Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: The Definitive List

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  1. A

  2. Absolute Beginners - Colin MacInnes - State of the nation
  3. The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler - Love
  4. According to Queeney - Beryl Bainbridge - Comedy
  5. Ada or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov - Science fiction and fantasy
  6. Adam Bede - George Eliot - Love
  7. The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow - Comedy
  8. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
  9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - War and travel
  10. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
  11. The Adventures of Roderick Random - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
  12. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain - State of the nation
  13. Affinity - Sarah Waters - Science fiction and fantasy
  14. After London; or, Wild England - Richard Jefferies - Science fiction and fantasy
  15. Afternoon Men - Anthony Powell - State of the nation
  16. The African Queen - CS Forester - War and travel
  17. The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton - Love
  18. Air - Geoff Ryman - Science fiction and fantasy
  19. Alberta and Jacob - Cora Sandel - Family and self
  20. Ali and Nino - Kurban Said - Love
  21. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - Science fiction and fantasy
  22. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque - War and travel
  23. All Souls Day - Cees Nooteboom - Love
  24. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy - War and travel
  25. Alms for Oblivion - Simon Raven - Comedy
  26. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon - Science fiction and fantasy
  27. The Ambassadors - Henry James - Family and self
  28. American Gods - Neil Gaiman - Science fiction and fantasy
  29. American Pastoral - Philip Roth - State of the nation
  30. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis - Crime
  31. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser - Crime
  32. Amongst Women - John McGahern - State of the nation
  33. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - Crime
  34. Andersonville - MacKinlay Kantor - War and travel
  35. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton - Crime
  36. Angel - Elizabeth Taylor - Family and self
  37. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes - Angus Wilson - Comedy
  38. Animal Farm - George Orwell - State of the nation
  39. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - Love
  40. Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe - State of the nation
  41. Any Human Heart - William Boyd - Family and self
  42. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - War and travel
  43. Arturo's Island - Elsa Morante - Love
  44. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner - Family and self
  45. Ascent - Jed Mercurio - Science fiction and fantasy
  46. The Ascent of Rum Doodle - WE Bowman - Comedy
  47. The Asphalt Jungle - WR Burnett - Crime
  48. The Assistant - Bernard Malamud - Family and self
  49. Asterix the Gaul [Astérix le Gaulois] - Rene Goscinny - War and travel
  50. At Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept - Elizabeth Smart - Love
  51. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq - Science fiction and fantasy
  52. Atonement - Ian McEwan - Love
  53. At-Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien - Family and self
  54. Augustus Carp, Esq. - Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man - Henry Howarth Bashford - Comedy
  55. Austerlitz - WG Sebald - War and travel
  56. Auto-da-Fe - Elias Canetti - War and travel
  57. The Awakening - Kate Chopin - Family and self

  58. B

  59. Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis - State of the nation
  60. Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfield - Family and self
  61. The Bamboo Bed - William Eastlake - War and travel
  62. Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope - Comedy
  63. The Baron in the Trees - Italo Calvino - Science fiction and fantasy
  64. The Beach - Alex Garland - War and travel
  65. The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake - Crime
  66. Beauty and Saddness - Yasunari Kawabata - Love
  67. Before Lunch - Angela Thirkell - Comedy
  68. Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson - Family and self
  69. Being Dead - Jim Crace - Family and self
  70. Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant - State of the nation
  71. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath - Family and self
  72. Belles Lettres Papers: A Novel - Charles Simmons - Comedy
  73. Beloved - Toni Morrison - Science fiction and fantasy
  74. A Bend in the River - VS Naipaul - State of the nation
  75. Berlin Alexanderplatz - Alfred Döblin - State of the nation
  76. La Bete Humaine - Emile Zola - State of the nation
  77. The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni - State of the nation
  78. Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel - Science fiction and fantasy
