author · 5/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulysses | James Joyce | #3 | #10 |
| 2 | Proxopera | Benedict Kiely | — | |
| 3 | At Swim-Two-Birds | Flann O'Brien | — | |
| 4 | Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison | #40 | — |
| 5 | Coming Through Slaughter | Michael Ondaatje | — | |
| 6 | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence Sterne | #19 | =80 |
| 7 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | #16 | #7 |
| 8 | The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | #4 | |
| 9 | Ragtime | EL Doctorow | #88 | — |
| 10 | A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf | — |
This voter’s picks that didn’t make the critics’ 100 but made the Guardian’s reader-voted 100.
| Readers | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| #4 | The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck |
Voters with the most books in common.