journalist · 9/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Color Purple | Alice Walker | #65 |
| 2 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | #62 |
| 3 | Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | #22 |
| 4 | White Teeth | Zadie Smith | #63 |
| 5 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston | #39 |
| 6 | Emma | Jane Austen | #13 |
| 7 | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | #32 |
| 8 | The Vegetarian | Han Kang | #85 |
| 9 | Intermezzo | Sally Rooney | |
| 10 | The Great Gatsby | F Scott Fitzgerald | #11 |
Voters with the most books in common.