Reading fiction

For me, reading fiction is one of life's great pleasures. Here's a record of the novels and short story collections that I've enjoyed over recent years.

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Books are listed alphabetically by author.

  1. Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe
  2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) by Mitch Albom
  3. Lucky Jim (1954) by Kingsley Amis
  4. Take a Girl Like You (1960) by Kingsley Amis
  5. The Old Devils (1986) by Kingsley Amis
  6. Money (1984) by Martin Amis
  7. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson
  8. Case Histories (2004) by Kate Atkinson
  9. Shrines of Gaiety (2022) by Kate Atkinson
  10. Surfacing (1972) by Margaret Atwood
  11. The Blind Assassin (2000) by Margaret Atwood
  12. Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
  13. Persuasion (1818) by Jane Austen
  14. The New York Trilogy (1987) by Paul Auster
  15. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) by James Baldwin
  16. The Sense of an Ending (2011) by Julian Barnes
  17. Herzog (1964) by Saul Bellow
  18. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (1993) by Louis de Bernières
  19. Out of Africa (1937) by Karen Blixen
  20. On Love (1993) by Alain de Botton
  21. The Death of the Heart (1938) by Elizabeth Bowen
  22. The Heat of the Day (1948) by Elizabeth Bowen
  23. Any Human Heart (2002) by William Boyd
  24. Restless (2006) by William Boyd
  25. Waiting for Sunrise (2012) by William Boyd
  26. Trio (2020) by William Boyd
  27. Gabriel's Moon (2024) by William Boyd
  28. Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (1980) by Erna Brodber
  29. Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë
  30. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan
  31. The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678) by John Bunyan
  32. Possession (1990) by A. S. Byatt
  33. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) by James M. Cain
  34. Fold (2011) by Tom Campbell
  35. The Outsider (1942) by Albert Camus
  36. The Plague (1947) by Albert Camus
  37. The Fall (1956) by Albert Camus
  38. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) by Truman Capote
  39. Oscar and Lucinda (1988) by Peter Carey
  40. A Month in the Country (1980) by J. L. Carr
  41. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) by John le Carré
  42. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) by John le Carré
  43. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) by John le Carré
  44. Smiley's People (1979) by John le Carré
  45. A Perfect Spy (1986) by John le Carré
  46. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll
  47. Through the Looking Glass (1871) by Lewis Carroll
  48. Wise Children (1991) by Angela Carter
  49. Leading the Cheers (1998) by Justin Cartwright
  50. The Promise of Happiness (2005) by Justin Cartwright
  51. Other People's Money (2011) by Justin Cartwright
  52. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981) by Raymond Carver
  53. Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) by Willa Cather
  54. The Wife of Bath's Tale (1405-10) by Geoffrey Chaucer
  55. Stories (1903) by Anton Chekhov
  56. The Cherry Orchard (1904) by Anton Chekhov
  57. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) by G. K. Chesterton
  58. The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914) by G. K. Chesterton
  59. The Scandal of Father Brown (1935) by G. K. Chesterton
  60. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie
  61. The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha Christie
  62. The Girls (2016) by Emma Cline
  63. The Accidental Woman (1987) by Jonathan Coe
  64. What a Carve Up! (1994) by Jonathan Coe
  65. The House of Sleep (1997) by Jonathan Coe
  66. The Rotters’ Club (2001) by Jonathan Coe
  67. The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho
  68. Foe (1986) by J. M. Coetzee
  69. Disgrace (1999) by J. M. Coetzee
  70. The Woman in White (1859) by Wilkie Collins
  71. The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins
  72. I, Tituba (1986) by Maryse Condé
  73. Heart of Darkness (1899) by Joseph Conrad
  74. Lord Jim (1900) by Joseph Conrad
  75. The Last of the Mohicans (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper
  76. Generation X (1991) by Douglas Coupland
  77. Life After God (1994) by Douglas Coupland
  78. All Families are Psychotic (2001) by Douglas Coupland
  79. Hey Nostradamus! (2003) by Douglas Coupland
  80. The Power of One (1989) by Bryce Courtenay
  81. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (1977) by Roald Dahl
  82. Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) by Roald Dahl
  83. Going Solo (1986) by Roald Dahl
  84. Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) by Colin Dexter
  85. Last Seen Wearing (1976) by Colin Dexter
  86. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977) by Colin Dexter
  87. Service of All the Dead (1979) by Colin Dexter
  88. The Dead of Jericho (1981) by Colin Dexter
  89. The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983) by Colin Dexter
  90. The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986) by Colin Dexter
  91. The Wench is Dead (1989) by Colin Dexter
