author · 4/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Month in the Country | J. L. Carr | — | |
| 2 | The Talented Mr Ripley | Patricia Highsmith | #84 | — |
| 3 | Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry | =52 | |
| 4 | Towards the End of the Morning | Michael Frayn | — | |
| 5 | Life After Life | Kate Atkinson | — | |
| 6 | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | — | |
| 7 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | #17 | =8 |
| 8 | Middlemarch | George Eliot | #1 | #2 |
| 9 | Giovanni's Room | James Baldwin | #44 | — |
| 10 | A Far Cry From Kensington | Muriel Spark | — |
This voter’s picks that didn’t make the critics’ 100 but made the Guardian’s reader-voted 100.
| Readers | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| =52 | Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry |
Voters with the most books in common.