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. Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) by Helen Fielding
  116. The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  117. The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  118. Tender is the Night (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  119. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  120. The Crack-Up (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  121. The Lost Decade (1935) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  122. Madame Bovary (1856) by Gustave Flaubert
  123. Casino Royale (1953) by Ian Fleming
  124. The Good Soldier (1915) by Ford Madox Ford
  125. Parade’s End (tetralogy) (1948) by Ford Madox Ford
  126. The Sportswriter (1986) by Richard Ford
  127. Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) by E. M. Forster
  128. A Room with a View (1908) by E. M. Forster
  129. Howards End (1910) by E. M. Forster
  130. A Passage to India (1924) by E. M. Forster
  131. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) by Ben Fountain
  132. The Collector (1963) by John Fowles
  133. The Magus (1965) by John Fowles
  134. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles
  135. The Ebony Tower (1974) by John Fowles
  136. The Corrections (2001) by Jonathan Franzen
  137. Freedom (2010) by Jonathan Franzen
  138. Hideous Kinky (1992) by Esther Freud
  139. The Solitaire Mystery (1990) by Jostein Gaarder
  140. Sophie’s World (1991) by Jostein Gaarder
  141. The Christmas Mystery (1992) by Jostein Gaarder
  142. The Promise (2021) by Damon Galgut
  143. The Snow Goose (1941) by Paul Gallico
  144. The Beach (1996) by Alex Garland
  145. The Tesseract (1998) by Alex Garland
  146. Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons
  147. Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding
  148. The Spire (1964) by William Golding
  149. Rites of Passage (1980) by William Golding
  150. The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
  151. I, Claudius (1934) by Robert Graves
  152. Brighton Rock (1938) by Graham Greene
  153. The Power and the Glory (1940) by Graham Greene
  154. The Heart of the Matter (1948) by Graham Greene
  155. The End of the Affair (1951) by Graham Greene
  156. Twenty-One Stories (1954) by Graham Greene
  157. The Quiet American (1955) by Graham Greene
  158. Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene
  159. A Sense of Reality (1963) by Graham Greene
  160. Snow Falling on Cedars (1994) by David Guterson
  161. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) by Mark Haddon
  162. The Midnight Library (2020) by Matt Haig
  163. Wessex Tales (1988) by Thomas Hardy
  164. Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) by Thomas Hardy
  165. Fatherland (1992) by Robert Harris
  166. Enigma (1995) by Robert Harris
  167. Archangel (1998) by Robert Harris
  168. The Ghost (2007) by Robert Harris
  169. The Second Sleep (2019) by Robert Harris
  170. The Go-Between (1953) by L. P. Hartley
  171. The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  172. Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
  173. The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
  174. Men Without Women (1927) by Ernest Hemingway
  175. A Farewell to Arms (1929) by Ernest Hemingway
  176. Green Hills of Africa (1935) by Ernest Hemingway
  177. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (1936) by Ernest Hemingway
  178. To Have and Have Not (1937) by Ernest Hemingway
  179. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) by Ernest Hemingway
  180. Across the River and Into the Trees (1950) by Ernest Hemingway
  181. The Old Man and the Sea (1951) by Ernest Hemingway
  182. The Prodigy (1906) by Hermann Hesse
  183. Gertrude (1910) by Hermann Hesse
  184. The Glass Bead Game (1943) by Hermann Hesse
  185. The Talented Mr Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
  186. I’m the King of the Castle (1970) by Susan Hill
  187. The Woman in Black (1983) by Susan Hill
  188. A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) by Barry Hines
  189. The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini
  190. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
  191. What I Loved (2003) by Siri Hustvedt
  192. Chrome Yellow (1921) by Aldous Huxley
  193. Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley
  194. Eyeless in Gaza (1936) by Aldous Huxley
  195. The World According To Garp (1978) by John Irving
  196. A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) by John Irving
  197. Goodbye to Berlin (1939) by Christopher Isherwood
  198. The Remains of the Day (1989) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  199. When We Were Orphens (2000) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  200. Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  201. Nocturnes (2009) by Kazuo Ishiguro
  202. The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James
  203. The Aspern Papers (1888) by Henry James
  204. Selected Short Stories (1896) by Henry James
  205. The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James
  206. Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome
  207. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2009) by Jonas Jonasson
  208. The Prophet and the Idiot (2022) by Jonas Jonasson
  209. Dubliners (1914) by James Joyce
  210. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) by James Joyce
  211. Metamorphosis and Other Stories (1915) by Franz Kafka
  212. The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka
  213. On the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac
  214. The Dharma Bums (1958) by Jack Kerouac
  215. Maggie Cassidy (1959) by Jack Kerouac
  216. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
  217. The Secret Life of Bees (2001) by Sue Monk Kidd
  218. The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver
  219. The Lacuna (2009) by Barbara Kingsolver