  92. The Jewel That Was Ours (1991) by Colin Dexter
  93. Trust (2022) by Hernan Diaz
  94. A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
  95. David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens
  96. Great Expectations (1861) by Charles Dickens
  97. Ragtime (1975) by E. L. Doctorow
  98. All the Light We Cannot See (2014) by Anthony Doerr
  99. Crime and Punishment (1867) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  100. The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  101. The Brothers Karamazov (1880) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  102. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845) by Frederick Douglass
  103. Paddy Clark, Ha Ha Ha (1993) by Roddy Doyle
  104. The Sign of Four (1890) by Arthur Conan Doyle
  105. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) by Arthur Conan Doyle
  106. An American Tragedy (1925) by Theodore Dreiser
  107. The Bafut Beagles (1954) by Gerald Durrell
  108. My Family and Other Animals (1956) by Gerald Durrell
  109. A Heartwarming Work of Staggering Genius (2000) by Dave Eggers
  110. Middlemarch (1872) by George Eliot
  111. The Virgin Suicides (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides
  112. Middlesex (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides
  113. Lara (1997) by Bernardine Evaristo
  114. The Sound and the Fury (1929) by William Faulkner
  115. As I Lay Dying (1930) by William Faulkner
  116. Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner
  117. The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) by Sebastian Faulks
  118. Birdsong (1993) by Sebastian Faulks
  119. Charlotte Gray (1998) by Sebastian Faulks
  120. Human Traces (2005) by Sebastian Faulks
  121. Engleby (2007) by Sebastian Faulks
  122. A Week in December (2009) by Sebastian Faulks
  123. A Possible Life (2012) by Sebastian Faulks
  124. Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013) by Sebastian Faulks
  125. Where My Heart Used to Beat (2015) by Sebastian Faulks
  126. Snow Country (2021) by Sebastian Faulks
  127. Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) by Helen Fielding
  128. The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  129. The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  130. Tender is the Night (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  131. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  132. The Crack-Up (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  133. The Lost Decade (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  134. Madame Bovary (1856) by Gustave Flaubert
  135. Casino Royale (1953) by Ian Fleming
  136. The Good Soldier (1915) by Ford Madox Ford
  137. Parade’s End (tetralogy) (1948) by Ford Madox Ford
  138. The Sportswriter (1986) by Richard Ford
  139. Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) by E. M. Forster
  140. A Room with a View (1908) by E. M. Forster
  141. Howards End (1910) by E. M. Forster
  142. A Passage to India (1924) by E. M. Forster
  143. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) by Ben Fountain
  144. The Collector (1963) by John Fowles
  145. The Magus (1965) by John Fowles
  146. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles
  147. The Ebony Tower (1974) by John Fowles
  148. The Corrections (2001) by Jonathan Franzen
  149. Freedom (2010) by Jonathan Franzen
  150. Hideous Kinky (1992) by Esther Freud
  151. The Solitaire Mystery (1990) by Jostein Gaarder
  152. Sophie’s World (1991) by Jostein Gaarder
  153. The Christmas Mystery (1992) by Jostein Gaarder
  154. The Promise (2021) by Damon Galgut
  155. The Snow Goose (1941) by Paul Gallico
  156. The Beach (1996) by Alex Garland
  157. The Tesseract (1998) by Alex Garland
  158. Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons
  159. The Greengage Summer (1958) by Rumer Godden
  160. The Peacock Spring (1975) by Rumer Godden
  161. Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding
  162. The Spire (1964) by William Golding
  163. Rites of Passage (1980) by William Golding
  164. The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
  165. I, Claudius (1934) by Robert Graves
  166. Brighton Rock (1938) by Graham Greene
  167. The Power and the Glory (1940) by Graham Greene
  168. The Heart of the Matter (1948) by Graham Greene
  169. The End of the Affair (1951) by Graham Greene
  170. Twenty-One Stories (1954) by Graham Greene
  171. The Quiet American (1955) by Graham Greene
  172. Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene
  173. A Sense of Reality (1963) by Graham Greene
  174. Snow Falling on Cedars (1994) by David Guterson
  175. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) by Mark Haddon
  176. The Midnight Library (2020) by Matt Haig
  177. Wessex Tales (1988) by Thomas Hardy
  178. Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) by Thomas Hardy
  179. Fatherland (1992) by Robert Harris
  180. Enigma (1995) by Robert Harris
  181. Archangel (1998) by Robert Harris
  182. The Ghost (2007) by Robert Harris
  183. The Second Sleep (2019) by Robert Harris
  184. The Go-Between (1953) by L. P. Hartley
  185. The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  186. Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
  187. The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