  79. The Big Blowdown - George Pelecanos - Crime
  80. The Big Nowhere - James Ellroy - Crime
  81. The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler - Crime
  82. Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse - State of the nation
  83. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks - War and travel
  84. Black and Blue - Ian Rankin - Crime
  85. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell - War and travel
  86. Black Mischief - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  87. The Black Prince - Iris Murdoch - Family and self
  88. Black Sunday - Thomas Harris - Crime
  89. The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Toibin - Family and self
  90. Blacklist - Sara Paretsky - Crime
  91. Bleak House - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  92. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - Science fiction and fantasy
  93. Blindness - Jose Saramago - Science fiction and fantasy
  94. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - War and travel
  95. Blott on the Landscape - Tom Sharpe - Comedy
  96. The Blue Flower - Penelope Fitzgerald - Love
  97. The Blue Room - Georges Simenon - Crime
  98. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison - Family and self
  99. Bold as Love Gwyneth Jones - Science fiction and fantasy
  100. Bomber - Len Deighton - War and travel
  101. Bones and Silence - Reginald Hill - Crime
  102. The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe - State of the nation
  103. Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan - Love
  104. The Book of Daniel - EL Doctorow - State of the nation
  105. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milan Kundera - Love
  106. The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe - Science fiction and fantasy
  107. The Bottle Factory Outing - Beryl Bainbridge - Comedy
  108. The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum - Crime
  109. Bouvard et Pécuchet - Gustave Flaubert - Comedy
  110. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Science fiction and fantasy
  111. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote - Love
  112. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut - Comedy
  113. Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler - Love
  114. Brewster's Millions - Richard Greaves (George Barr McCutcheon) - Comedy
  115. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding - Comedy
  116. Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney - Comedy
  117. Brighton Rock - Graham Greene - Crime
  118. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Family and self
  119. The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureishi - Family and self
  120. Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann - Family and self
  121. Burmese Days - George Orwell - War and travel
  122. The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe - Science fiction and fantasy
  123. The Caine Mutiny - Herman Wouk - War and travel
  124. Cakes and Ale - Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard - W Somerset Maugham - Comedy
  125. Call it Sleep - Henry Roth - Family and self
  126. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - War and travel
  127. Camp Concentration - Thomas M Disch - Science fiction and fantasy
  128. Candide - Voltaire - War and travel
  129. A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M Miller Jr - Science fiction and fantasy
  130. Caprice - Ronald Firbank - Comedy
  131. Captain Blood - Rafael Sabatini - War and travel
  132. Carrie's War - Nina Bawden - War and travel
  133. The Case of Comrade Tulayev - Victor Serge - State of the nation
  134. The Case of the Gilded Fly - Edmund Crispin - Comedy
  135. Casino Royale - Ian Fleming - Crime
  136. The Castafiore Emerald - Georges Remi Herge - War and travel
  137. The Castle - Franz Kafka - Comedy
  138. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole - Science fiction and fantasy
  139. Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth - State of the nation
  140. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - Comedy
  141. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger - Family and self
  142. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood - Family and self
  143. Changing Places - David Lodge - Comedy
  144. Charade - John Mortimer - Comedy
  145. The Charterhouse of Parma - Stendhal - War and travel
  146. The Chateau - William Maxwell - Family and self
  147. Cheese - Willem Elsschot - Comedy
  148. Cheri - Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette - Love
  149. The Child in Time - Ian McEwan - Love
  150. Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke - Science fiction and fantasy
  151. The Children of Men - PD James - Science fiction and fantasy
  152. The Children of the New Forest - Frederick Marryat - War and travel
  153. Chronicle in Stone - Ismael Kadare - State of the nation
  154. The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - Science fiction and fantasy