  220. Demon Copperhead (2022) by Barbara Kingsolver
  221. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling
  222. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984) by Milan Kundera
  223. The Leopard (1958) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
  224. Sons and Lovers (1913) by D. H. Lawrence
  225. The Atom Station (1948) by Halldór Laxness
  226. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
  227. Cider with Rosie (1959) by Laurie Lee
  228. Out of the Silent Planet (1938) by C. S. Lewis
  229. Perelandra (1943) by C. S. Lewis
  230. That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis
  231. Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (1955) by C. S. Lewis
  232. Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1950) by C. S. Lewis
  233. Narnia: The Horse and His Boy (1954) by C. S. Lewis
  234. Narnia: Prince Caspian (1951) by C. S. Lewis
  235. Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) by C. S. Lewis
  236. Narnia: The Silver Chair (1953) by C. S. Lewis
  237. Narnia: The Last Battle (1956) by C. S. Lewis
  238. Moon Tiger (1987) by Penelope Lively
  239. The Photograph (2003) by Penelope Lively
  240. Under the Volcano (1947) by Malcolm Lowry
  241. Wolf Hall (2009) by Hilary Mantel
  242. Bring Up the Bodies (2012) by Hilary Mantel
  243. Embers (1942) by Sándor Márai
  244. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  245. Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel
  246. The Piano Tuner (2002) by Daniel Mason
  247. Of Human Bondage (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham
  248. Cakes and Ale (1930) by W. Somerset Maugham
  249. Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier
  250. My Cousin Rachel (1951) by Daphne du Maurier
  251. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) by Alexander McCall Smith
  252. Tears of the Giraffe (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith
  253. Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) by Alexander McCall Smith
  254. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) by Carson McCullers
  255. Enduring Love (1997) by Ian McEwan
  256. Amsterdam (1998) by Ian McEwan
  257. Atonement (2001) by Ian McEwan
  258. Saturday (2005) by Ian McEwan
  259. On Chesil Beach (2007) by Ian McEwan
  260. Solar (2010) by Ian McEwan
  261. Sweet Tooth (2012) by Ian McEwan
  262. Billy Budd, Sailor (1924) by Herman Melville
  263. Focus (1945) by Arthur Miller
  264. Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell
  265. Private Peaceful (2003) by Michael Morpurgo
  266. Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison
  267. The Love of a Good Woman (1998) by Alice Munro
  268. Norwegian Wood (1987) by Haruki Murakami
  269. Under the Net (1954) by Iris Murdoch
  270. The Bell (1958) by Iris Murdock
  271. The Black Prince (1973) by Iris Murdock
  272. The Sea, the Sea (1978) by Iris Murdoch
  273. Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov
  274. Pnin (1957) by Vladimir Nabokov
  275. Pale Fire (1962) by Vladimir Nabokov
  276. A House for Mr Biswas (1961) by V. S. Naipaul
  277. A Bend in the River (1979) by V. S. Naipaul
  278. The River Between (1965) by Ngugi Ngugi
  279. One Day (2009) by David Nicholls
  280. Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O’Hara
  281. Yonnondio (1974) by Tillie Olsen
  282. The English Patient (1992) by Michael Ondaatje
  283. Down and Out in London and Paris (1933) by George Orwell
  284. Animal Farm (1945) by George Orwell
  285. 1984 (1949) by George Orwell
  286. The Thursday Murder Club (2020) by Richard Osman
  287. The Man Who Died Twice (2021) by Richard Osman
  288. The Bullet that Missed (2022) by Richard Osman
  289. The Last Devil to Die (2023) by Richard Osman
  290. Where the Crawdads Sing (2018) by Delia Owens
  291. Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton
  292. The Bees (2014) by Laline Paull
  293. The Moviegoer (1961) by Walker Percy
  294. The Visit (1999) by Adrian Plass
  295. Silver Birches (2009) by Adrian Plass
  296. The Shadow Doctor (2017) by Adrian Plass
  297. The Shadow Doctor: The Past Awaits (2019) by Adrian Plass
  298. The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath
  299. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838) by Edgar Allan Poe
  300. A Question of Upbringing (1951) by Anthony Powell
  301. A Buyer’s Market (1952) by Anthony Powell
  302. The Acceptance World (1955) by Anthony Powell
  303. At Lady Molly’s (1957) by Anthony Powell
  304. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant (1960) by Anthony Powell
  305. The Kindly Ones (1962) by Anthony Powell
  306. The Valley of Bones (1964) by Anthony Powell
  307. The Soldier’s Art (1966) by Anthony Powell
  308. The Military Philosophers (1968) by Anthony Powell
  309. Books Do Furnish a Room (1971) by Anthony Powell
  310. Temporary Kings (1973) by Anthony Powell
  311. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975) by Anthony Powell
  312. The Shipping News (1993) by Annie Proulx
  313. The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
  314. The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) by Thomas Pynchon
  315. Exercises in Style (1947) by Raymond Queneau
  316. Swallows and Amazons (1930) by Arthur Ransome
  317. The Evenings (1947) by Gerard Reve
  318. Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys
  319. Housekeeping (1980) by Marilynne Robinson
  320. Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson
  321. American Pastoral (1997) by Philip Roth
  322. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) by J. K. Rowling
  323. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) by J. K. Rowling
  324. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) by J. K. Rowling
  325. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) by J. K. Rowling
  326. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) by J. K. Rowling