  188. Men Without Women (1927) by Ernest Hemingway
  189. A Farewell to Arms (1929) by Ernest Hemingway
  190. Green Hills of Africa (1935) by Ernest Hemingway
  191. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (1936) by Ernest Hemingway
  192. To Have and Have Not (1937) by Ernest Hemingway
  193. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) by Ernest Hemingway
  194. Across the River and Into the Trees (1950) by Ernest Hemingway
  195. The Old Man and the Sea (1951) by Ernest Hemingway
  196. The Prodigy (1906) by Hermann Hesse
  197. Gertrude (1910) by Hermann Hesse
  198. The Glass Bead Game (1943) by Hermann Hesse
  199. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
  200. I’m the King of the Castle (1970) by Susan Hill
  201. The Woman in Black (1983) by Susan Hill
  202. A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) by Barry Hines
  203. This Book Will Save Your Life (2006) by A. M. Homes
  204. The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini
  205. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
  206. What I Loved (2003) by Siri Hustvedt
  207. Chrome Yellow (1921) by Aldous Huxley
  208. Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley
  209. Eyeless in Gaza (1936) by Aldous Huxley
  210. A Doll's House (1879) by Henrik Ibsen
  211. The World According To Garp (1978) by John Irving
  212. A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) by John Irving
  213. Goodbye to Berlin (1939) by Christopher Isherwood
  214. The Remains of the Day (1989) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  215. When We Were Orphens (2000) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  216. Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  217. Nocturnes (2009) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  218. Klara and the Sun (2021) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  219. The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James
  220. The Aspern Papers (1888) by Henry James
  221. Selected Short Stories (1896) by Henry James
  222. The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James
  223. Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome
  224. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2009) by Jonas Jonasson
  225. The Prophet and the Idiot (2022) by Jonas Jonasson
  226. Dubliners (1914) by James Joyce
  227. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) by James Joyce
  228. Metamorphosis and Other Stories (1915) by Franz Kafka
  229. The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka
  230. The Perfect Stranger (1966) by P. J. Kavanagh
  231. On the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac
  232. The Dharma Bums (1958) by Jack Kerouac
  233. Maggie Cassidy (1959) by Jack Kerouac
  234. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
  235. The Secret Life of Bees (2001) by Sue Monk Kidd
  236. The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver
  237. The Lacuna (2009) by Barbara Kingsolver
  238. Demon Copperhead (2022) by Barbara Kingsolver
  239. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling
  240. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984) by Milan Kundera
  241. The Leopard (1958) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
  242. Sons and Lovers (1913) by D. H. Lawrence
  243. The Atom Station (1948) by Halldór Laxness
  244. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
  245. Cider with Rosie (1959) by Laurie Lee
  246. Out of the Silent Planet (1938) by C. S. Lewis
  247. Perelandra (1943) by C. S. Lewis
  248. That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
  249. Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (1955) by C. S. Lewis
  250. Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1950) by C. S. Lewis
  251. Narnia: The Horse and His Boy (1954) by C. S. Lewis
  252. Narnia: Prince Caspian (1951) by C. S. Lewis
  253. Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) by C. S. Lewis
  254. Narnia: The Silver Chair (1953) by C. S. Lewis
  255. Narnia: The Last Battle (1956) by C. S. Lewis
  256. Moon Tiger (1987) by Penelope Lively
  257. The Photograph (2003) by Penelope Lively
  258. Under the Volcano (1947) by Malcolm Lowry
  259. Wolf Hall (2009) by Hilary Mantel
  260. Bring Up the Bodies (2012) by Hilary Mantel
  261. Embers (1942) by Sándor Márai
  262. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  263. Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel
  264. The Piano Tuner (2002) by Daniel Mason
  265. Of Human Bondage (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham
  266. Cakes and Ale (1930) by W. Somerset Maugham
  267. Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier
  268. My Cousin Rachel (1951) by Daphne du Maurier
  269. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) by Alexander McCall Smith
  270. Tears of the Giraffe (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith
  271. Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) by Alexander McCall Smith
  272. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) by Carson McCullers
  273. The Innocent (1990) by Ian McEwan
  274. Enduring Love (1997) by Ian McEwan
  275. Amsterdam (1998) by Ian McEwan
  276. Atonement (2001) by Ian McEwan