  155. Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee - Family and self
  156. Clarissa - Samuel Richardson - Love
  157. Claudine a l'ecole - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette - Love
  158. Clayhanger - Arnold Bennett - State of the nation
  159. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess - Science fiction and fantasy
  160. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell - Science fiction and fantasy
  161. The Code of the Woosters - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  162. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons - Comedy
  163. Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier - War and travel
  164. The Color Purple - Alice Walker - Family and self
  165. La Comedie Humaine - Honore de Balzac - State of the nation
  166. The Coming Race - EGEL Bulwer-Lytton - Science fiction and fantasy
  167. The Commitments - Roddy Doyle - Comedy
  168. La Condition Humaine - Andre Malraux - War and travel
  169. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Comedy -
  170. Confederates - Thomas Keneally - War and travel
  171. Confessions of Zeno - Italo Svevo - Family and self
  172. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain - Science fiction and fantasy
  173. Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks - Science fiction and fantasy
  174. The Constant Gardener - John le Carre - Crime
  175. Cop Hater - Ed McBain - Crime
  176. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen - State of the nation
  177. Count Belisarius - Robert Graves - War and travel
  178. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas - Crime
  179. The Counterfeiters - Andre Gide - State of the nation
  180. Couples - John Updike - State of the nation
  181. Covenant with Death - John Harris - War and travel
  182. Cover Her Face - PD James - Crime
  183. The Crab with the Golden Claws - Georges Remi Herge - War and travel
  184. Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell - State of the nation
  185. Crash - JG Ballard - Science fiction and fantasy
  186. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime
  187. The Crime of Father Amado - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz - Crime
  188. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley - Love
  189. The Crow Road - Iain Banks - Family and self
  190. The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat - War and travel
  191. Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton - State of the nation
  192. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon - Crime
  193. Cryptonomicon - Neil Stephenson - War and travel
  194. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon - Comedy -
  195. A Dance to the Music of Time - Anthony Powell - Comedy
  196. Daniel Deronda - George Eliot - Love
  197. A Dark-Adapted Eye - Barbara Vine - Crime
  198. Darkmans - Nicola Barker - Science fiction and fantasy
  199. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler - War and travel
  200. Darkness Falls from the Air - Nigel Balchin - War and travel
  201. Darwin's Radio - Greg Bear - Science fiction and fantasy
  202. The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - Crime
  203. Day - AL Kennedy - War and travel
  204. The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth - Crime
  205. The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West - State of the nation
  206. Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham - Science fiction and fantasy
  207. De Niro's Game - Rawi Hage - War and travel
  208. Dead Lagoon - Michael Dibdin - Crime
  209. Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol - Comedy
  210. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov - Comedy
  211. Death at the President's Lodging - Michael Innes - Crime
  212. Death in Summer - William Trevor - Family and self
  213. Death in Venice - Thomas Mann - Love
  214. Death of a Hero - Richard Aldington - War and travel
  215. The Death of the Heart - Elizabeth Bowen - Love
  216. The Death of Virgil - Hermann Broch - Family and self
  217. The Debacle - Emile Zola - War and travel
  218. The Debt to Pleasure - John Lanchester - Comedy
  219. Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  220. Deliverance - James Dickey - War and travel
  221. Delta of Venus - Anais Nin - Love
  222. Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley - Crime
  223. The Devil to Pay in the Backlands - Joao Guimaraes Rosa - War and travel
  224. Diary of a Mad Old Man - Junichiro Tanizaki - Love
  225. Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith - Comedy
  226. Dirty Tricks - Michael Dibdin - Crime
  227. The Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett - Science fiction and fantasy
  228. Disgrace - JM Coetzee - State of the nation
  229. La Disparition - Georges Perec - Comedy
  230. Dissolution - CJ Sansom - Crime
  231. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick - Science fiction and fantasy
  232. Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak - Love
  233. Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King - Crime
