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1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,689 members

1,149 reviews

4.1

8 Members: amanda4242, elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

2

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

16,473 members

480 reviews

4.2

7 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

3

by Margaret Atwood

9,139 members

163 reviews

3.9

6 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Majestica, tkenderdine

4

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,979 members

245 reviews

4

5 Members: Simone2, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

5

13,020 members

289 reviews

4

6 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

6

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

11,706 members

174 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

7

26,616 members

629 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Majestica, tkenderdine, TashMason

8

2,849 members

57 reviews

4

6 Members: amanda4242, elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

9

7,455 members

193 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

10

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

23,048 members

941 reviews

3.8

6 Members: amanda4242, elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, tkenderdine

11

by J. M. Coetzee

10,893 members

279 reviews

3.8

6 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Majestica, tkenderdine

12

The Inheritance of Loss

6,956 members

195 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

13

by Hilary Mantel

13,585 members

655 reviews

4

5 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine, TashMason

14

Bring Up the Bodies

by Hilary Mantel

6,990 members

347 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy, tkenderdine, TashMason

15

by Margaret Atwood

17,033 members

538 reviews

3.9

5 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, tkenderdine

16

by Penelope Lively

2,171 members

88 reviews

3.9

5 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

17

43,766 members

1,013 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

18

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

4,047 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

19

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,533 members

384 reviews

3.9

5 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

20

by Anne Enright

4,067 members

204 reviews

3.1

5 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

21

by Penelope Fitzgerald

2,829 members

148 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: amanda4242, elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

22

The Black Prince

by Iris Murdoch

1,504 members

43 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, Majestica, tkenderdine

23

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,638 members

423 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

24

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

8,350 members

541 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine, TashMason

25

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,761 members

373 reviews

3.9

4 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

26

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

by Mohsin Hamid

5,238 members

251 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

27

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,590 members

95 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

28

True History of the Kelly Gang

4,267 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

29

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

17,789 members

684 reviews

4.1

4 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

30

On Chesil Beach

8,477 members

371 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, tkenderdine

31

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

5,802 members

121 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

32

by Margaret Atwood

11,930 members

259 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

33

by John Banville

5,445 members

174 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

34

by Sarah Waters

7,882 members

287 reviews

4.1

3 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

35

5,365 members

128 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

36

A Month in the Country

2,331 members

120 reviews

4.2

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

37

When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,631 members

132 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

38

by Rose Tremain

1,291 members

48 reviews

3.8

3 Members: amanda4242, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

39

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

3,894 members

103 reviews

3.8

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

40

What's Bred in the Bone

by Robertson Davies

1,920 members

25 reviews

4.1

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

41

by Anita Brookner

2,790 members

98 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

42

Knowledge of Angels

by Jill Paton Walsh

587 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: celerydog, tkenderdine

43

The Bone People

3,833 members

112 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

44

How Late It Was, How Late

by James Kelman

1,324 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

45

by Graham Swift

2,814 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

46

Vernon God Little

4,789 members

87 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

47

2,788 members

114 reviews

3.2

3 Members: Simone2, ahef1963, tkenderdine

48

1,060 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

49

In the Country of Men

by Hisham Matar

1,291 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, tkenderdine

50

Half Blood Blues

1,459 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

51

Briefing for a Descent into Hell

by Doris Lessing

940 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

52

by Carol Shields

3,056 members

94 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

53

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

by Elizabeth Taylor

1,248 members

59 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

54

Remembering Babylon

by David Malouf

1,139 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: kara.shamy, tkenderdine

55

by Barry Unsworth

1,578 members

36 reviews

4.1

2 Members: kara.shamy, tkenderdine

56

The Bottle Factory Outing

by Beryl Bainbridge

552 members

21 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

57

Quartet in Autumn

1,288 members

55 reviews

4

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

58

The Nice and the Good

by Iris Murdoch

906 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

59

by Penelope Fitzgerald

1,328 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

60

Such a Long Journey

by Rohinton Mistry

1,625 members

27 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, tkenderdine

61

by Barry Unsworth

1,306 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: amanda4242, tkenderdine

62

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,202 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

63

3,103 members

50 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: amanda4242, tkenderdine

64

390 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

65

Flaubert's Parrot

by Julian Barnes

3,953 members

73 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

66

The Beginning of Spring

by Penelope Fitzgerald

827 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

67

The Gate of Angels

by Penelope Fitzgerald

874 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

68

Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel

by William Trevor

157 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

69

1,377 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

70

The Map of Love

by Ahdaf Soueif

1,660 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

71

1,253 members

34 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

72

The Essence of the Thing

by Madeleine St.John

213 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

73

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

by Clare Morrall

671 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

74

The Story of Lucy Gault

by William Trevor

1,748 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

75

3,494 members

181 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

76

Notes on a Scandal

3,099 members

105 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

77

899 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

78

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

by Thomas Keneally

438 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: tkenderdine

79

299 members

1 review

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

80

The Comfort of Strangers

2,318 members

52 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

81

The White Hotel

by D. M. Thomas

1,668 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

82

by Graham Swift

2,422 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: tkenderdine

83

Empire of the Sun

by J. G. Ballard

3,754 members

71 reviews

4

Member: tkenderdine

84

According to Mark

by Penelope Lively

229 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

85

The Book and the Brotherhood

by Iris Murdoch

730 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

86

An Awfully Big Adventure

by Beryl Bainbridge

523 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

87

2,293 members

48 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

88

by Michael Ignatieff

209 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

89

Every Man for Himself

by Beryl Bainbridge

797 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

90

The Orchard on Fire

by Shena Mackay

357 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

91

1,246 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

92

by Bernard MacLaverty

461 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

93

by Beryl Bainbridge

920 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

94

England, England

by Julian Barnes

1,886 members

38 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

95

Breakfast on Pluto

by Patrick McCabe

688 members

11 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

96

Fasting, Feasting

1,010 members

23 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

97

The Keepers of Truth

by Michael Collins

294 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tkenderdine

98

by Andrew Miller

522 members

8 reviews

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

99

The Good Doctor

by Damon Galgut

674 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tkenderdine

100

by Achmat Dangor

373 members

7 reviews

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

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