 | Underworld | Don DeLillo | |
| 10 | A Fine Balance | Rohinton Mistry | #49 |
Voters with the most books in common.