  234. Dom Casmurro Joaquim - Maria Machado de Assis - Love
  235. Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  236. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes - Comedy -
  237. Double Indemnity - James M Cain - Crime
  238. Dracula - Bram Stoker - Science fiction and fantasy
  239. The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark - Comedy
  240. The Drowned World - JG Ballard - Science fiction and fantasy
  241. A Dry White Season - Andre Brink - State of the nation
  242. Dune - Frank L Herbert - Science fiction and fantasy
  243. Earthly Powers - Anthony Burgess - State of the nation
  244. The Earthsea Series - Ursula Le Guin - Science fiction and fantasy
  245. East Lynne - Ellen Wood - Love
  246. East of Eden - John Steinbeck - Family and self
  247. The Echoing Grove - Rosamond Lehmann - Love
  248. Effi Briest - Theodore Fontane - State of the nation
  249. The Egoist - George Meredith - Love
  250. The Einstein Intersection - Samuel R Delaney - Science fiction and fantasy
  251. Elmer Gantry - Sinclair Lewis - State of the nation
  252. Emma - Jane Austen - Love
  253. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard - War and travel
  254. The End of the Affair - Graham Greene - Love
  255. The End of the World News - Anthony Burgess - Science fiction and fantasy
  256. Enduring Love Ian McEwan - Crime
  257. Enemies, a Love Story - Isaac Bashevis Singer - Love
  258. Les Enfants Terrible - Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos - Love
  259. England, Their England - AG Macdonell - Comedy
  260. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje - Love
  261. Enigma - Robert Harris - War and travel
  262. Ennui - Maria Edgeworth - Comedy
  263. Epileptic - David B - Family and self
  264. Epitaph for a Spy - Eric Ambler - Crime
  265. Erewhon - Samuel Butler - Science fiction and fantasy
  266. Eugenie Grandet - Honore de Balzac - Family and self
  267. Evelina - Fanny Burney - Family and self
  268. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathon Safran Foer - War and travel
  269. Excellent Women - Barbara Pym - Comedy
  270. Exit Music - Ian Rankin - Crime
  271. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
  272. Extinction - Thomas Bernhard - Family and self
  273. The Face of Another - Kobo Abe - Family and self
  274. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - Science fiction and fantasy
  275. Fair Stood the Wind for France - HE Bates - War and travel
  276. A Fairy Tale of New York - JP Donleavy - Comedy
  277. Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry - Family and self
  278. The Family Moskat or The Manor or The Estate - Isaac Bashevis Singer - Family and self
  279. The Famished Road - Ben Okri - Science fiction and fantasy
  280. Fantomas - Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre - Crime
  281. A Far Cry from Kensington - Muriel Spark - Comedy
  282. Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy - Love
  283. The Far Pavillions - Mary Margaret Kaye - Love
  284. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway - Love
  285. A Fatal Inversion - Barbara Vine - Crime
  286. Fatherland - Robert Harris - Crime
  287. Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev - Family and self
  288. The Female Man - Joanna Russ - Science fiction and fantasy
  289. 52 Pick-up - Elmore Leonard - Crime
  290. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - Science fiction and fantasy
  291. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry - State of the nation
  292. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters - Crime
  293. Finnegans Wake - James Joyce - Comedy
  294. Fireflies - Shiva Naipaul - Comedy
  295. First Love Ivan Turgenev - Love
  296. A Flag for Sunrise - Robert Stone - War and travel
  297. Flashman - George MacDonald Fraser - War and travel
  298. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes - Comedy
  299. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes - Science fiction and fantasy
  300. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway - War and travel
  301. Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie - Love
  302. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman - Science fiction and fantasy
  303. The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney - Henry Handel Richardson - Family and self
  304. Fortunes of War - Olivia Manning - War and travel
  305. Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco - Science fiction and fantasy
  306. Foundation - Isaac Asimov - Science fiction and fantasy
  307. The Fountain Overflows - Rebecca West - Family and self
  308. The Four Just Men - Edgar Wallace - Crime
  309. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - Science fiction and fantasy
  310. The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles - Love
  311. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman - Crime
  312. The Friends of Eddie Coyle - George V Higgins - Crime
  313. From Here to Eternity - James Jones - War and travel
  314. Frost in May - Antonia White - Family and self
  315. Fun Home - Alison Bechdel - Family and self