  277. Saturday (2005) by Ian McEwan
  278. On Chesil Beach (2007) by Ian McEwan
  279. Solar (2010) by Ian McEwan
  280. Sweet Tooth (2012) by Ian McEwan
  281. Billy Budd, Sailor (1924) by Herman Melville
  282. Focus (1945) by Arthur Miller
  283. Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller
  284. Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell
  285. Private Peaceful (2003) by Michael Morpurgo
  286. Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison
  287. The Love of a Good Woman (1998) by Alice Munro
  288. Norwegian Wood (1987) by Haruki Murakami
  289. Under the Net (1954) by Iris Murdoch
  290. The Bell (1958) by Iris Murdock
  291. The Black Prince (1973) by Iris Murdock
  292. The Sea, the Sea (1978) by Iris Murdoch
  293. Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov
  294. Pnin (1957) by Vladimir Nabokov
  295. Pale Fire (1962) by Vladimir Nabokov
  296. A House for Mr Biswas (1961) by V. S. Naipaul
  297. A Bend in the River (1979) by V. S. Naipaul
  298. The River Between (1965) by Ngugi Ngugi
  299. One Day (2009) by David Nicholls
  300. Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O’Hara
  301. Yonnondio (1974) by Tillie Olsen
  302. The English Patient (1992) by Michael Ondaatje
  303. Down and Out in London and Paris (1933) by George Orwell
  304. Animal Farm (1945) by George Orwell
  305. 1984 (1949) by George Orwell
  306. The Thursday Murder Club (2020) by Richard Osman
  307. The Man Who Died Twice (2021) by Richard Osman
  308. The Bullet that Missed (2022) by Richard Osman
  309. The Last Devil to Die (2023) by Richard Osman
  310. The Impossible Fortune (2025) by Richard Osman
  311. Where the Crawdads Sing (2018) by Delia Owens
  312. Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton
  313. The Bees (2014) by Laline Paull
  314. The Moviegoer (1961) by Walker Percy
  315. The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (aged 37 3/4) (1987) by Adrian Plass
  316. The Visit (1999) by Adrian Plass
  317. Silver Birches (2009) by Adrian Plass
  318. The Shadow Doctor (2017) by Adrian Plass
  319. The Shadow Doctor: The Past Awaits (2019) by Adrian Plass
  320. The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath
  321. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838) by Edgar Allan Poe
  322. A Question of Upbringing (1951) by Anthony Powell
  323. A Buyer’s Market (1952) by Anthony Powell
  324. The Acceptance World (1955) by Anthony Powell
  325. At Lady Molly’s (1957) by Anthony Powell
  326. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant (1960) by Anthony Powell
  327. The Kindly Ones (1962) by Anthony Powell
  328. The Valley of Bones (1964) by Anthony Powell
  329. The Soldier’s Art (1966) by Anthony Powell
  330. The Military Philosophers (1968) by Anthony Powell
  331. Books Do Furnish a Room (1971) by Anthony Powell
  332. Temporary Kings (1973) by Anthony Powell
  333. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975) by Anthony Powell
  334. The Shipping News (1993) by Annie Proulx
  335. The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
  336. The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) by Thomas Pynchon
  337. Exercises in Style (1947) by Raymond Queneau
  338. Swallows and Amazons (1930) by Arthur Ransome
  339. The Evenings (1947) by Gerard Reve
  340. Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys
  341. The Lightning Thief (2005) by Rick Riordan
  342. Housekeeping (1980) by Marilynne Robinson
  343. Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson
  344. American Pastoral (1997) by Philip Roth
  345. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) by J. K. Rowling
  346. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) by J. K. Rowling
  347. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) by J. K. Rowling
  348. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) by J. K. Rowling
  349. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) by J. K. Rowling
  350. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling
  351. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) by J. K. Rowling
  352. The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy
  353. Midnight’s Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie
  354. Holes (1998) by Louis Sachar
  355. The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger
  356. For Esmé ~ With Love and Squalor (1953) by J. D. Salinger
  357. Franny and Zooey (1961) by J. D. Salinger
  358. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters / Seymour: an Introduction (1963) by J. D. Salinger
  359. The Norfolk Mystery (2013) by Ian Sansom
  360. Whose Body? (1923) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  361. Clouds of Witness (1926) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  362. Unnatural Death (1927) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  363. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  364. Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  365. Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  366. Murder Must Advertise (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  367. The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  368. Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  369. The Tobacconist (2012) by Robert Seethaler