  327. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling
  328. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) by J. K. Rowling
  329. The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy
  330. Midnight’s Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie
  331. Holes (1998) by Louis Sachar
  332. The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger
  333. For Esmé ~ With Love and Squalor (1953) by J. D. Salinger
  334. Franny and Zooey (1961) by J. D. Salinger
  335. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters / Seymour: an Introduction (1963) by J. D. Salinger
  336. The Norfolk Mystery (2013) by Ian Sansom
  337. Whose Body? (1923) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  338. Clouds of Witness (1926) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  339. Unnatural Death (1927) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  340. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  341. Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  342. Murder Must Advertise (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  343. The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  344. Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy L. Sayers
  345. The Tobacconist (2012) by Robert Seethaler
  346. Funny Boy (1994) by Shyam Selvadurai
  347. The Lonely Londoners (1956) by Sam Selvon
  348. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003) by Lionel Shriver
  349. I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith
  350. Gorky Park (1981) by Martin Cruz Smith
  351. White Teeth (2000) by Zadie Smith
  352. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  353. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) by Muriel Spark
  354. Treasures of the Snow (1950) by Patricia St John
  355. Tortilla Flat (1935) by John Steinbeck
  356. Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck
  357. The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck
  358. Cannery Row (1945) by John Steinbeck
  359. The Pearl (1947) by John Steinbeck
  360. East of Eden (1952) by John Steinbeck
  361. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen (1767) by Laurence Sterne
  362. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  363. Perfume (1985) by Patrick Süskind
  364. Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift
  365. The Secret History (1992) by Donna Tartt
  366. The Little Friend (2002) by Donna Tartt
  367. The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt
  368. The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  369. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  370. LOTR: The Two Towers (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  371. LOTR: The Return of the King (1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien
  372. Anna Karenina (1877) by Leo Tolstoy
  373. Cane (1923) by Jean Toomer
  374. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006) by Paul Torday
  375. The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce (2008) by Paul Torday
  376. The Girl on the Landing (2009) by Paul Torday
  377. Rules of Civility (2011) by Amor Towles
  378. A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) by Amor Towles
  379. The Lincoln Highway (2021) by Amor Towles
  380. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982) by Sue Townsend
  381. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984) by Sue Townsend
  382. The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) by Robert Tressell
  383. Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev
  384. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
  385. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain
  386. Rabbit, Run (1960) by John Updike
  387. Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike
  388. The Enchanted April (1922) by Elizabeth Von Armin
  389. Slaughterhouse 5 (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
  390. Decline and Fall (1928) by Evelyn Waugh
  391. A Handful of Dust (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
  392. Scoop (1938) by Evelyn Waugh
  393. Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh
  394. The Complete Short Stories (1962) by Evelyn Waugh
  395. Sword of Honour (trilogy) (1965) by Evelyn Waugh
  396. Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) by Nathanael West
  397. The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West
  398. The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton
  399. The Age of Innocence (1920) by Edith Wharton
  400. The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888) by Oscar Wilde
  401. Stoner (1965) by John Williams
  402. My Man Jeeves (1919) by P. G. Wodehouse
  403. The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) by P. G. Wodehouse
  404. Carry on, Jeeves (1925) by P. G. Wodehouse
  405. Thank you, Jeeves (1934) by P. G. Wodehouse
  406. Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935) by P. G. Wodehouse
  407. The Code of the Woosters (1938) by P. G. Wodehouse
  408. Joy in the Morning (1947) by P. G. Wodehouse
  409. The Mating Season (1949) by P. G. Wodehouse
  410. Jeeves in the Offing (1960) by P. G. Wodehouse
  411. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963) by P. G. Wodehouse
  412. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe
  413. Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf
  414. To the Lighthouse (1927) by Virginia Woolf
  415. Orlando (1928) by Virginia Woolf
  416. The Waves (1931) by Virginia Woolf
  417. Revolutionary Road (1961) by Richard Yates
  418. The Shadow of the Wind (2001) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
  419. The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak
  420. Chess (1943) by Stefan Zweig
  421. Twentieth-Century Short Stories (1959) by [Various authors]
  422. The Art of the Tale (1986) by [Various authors]
  423. Tales from the Beach House (2021) by [Various authors]