  316. G - John Berger - Family and self
  317. The Garden of the Finzi-Cortinis - Giorgio Bassani - Love
  318. Gargantua and Pantagruel - Francois Rabelais - Science fiction and fantasy
  319. The Gathering - Anne Enright - Family and self
  320. GB84 - David Peace - State of the nation
  321. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Anita Loos - Love
  322. Germinal - Emile Zola - State of the nation
  323. Get Shorty - Elmore Leonard - Crime
  324. The Getaway - Jim Thompson - Crime
  325. Gilead - Marilynne Robinson - Love
  326. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin - Love
  327. A Girl in Winter - Philip Larkin - State of the nation
  328. Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland - Science fiction and fantasy
  329. The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark - Comedy
  330. The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse - Science fiction and fantasy
  331. The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett - Crime
  332. A Glastonbury Romance - John Cowper Powys - Science fiction and fantasy
  333. The Go-Between - LP Hartley - Love
  334. Go Tell it on the Mountain - James Baldwin - State of the nation
  335. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy - Family and self
  336. The Godfather - Mario Puzo - Crime
  337. God's Bit of Wood - Ousmane Sembene - State of the nation
  338. Goldfinger - Ian Fleming - Crime
  339. The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing - Family and self
  340. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell - Love
  341. Good Behaviour - Molly Keane - Family and self
  342. The Good Companions - JB Priestley - Family and self
  343. A Good Man in Africa - William Boyd - Comedy
  344. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford - Love
  345. The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Hasek - War and travel
  346. Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood - State of the nation
  347. Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith - Crime
  348. The Graduate - Charles Webb - Love
  349. Le Grand Meaulnes - Henri Alain-Fournier - Love
  350. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - State of the nation
  351. The Grass is Singing - Doris Lessing - State of the nation
  352. Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon - War and travel
  353. Great Apes - Will selfComedy
  354. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - Family and self
  355. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - Love
  356. The Great Impersonation E Phillips Oppenheim - Crime
  357. Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest - WH Hudson - Love
  358. Greenmantle - John Buchan - Crime
  359. The Group - Mary McCarthy - State of the nation
  360. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - War and travel
  361. A Gun for Sale - Graham Greene - Crime
  362. The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean - War and travel
  363. A Handful of Dust - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  364. Handley Cross - RS Surtees - Comedy
  365. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood - Science fiction and fantasy
  366. The Hanging Gardens - Ian Rankin - Crime
  367. Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton - Crime
  368. Hard Revolution - George Pelecanos - Crime
  369. Hard Times - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  370. The Harpole Report - JL Carr - Comedy
  371. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling - Science fiction and fantasy
  372. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson - Science fiction and fantasy
  373. Headlong Hall - Thomas Love Peacock - State of the nation
  374. The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington - Comedy
  375. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers - Love
  376. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - War and travel
  377. A Heart So White - Javier Marias - Love
  378. The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen - Love
  379. Heavy Weather - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  380. Hello Summer, Goodbye - Michael G Coney - Science fiction and fantasy
  381. Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Science fiction and fantasy
  382. Herzog - Saul Bellow - Family and self
  383. Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud - Family and self
  384. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby - Comedy
  385. A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes - War and travel
  386. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman - Science fiction and fantasy
  387. L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (Gil Blas) Alain-René Lesage - Honore de Balzac - Family and self
  388. History - Elsa Morante - War and travel
  389. The History Man - Malcolm Bradbury - Comedy
  390. The History of Mr Polly - HG Wells - Family and self
  391. The History of Pompey the Little - Francis Coventry - War and travel
  392. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters - Julian Barnes - Comedy
