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The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

39,117 members

1,083 reviews

4.1

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

2

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

15,302 members

449 reviews

4.2

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

3

by Margaret Atwood

8,772 members

153 reviews

3.9

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

4

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,204 members

237 reviews

4.1

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

5

Possession: A Romance

12,439 members

280 reviews

4

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

6

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

11,101 members

168 reviews

3.9

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

7

25,089 members

610 reviews

3.9

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

8

2,736 members

57 reviews

4

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

9

7,139 members

183 reviews

½ 3.4

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

10

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

21,459 members

911 reviews

3.8

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

11

by J. M. Coetzee

10,413 members

260 reviews

3.9

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

12

The Inheritance of Loss

6,683 members

187 reviews

½ 3.4

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

13

by Hilary Mantel

12,633 members

630 reviews

4

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

14

Bring Up the Bodies

by Hilary Mantel

6,441 members

331 reviews

½ 4.3

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

15

by Margaret Atwood

16,263 members

517 reviews

3.9

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

16

by Penelope Lively

2,023 members

82 reviews

3.9

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

17

41,742 members

988 reviews

3.9

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

18

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

3,875 members

73 reviews

½ 3.7

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

19

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

15,814 members

372 reviews

3.9

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

20

by Anne Enright

3,923 members

201 reviews

3.1

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

21

by Penelope Fitzgerald

2,603 members

141 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: amanda4242, elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

22

The Black Prince

by Iris Murdoch

1,421 members

39 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, Majestica, tkenderdine

23

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,165 members

407 reviews

3.8

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

24

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

7,782 members

517 reviews

3.8

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

25

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

18,805 members

343 reviews

3.9

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

26

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

by Mohsin Hamid

4,972 members

246 reviews

½ 3.7

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

27

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,372 members

90 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

28

True History of the Kelly Gang

4,075 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

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

29

by David Mitchell

16,704 members

657 reviews

4.1

4 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

30

On Chesil Beach

8,196 members

360 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, tkenderdine

31

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

5,556 members

116 reviews

3.8

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

32

by Margaret Atwood

11,269 members

249 reviews

3.9

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

33

by John Banville

5,166 members

162 reviews

½ 3.5

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

34

by Sarah Waters

7,560 members

277 reviews

4

3 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

35

5,215 members

127 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

36

A Month in the Country

2,087 members

113 reviews

4.2

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

37

When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,294 members

122 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

38

by Rose Tremain

1,248 members

47 reviews

3.8

3 Members: amanda4242, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

39

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

3,623 members

96 reviews

3.8

3 Members: amanda4242, Simone2, tkenderdine

40

What's Bred in the Bone

by Robertson Davies

1,861 members

24 reviews

4.1

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

41

by Anita Brookner

2,607 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

42

Knowledge of Angels

by Jill Paton Walsh

565 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: celerydog, tkenderdine

43

The Bone People

3,632 members

102 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

44

How Late It Was, How Late

by James Kelman

1,272 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

45

by Graham Swift

2,686 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

46

Vernon God Little

4,674 members

87 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: Simone2, kara.shamy, tkenderdine

47

2,682 members

108 reviews

3.2

3 Members: Simone2, ahef1963, tkenderdine

48

1,028 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: elkiedee, Simone2, tkenderdine

49

In the Country of Men

by Hisham Matar

1,236 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, tkenderdine

50

Half Blood Blues

1,372 members

78 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: elkiedee, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

51

Briefing for a Descent into Hell

by Doris Lessing

899 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

52

by Carol Shields

2,942 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Simone2, gypsysmom, tkenderdine

53

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

by Elizabeth Taylor

1,123 members

54 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

54

Remembering Babylon

by David Malouf

1,089 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: kara.shamy, tkenderdine

55

by Barry Unsworth

1,516 members

33 reviews

4.1

2 Members: kara.shamy, tkenderdine

56

The Bottle Factory Outing

by Beryl Bainbridge

529 members

21 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

57

Quartet in Autumn

1,195 members

51 reviews

4

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

58

The Nice and the Good

by Iris Murdoch

867 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

59

by Penelope Fitzgerald

1,242 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

60

Such a Long Journey

by Rohinton Mistry

1,551 members

27 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, tkenderdine

61

by Barry Unsworth

1,267 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: amanda4242, tkenderdine

62

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,069 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

63

Time's Arrow, or The Nature of the Offence

2,952 members

49 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: amanda4242, tkenderdine

64

375 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

65

Flaubert's Parrot

by Julian Barnes

3,767 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

66

The Beginning of Spring

by Penelope Fitzgerald

773 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

67

The Gate of Angels

by Penelope Fitzgerald

824 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

68

Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel

by William Trevor

142 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

69

1,311 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

70

The Map of Love

by Ahdaf Soueif

1,578 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

71

1,186 members

33 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

72

The Essence of the Thing

by Madeleine St.John

207 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

73

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

by Clare Morrall

641 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, tkenderdine

74

The Story of Lucy Gault

by William Trevor

1,680 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

75

3,392 members

176 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, tkenderdine

76

Notes on a Scandal

3,004 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Simone2, tkenderdine

77

848 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

78

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

by Thomas Keneally

405 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

79

288 members

1 review

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

80

The Comfort of Strangers

2,226 members

51 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

81

The White Hotel

by D. M. Thomas

1,600 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tkenderdine

82

by Graham Swift

2,313 members

42 reviews

4

Member: tkenderdine

83

Empire of the Sun

by J. G. Ballard

3,592 members

70 reviews

3.9

Member: tkenderdine

84

According to Mark

by Penelope Lively

212 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

85

The Book and the Brotherhood

by Iris Murdoch

693 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

86

An Awfully Big Adventure

by Beryl Bainbridge

501 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: tkenderdine

87

2,190 members

47 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

88

by Michael Ignatieff

193 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tkenderdine

89

Every Man for Himself

by Beryl Bainbridge

759 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

90

The Orchard on Fire

by Shena Mackay

348 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

91

1,202 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: tkenderdine

92

by Bernard MacLaverty

446 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: tkenderdine

93

by Beryl Bainbridge

887 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tkenderdine

94

England, England

by Julian Barnes

1,805 members

38 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

95

Breakfast on Pluto

by Patrick McCabe

660 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

96

Fasting, Feasting

957 members

22 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tkenderdine

97

The Keepers of Truth

by Michael Collins

291 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: tkenderdine

98

by Andrew Miller

507 members

8 reviews

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

99

The Good Doctor

by Damon Galgut

627 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tkenderdine

100

by Achmat Dangor

359 members

7 reviews

3.2

Member: tkenderdine

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