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Description: Books covered by the Backlisted podcast, in order by episode: https://www.backlisted.fm/index

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Rank Title Author Added

1

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,224 members

425 reviews

4.1

6 Members: booksinbed, smc1, pitjrw, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

2

A Month in the Country

2,330 members

120 reviews

4.2

5 Members: booksinbed, smc1, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

3

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,544 members

71 reviews

3.8

5 Members: booksinbed, smc1, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

4

by Willa Cather

13,672 members

287 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, smc1, pitjrw, nonmodernist

5

by Muriel Spark

1,736 members

65 reviews

3.8

4 Members: booksinbed, smc1, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

6

Good Morning, Midnight

1,454 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, pitjrw, nonmodernist

7

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,471 members

477 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smc1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

8

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,686 members

439 reviews

3.9

4 Members: booksinbed, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

9

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

by B. S. Johnson

483 members

13 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

10

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,546 members

149 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

11

by Nella Larsen

2,727 members

103 reviews

3.8

3 Members: pitjrw, ahef1963, nonmodernist

12

Fire and Hemlock

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,142 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: booksinbed, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

13

Absolute Beginners

by Colin MacInnes

566 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

14

by Denton Welch

229 members

8 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

15

by Hilary Mantel

1,809 members

59 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

16

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

986 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

17

A Long Way from Verona

392 members

10 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

18

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell

1,709 members

69 reviews

3.9

3 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, nonmodernist

19

272 members

6 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, smc1, pitjrw, nonmodernist

20

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

by G. B. Edwards

951 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

21

The High Window

by Raymond Chandler

2,830 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

22

by James Hilton

3,983 members

101 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

23

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

429 members

11 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

24

To Serve Them All My Days

by R. F. Delderfield

878 members

20 reviews

4.2

3 Members: booksinbed, ahef1963, nonmodernist

25

by Penelope Fitzgerald

524 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

26

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,566 members

78 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

27

The Soul of Kindness

by Elizabeth Taylor

390 members

15 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

28

The Prince of West End Avenue

212 members

4 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

29

by Toni Morrison

22,980 members

409 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

30

by Arnold Bennett

243 members

3 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

31

by Nancy Mitford

755 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

32

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

47,037 members

284 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

33

by Shirley Hazzard

1,949 members

42 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

34

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

3,564 members

74 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

35

Desperate Characters

952 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

36

by D. H. Lawrence

4,166 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

37

The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

590 members

22 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

38

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

919 members

10 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

39

140 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

40

All the Devils Are Here

by David Seabrook

99 members

2 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

41

Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel

by George Saunders

5,851 members

338 reviews

3.9

3 Members: booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

42

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

by Edmund Gosse

721 members

11 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

43

Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton

1,040 members

18 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

44

The Weather in the Streets

by Rosamond Lehmann

562 members

21 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

45

Letters From a Fainthearted Feminist (Picador Books)

by Jill Tweedie

60 members

1 review

½ 2.7

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

46

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

1,409 members

33 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

47

by Anita Brookner

635 members

16 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

48

by Stevie Smith

221 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

49

A Girl in Winter

by Philip Larkin

413 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

50

The Slaves of Solitude

by Patrick Hamilton

706 members

18 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

51

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

by James Baldwin

805 members

6 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

52

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton

2,119 members

37 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

53

by Bruce Chatwin

1,298 members

27 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

54

by Brigid Brophy

101 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

55

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon

by Crystal Zevon

336 members

19 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

56

by Alexander Baron

78 members

1 review

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

57

Excellent Women

2,754 members

126 reviews

4

3 Members: booksinbed, smc1, nonmodernist

58

Books Do Furnish a Room

by Anthony Powell

436 members

15 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

59

392 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

60

Told by an Idiot

by Rose Macaulay

242 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

61

It Had to Be You

38 members

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

62

by Patricia Highsmith

553 members

25 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

63

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

3,015 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

64

Autumn journal : a poem

by Louis MacNeice

114 members

3 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

65

The Breaking Point and Other Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

387 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

66

Of Walking in Ice

by Werner Herzog

387 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

67

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers

2,601 members

68 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

68

A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

2,889 members

108 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

69

596 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: pitjrw, nonmodernist

70

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2,880 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

71

by Georgette Heyer

2,169 members

95 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

72

by J. G. Ballard

1,193 members

13 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

73

Jesus' Son: Stories

by Denis Johnson

2,829 members

79 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

74

by Virginia Woolf

2,356 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

75

Darkness Falls from the Air

by Nigel Balchin

86 members

1 review

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

76

A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter

1,334 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

77

Something Happened

by Joseph Heller

2,426 members

25 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

78

The Horse's Mouth

1,214 members

19 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

79

The Animal Family

by Randall Jarrell

632 members

15 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

80

by Vladimir Nabokov

1,273 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

81

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

664 members

11 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

82

842 members

18 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

83

Adventures in the Screen Trade

by William Goldman

1,052 members

15 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

84

by Russell Hoban

1,345 members

25 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

85

A State of Denmark

by Derek Raymond

102 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

86

by Patrick Modiano

295 members

9 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

87

The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

8,957 members

144 reviews

4

2 Members: booksinbed, nonmodernist

88

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

by Charles Sprawson

176 members

4 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

89

621 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

90

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

1,508 members

85 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

91

The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

by Sebastian Faulks

390 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

92

by Edith Wharton

116 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

93

Moominvalley in November

by Tove Jansson

1,263 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

94

244 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

95

A Journal of the Plague Year

by Daniel Defoe

3,615 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

96

Miss Buncle's Book

by D. E. Stevenson

1,267 members

99 reviews

4.1

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

97

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

by George Orwell

249 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

98

The Beatles Anthology

1,693 members

10 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: smc1, nonmodernist

99

Hemlock and After

by Angus Wilson

245 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

100

by Jilly Cooper

95 members

2 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

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