academic · 2/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Boy | Richard Wright | — | |
| 2 | The Trial | Franz Kafka | #27 | — |
| 3 | Memoirs of Hadrian | Marguerite Yourcenar | =80 | |
| 4 | Seasons of Anomy | Wole Soyinka | — | |
| 5 | Allah Is Not Obliged | Ahmadou Kourouma | — | |
| 6 | A River Called Time | Mia Couto | — | |
| 7 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | #17 | =8 |
| 8 | Paradise | Abdulrazak Gurnah | — | |
| 9 | Crooked Plow | Itamar Vieira Junior | — | |
| 10 | Tar Baby | Toni Morrison | — |
This voter’s picks that didn’t make the critics’ 100 but made the Guardian’s reader-voted 100.
| Readers | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| =80 | Memoirs of Hadrian | Marguerite Yourcenar |
Voters with the most books in common.