  393. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - Science fiction and fantasy
  394. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - Science fiction and fantasy
  395. The Hollow Man - John Dickson Carr - Crime
  396. The Home and the World - Rabindranath Tagore - State of the nation
  397. The Horse's Mouth - Joyce Cary - Comedy
  398. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle - Crime
  399. A House for Mr Biswas - VS Naipaul - Family and self
  400. House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski - Science fiction and fantasy
  401. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton - State of the nation
  402. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Science fiction and fantasy
  403. How Green was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn - Family and self
  404. How Late it Was, How Late - James Kelman - State of the nation
  405. How the Dead Live - Will selfScience fiction and fantasy
  406. Howards End - EM Forster - Family and self
  407. The Human Stain - Philip Roth - State of the nation
  408. Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow - Family and self
  409. Hunger - Knut Hamsun - Family and self
  410. The Hunters - James Salter - War and travel
  411. Hurrah for St Trinian's - Ronald Searle - Comedy
  412. Hyperion - Dan Simmons - Science fiction and fantasy
  413. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson - Science fiction and fantasy
  414. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith - Love
  415. I Served the King of England - Bohumil Hrabal - Comedy
  416. An Ice-Cream War - William Boyd - War and travel
  417. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky - State of the nation
  418. If Not Now, When? - Primo Levi - War and travel
  419. I'll Go to Bed at Noon - Gerard Woodward - Family and self
  420. Illywhacker - Peter Carey - Comedy
  421. The Immoralist - Andre Gide - Family and self
  422. In the Country of Last Things - Paul Auster - Science fiction and fantasy
  423. Independence Day - Richard Ford - State of the nation
  424. The Infamous Army - Georgette Heyer - Love
  425. Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace - Comedy
  426. The Influence - Ramsey Campbell - Science fiction and fantasy
  427. The Information - Martin Amis - Comedy
  428. Ingenious Pain - Andrew Miller - Science fiction and fantasy
  429. Institute Benjamenta - Robert Walser - Science fiction and fantasy
  430. The Insult - Rupert Thomson - Science fiction and fantasy
  431. Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino - War and travel
  432. The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - State of the nation
  433. Invitation to the Waltz - Rosamond Lehmann - Family and self
  434. The Ipcress File - Len Deighton - Crime
  435. The Island of Dr Moreau - HG Wells - War and travel
  436. Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott - War and travel
  437. Jacques the Fatalist and his Master - Denis Diderot - Comedy
  438. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - Love
  439. Jimmy Corrigan, The Smarest Kid on Earth - Chris Ware - Family and self
  440. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke - Science fiction and fantasy
  441. Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding - Comedy
  442. Journey into Fear - Eric Ambler - Crime
  443. Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine - War and travel
  444. Joy in the Morning - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  445. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy - Love
  446. Judgment in Stone - Ruth Rendell - Crime
  447. Julie, ou la Nouvelle Heloise - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Family and self
  448. July's People - Nadine Gordimer - State of the nation
  449. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair - State of the nation
  450. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton - Crime
  451. Just William - Richmal Crompton - Comedy
  452. Justine - Lawrence Durrell - War and travel
  453. A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines - State of the nation
  454. Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson - War and travel
  455. Kim - Rudyard Kipling - Crime
  456. A Kind of Loving - Stan Barstow - State of the nation
  457. Kindred - Octavia Butler - Science fiction and fantasy
  458. The King of Torts - John Grisham - Crime
  459. King Solomon's Carpet - Barbara Vine - Crime
  460. King Solomon's Mines - H Rider Haggard - War and travel
  461. The Kingdom of this World - Alejo Carpentier - State of the nation
  462. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini - War and travel
  463. L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy - Crime
  464. The L Shaped Room - Lynne Reid Banks - Family and self
  465. Lady Audley's Secret - Mary E Braddon - Crime
  466. Lady Chatterley's Lover - DH Lawrence - Love
  467. Lake Wobegon Days - Garrison Keillor - Comedy
  468. Lanark - Alastair Gray - State of the nation
  469. Lark Rise to Candleford - Flora Thompson - Family and self
