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Description: Books covered by the Backlisted podcast, in order by episode: https://www.backlisted.fm/index
Members: 7 participating members
nonmodernist, aprille, booksinbed, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, dara85

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Rank Title Author Added

1

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

7,318 members

404 reviews

4.1

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

2

A Month in the Country

2,120 members

114 reviews

4.2

4 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

3

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,375 members

63 reviews

3.8

4 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

4

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

36,131 members

413 reviews

3.9

4 Members: booksinbed, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

5

by Nella Larsen

2,409 members

91 reviews

3.8

3 Members: pitjrw, ahef1963, nonmodernist

6

Fire and Hemlock

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,060 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: booksinbed, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

7

by Willa Cather

12,976 members

279 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, pitjrw, nonmodernist

8

by Muriel Spark

1,668 members

66 reviews

3.8

3 Members: booksinbed, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

9

Good Morning, Midnight

1,334 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

10

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell

1,605 members

64 reviews

3.9

3 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, nonmodernist

11

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

20,559 members

451 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

12

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

by G. B. Edwards

903 members

32 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

13

The High Window

by Raymond Chandler

2,694 members

46 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

14

by James Hilton

3,765 members

94 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

15

To Serve Them All My Days

by R. F. Delderfield

856 members

20 reviews

4.2

3 Members: booksinbed, ahef1963, nonmodernist

16

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,473 members

75 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

17

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

by B. S. Johnson

463 members

11 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

18

by Toni Morrison

21,546 members

396 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

19

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

43,478 members

269 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

20

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,178 members

141 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

21

Desperate Characters

868 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

22

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

3,400 members

73 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

23

The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

556 members

19 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

24

Absolute Beginners

by Colin MacInnes

537 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

25

by Denton Welch

217 members

7 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

26

by Hilary Mantel

1,723 members

57 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

27

131 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

28

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

919 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

29

A Long Way from Verona

368 members

10 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

30

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

by Edmund Gosse

683 members

11 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

31

The Weather in the Streets

by Rosamond Lehmann

544 members

20 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

32

257 members

6 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

33

by Anita Brookner

586 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

34

A Girl in Winter

by Philip Larkin

380 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, pitjrw, nonmodernist

35

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

412 members

11 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

36

by Penelope Fitzgerald

499 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

37

by Alexander Baron

72 members

1 review

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

38

The Soul of Kindness

by Elizabeth Taylor

376 members

14 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

39

The Prince of West End Avenue

207 members

4 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

40

by Arnold Bennett

233 members

3 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, nonmodernist

41

by Nancy Mitford

721 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

42

It Had to Be You

38 members

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

43

by Shirley Hazzard

1,872 members

39 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

44

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

2,882 members

35 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

45

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers

2,485 members

65 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

46

A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

2,611 members

103 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

47

by D. H. Lawrence

3,956 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

48

535 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: pitjrw, nonmodernist

49

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2,726 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

50

by Georgette Heyer

2,087 members

92 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

51

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

889 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

52

All the Devils Are Here

by David Seabrook

89 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

53

by J. G. Ballard

1,149 members

12 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

54

Darkness Falls from the Air

by Nigel Balchin

80 members

1 review

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

55

Jesus' Son: Stories

by Denis Johnson

2,702 members

76 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

56

by Virginia Woolf

2,254 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

57

A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter

1,264 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

58

The Horse's Mouth

1,166 members

19 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

59

Something Happened

by Joseph Heller

2,320 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

60

The Animal Family

by Randall Jarrell

606 members

15 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

61

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

5,240 members

308 reviews

3.9

2 Members: booksinbed, nonmodernist

62

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

588 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

63

by Vladimir Nabokov

1,216 members

8 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

64

Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton

997 members

18 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

65

807 members

17 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

66

Letters From a Fainthearted Feminist (Picador Books)

by Jill Tweedie

59 members

1 review

½ 2.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

67

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

1,340 members

31 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

68

by Stevie Smith

213 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

69

The Slaves of Solitude

by Patrick Hamilton

667 members

17 reviews

4.1

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

70

Adventures in the Screen Trade

by William Goldman

993 members

16 reviews

4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

71

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

by James Baldwin

731 members

6 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

72

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton

1,969 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

73

by Russell Hoban

1,283 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

74

by Bruce Chatwin

1,236 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

75

A State of Denmark

by Derek Raymond

98 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

76

by Patrick Modiano

266 members

7 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

77

by Brigid Brophy

94 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

78

The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

8,427 members

139 reviews

4

2 Members: booksinbed, nonmodernist

79

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

by Crystal Zevon

322 members

18 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

80

Excellent Women

2,600 members

119 reviews

4

2 Members: booksinbed, nonmodernist

81

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

by Charles Sprawson

164 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

82

596 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

83

The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

by Sebastian Faulks

375 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

84

Books Do Furnish a Room

by Anthony Powell

418 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

85

368 members

10 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

86

213 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

87

Told by an Idiot

by Rose Macaulay

231 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

88

by Patricia Highsmith

517 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

89

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

by George Orwell

229 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

90

Hemlock and After

by Angus Wilson

235 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

91

Autumn journal : a poem

by Louis MacNeice

108 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

92

The Breaking Point

by Daphne Du Maurier

364 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

93

Of Walking in Ice

by Werner Herzog

359 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

94

by Jilly Cooper

86 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

95

Last Train to Memphis Careless Love

by Peter Guralnick

32 members

1 review

½ 4.5

2 Members: aprille, nonmodernist

96

The Information

2,086 members

21 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: nonmodernist

97

Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls

1 member

Member: nonmodernist

98

Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry

4,184 members

81 reviews

3.8

Member: nonmodernist

99

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

1,463 members

84 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: nonmodernist

100

The Dud Avocado

by Elaine Dundy

1,317 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: nonmodernist

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