  370. Funny Boy (1994) by Shyam Selvadurai
  371. The Lonely Londoners (1956) by Sam Selvon
  372. Richard II (1595) by William Shakespeare
  373. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-96) by William Shakespeare
  374. Romeo and Juliet (1597) by William Shakespeare
  375. Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare
  376. Othello (1603) by William Shakespeare
  377. King Lear (1606) by William Shakespeare
  378. The Tempest (1610-11) by William Shakespeare
  379. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003) by Lionel Shriver
  380. A Town Like Alice (1950) by Nevil Shute
  381. I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith
  382. Gorky Park (1981) by Martin Cruz Smith
  383. White Teeth (2000) by Zadie Smith
  384. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  385. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) by Muriel Spark
  386. Golden Hill (2016) by Francis Spufford
  387. Treasures of the Snow (1950) by Patricia St John
  388. Tortilla Flat (1935) by John Steinbeck
  389. Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck
  390. The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck
  391. Cannery Row (1945) by John Steinbeck
  392. The Pearl (1947) by John Steinbeck
  393. East of Eden (1952) by John Steinbeck
  394. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen (1767) by Laurence Sterne
  395. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  396. Perfume (1985) by Patrick Süskind
  397. Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift
  398. The Secret History (1992) by Donna Tartt
  399. The Little Friend (2002) by Donna Tartt
  400. The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt
  401. The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  402. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  403. LOTR: The Two Towers (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  404. LOTR: The Return of the King (1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  405. Anna Karenina (1877) by Leo Tolstoy
  406. Cane (1923) by Jean Toomer
  407. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006) by Paul Torday
  408. The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce (2008) by Paul Torday
  409. The Girl on the Landing (2009) by Paul Torday
  410. Rules of Civility (2011) by Amor Towles
  411. A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) by Amor Towles
  412. The Lincoln Highway (2021) by Amor Towles
  413. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982) by Sue Townsend
  414. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984) by Sue Townsend
  415. The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) by Robert Tressell
  416. Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev
  417. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
  418. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain
  419. Rabbit, Run (1960) by John Updike
  420. Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike
  421. The Enchanted April (1922) by Elizabeth Von Armin
  422. Slaughterhouse 5 (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
  423. Decline and Fall (1928) by Evelyn Waugh
  424. A Handful of Dust (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
  425. Scoop (1938) by Evelyn Waugh
  426. Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh
  427. The Complete Short Stories (1962) by Evelyn Waugh
  428. Sword of Honour (trilogy) (1965) by Evelyn Waugh
  429. Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) by Nathanael West
  430. The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West
  431. The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton
  432. The Age of Innocence (1920) by Edith Wharton
  433. The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888) by Oscar Wilde
  434. The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) by Oscar Wilde
  435. Stoner (1965) by John Williams
  436. A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams
  437. My Man Jeeves (1919) by P. G. Wodehouse
  438. The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) by P. G. Wodehouse
  439. Carry on, Jeeves (1925) by P. G. Wodehouse
  440. Thank you, Jeeves (1934) by P. G. Wodehouse
  441. Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) by P. G. Wodehouse
  442. The Code of the Woosters (1938) by P. G. Wodehouse
  443. Joy in the Morning (1947) by P. G. Wodehouse
  444. The Mating Season (1949) by P. G. Wodehouse
  445. Jeeves in the Offing (1960) by P. G. Wodehouse
  446. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963) by P. G. Wodehouse
  447. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe
  448. Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf
  449. To the Lighthouse (1927) by Virginia Woolf
  450. Orlando (1928) by Virginia Woolf
  451. The Waves (1931) by Virginia Woolf
  452. Revolutionary Road (1961) by Richard Yates
  453. The Shadow of the Wind (2001) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  454. The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak
  455. Chess (1943) by Stefan Zweig
  456. Twentieth-Century Short Stories (1959) by [Various authors]
  457. The Art of the Tale (1986) by [Various authors]
  458. Tales from the Beach House (2021) by [Various authors]