author · 5/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dirty Dust | Máirtín Ó Cadhain | — | |
| 2 | Arturo's Island | Elsa Morante | — | |
| 3 | Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison | #40 | — |
| 4 | Emma | Jane Austen | #13 | =52 |
| 5 | Bleak House | Charles Dickens | #12 | =26 |
| 6 | Giovanni's Room | James Baldwin | #44 | — |
| 7 | The Waiting Years | Fumiko Enchi | — | |
| 8 | Buddenbrooks | Thomas Mann | #81 | — |
| 9 | Lead Us Into Temptation | Breandán Ó hEithir | — | |
| 10 | Of Love and Other Demons | Gabriel García Márquez | — |
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