The Guardian's best novels in English: Readers' alternative list

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/03/the-best-novels-in-english-readers-alternative-list
1
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
56,836 members
496 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
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2
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,296 members
459 reviews
3.8
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3
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
21,593 members
404 reviews
3.9
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4
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,430 members
447 reviews
3.9
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5
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
48,229 members
1,233 reviews
4.1
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6
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
14,026 members
323 reviews
4.2
Member
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7
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,969 members
272 reviews
½ 4.4
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8
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
14,973 members
269 reviews
4.2
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9
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
49,157 members
775 reviews
4.1
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10
I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story
by Glen Duncan
1,458 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
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11
Harry Potter - The Complete Series
by J. K. Rowling
14,418 members
185 reviews
½ 4.6
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12
Lanark
by Alasdair Gray
2,376 members
41 reviews
4
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13
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
12,089 members
182 reviews
3.8
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14
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,517 members
369 reviews
4.1
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15
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
2,852 members
55 reviews
3.9
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