author · 4/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann | — | |
| 2 | The Country Girls | Edna O'Brien | — | |
| 3 | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | #32 | =52 |
| 4 | Cannery Row | John Steinbeck | — | |
| 5 | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence Sterne | #19 | =80 |
| 6 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | James Baldwin | #79 | — |
| 7 | Money | Martin Amis | — | |
| 8 | The Fortnight in September, | R. C. Sherriff | — | |
| 9 | The Code of the Woosters | P. G. Wodehouse | — | |
| 10 | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | #33 | =49 |
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