academic · 4/10 picks in the top 100
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| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soldiers of Salamis | Javier Cercas | — | |
| 2 | The Trial | Franz Kafka | #27 | — |
| 3 | Human Acts | Han Kang | — | |
| 4 | Life and Fate | Vasily Grossman | #91 | — |
| 5 | By Night in Chile | Roberto Bolaño | — | |
| 6 | Commonwealth | Ann Patchett | — | |
| 7 | The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | #66 | =31 |
| 8 | The Man Who Planted Trees | Jean Giono | — | |
| 9 | Afterlives | Abdulrazak Gurnah | — | |
| 10 | The Line of Beauty | Alan Hollinghurst | #87 | — |
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