author · 6/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence Sterne | #19 | =80 |
| 2 | Middlemarch | George Eliot | #1 | #2 |
| 3 | Palm-Wine Drinkard | Amos Tutuola | — | |
| 4 | Mrs Dalloway | Virginia Woolf | #14 | =93 |
| 5 | Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison | #37 | — |
| 6 | Wolf Hall | Hilary Mantel | #34 | =14 |
| 7 | Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace | =31 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | Susanna Clarke | =80 | |
| 9 | The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton | #38 | — |
| 10 | Nightwood | Djuna Barnes | — |
This voter’s picks that didn’t make the critics’ 100 but made the Guardian’s reader-voted 100.
| Readers | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| =31 | Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace |
| =80 | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | Susanna Clarke |
Voters with the most books in common.