Reading

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. (Books are listed alphabetically by author.) See my recommended books page for content and design related non-fiction.

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