Moon Tiger by Penelope LivelyThe Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. EdwardsOn the Black Hill by Bruce ChatwinHe Died With His Eyes Open by Derek RaymondThe Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
397 books — 213 voters
A Month in the Country by J.L. CarrGood Morning, Midnight by Jean RhysThe Blessing by Nancy MitfordIt Had to Be You by David NobbsChristie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
Backlisted Podcast
132 books — 19 voters

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas AdamsThe Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Best Books of 1988
382 books — 173 voters
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterKnots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Best Books of 1987
379 books — 186 voters

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence BlockA Perfect Spy by John Le CarréContinent by Jim Crace
Best Books of 1986
338 books — 171 voters
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisCity of Glass by Paul AusterThe Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts by Douglas AdamsPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Books of 1985
336 books — 214 voters

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksMoney by Martin Amis
Best Books of 1984
344 books — 159 voters
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Best Books of 1982
285 books — 182 voters

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Books of 1980
326 books — 212 voters
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
Best Books 1979
179 books — 69 voters

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
Best Books 1978
234 books — 59 voters
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré
Best Books 1977
196 books — 62 voters

First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwanDanny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
Best Books 1975
255 books — 70 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
Best Books 1974
194 books — 56 voters

Rabbit Redux by John Updike
Best Books 1971
161 books — 62 voters
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Best Books 1969
147 books — 57 voters

Hangover Square by Patrick HamiltonThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Best Book Titles
11,372 books — 7,648 voters