Reading fiction

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