author · 3/10 picks in the top 100
"I've tried to include genre novels and novels written in a foreign language as they are under-represented in such lists of great English fiction. Both are hugely influential in shaping our literary consciousness."
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man Without Qualities | Robert Musil | #67 | — |
| 2 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Alfred Döblin | — | |
| 3 | The Trial | Franz Kafka | #27 | — |
| 4 | Bleak House | Charles Dickens | #12 | =26 |
| 5 | The Maltese Falcon | Dashiell Hammett | — | |
| 6 | The Big Sleep | Raymond Chandler | — | |
| 7 | American Tabloid | James Ellroy | — | |
| 8 | Titus Groan | Mervyn Peake | — | |
| 9 | Smiley's People | John le Carré | — | |
| 10 | The Valley of Fear | Arthur Conan Doyle | — |
Voters with the most books in common.