Pied Piper by Nevil ShuteA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books With Old Protagonists
25 books — 10 voters
The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettRemnant Population by Elizabeth MoonPaladin of Souls by Lois McMaster BujoldTehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Old(er) Women in SF/F
212 books — 112 voters

The Legendary Wolf by Ammar HabibLike a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo ManyikaWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Protagonists Over 60
355 books — 170 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas JonassonKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Books About Old People
543 books — 192 voters