journalist · 6/10 picks in the top 100
| # | Title | Author | Critics | Readers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton | #38 | — |
| 2 | The Mirror and the Light | Hilary Mantel | — | |
| 3 | Catch-22 | Joseph Heller | #97 | =8 |
| 4 | Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | #30 | =39 |
| 5 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | #36 | =41 |
| 6 | The Collector | John Fowles | — | |
| 7 | Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright | — | |
| 8 | The Secret History | Donna Tartt | =41 | |
| 9 | The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | #24 | =31 |
| 10 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | #16 | #7 |
This voter’s picks that didn’t make the critics’ 100 but made the Guardian’s reader-voted 100.
| Readers | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| =41 | The Secret History | Donna Tartt |
Voters with the most books in common.