  470. The Last Chronicle of Barset - Anthony Trollope - State of the nation
  471. Last Exit to Brooklyn - Hubert Selby Jr - State of the nation
  472. Last Seen Wearing - Colin Dexter - Crime
  473. The Last September - Elizabeth Bowen - State of the nation
  474. The Laughing Policeman - Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - Crime
  475. The League of Frightened Men - Rex Stout - Crime
  476. The Lecturer's Tale - James Hynes - Comedy
  477. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin - Science fiction and fantasy
  478. A Legacy - Sybille Bedford - Family and self
  479. The Leopard - Giuseppi di Lampedusa - State of the nation
  480. Less Than Angels - - Comedy
  481. Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Victor Hugo - State of the nation
  482. Life and Fate - Vassily Grossman - War and travel
  483. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil - Fay Weldon - Comedy
  484. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne - Comedy
  485. Light - M John Harrison - Science fiction and fantasy
  486. Light Years - James Salter - Love
  487. The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst - State of the nation
  488. Little Dorritt - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  489. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Science fiction and fantasy
  490. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - Family and self
  491. The Little World of Don Camillo - Giovanni Guareschi - Comedy
  492. Live Flesh - Ruth Rendell - Crime
  493. Living - Henry Green - Love
  494. Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark - Comedy
  495. Lolita, or the Confessions of a White Widowed Male - Vladimir Nabokov - Love
  496. Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner - Science fiction and fantasy
  497. London Fields - Martin Amis - State of the nation
  498. The Lonely Londoners - Samuel Selvon - State of the nation
  499. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne - Brian Moore - Family and self
  500. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry - War and travel
  501. The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler - Crime
  502. A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry - War and travel
  503. Look At Me - Anita Brookner - Love
  504. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad - War and travel
  505. Lord of the Flies - William Golding - Science fiction and fantasy
  506. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - Science fiction and fantasy
  507. Lorna Doone - RD Blackmore - Love
  508. A Lost Lady - Willa Cather - Love
  509. Lost Souls - Poppy Z Brite - Science fiction and fantasy
  510. Love for Lydia - HE Bates - Love
  511. Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford - Love
  512. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love
  513. Love on the Dole - Walter Greenwood - State of the nation
  514. Love Story - Eric Segal - Love
  515. The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  516. The Lover - Marguerite Duras - Love
  517. The Luck of Barry Lyndon - William Makepeace Thackeray - Comedy
  518. Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis - Comedy
  519. Lush Life - Richard Price - Crime
  520. The Machine-Gunners - Robert Westall - War and travel
  521. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert - Love
  522. The Madman of Bergerac - Georges Simenon - Crime
  523. The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann - State of the nation
  524. The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington - Family and self
  525. The Magus - John Fowles - Science fiction and fantasy
  526. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis - State of the nation
  527. Malice Aforethought - Francis Iles - Crime
  528. Malone Dies - Samuel Beckett - Family and self
  529. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - Crime
  530. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick - Science fiction and fantasy
  531. The Man of Property - John Galsworthy - Family and self
  532. The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead - Family and self
  533. The Man who was Thursday - GK Chesterton - Science fiction and fantasy
  534. The Man with the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren - Crime
  535. The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil - Family and self
  536. The Manchurian Candidate - Richard Condon - Crime
  537. The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir - Family and self
  538. Manon Lescaut - Abbe Prevost - Love
  539. Manservant and Maidservant - Ivy Compton-Burnett - Family and self
  540. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen - Love
  541. The Map of Love Ahdaf Soueif - Love
  542. The Mark of Zorro - Johnston McCulley - War and travel
  543. A Married Man - Piers Paul Read - Family and self
  544. Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens - Comedy
  545. Martin Eden - Jack London - Family and self
  546. Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell - Family and self
  547. The Mask of Dimitrios - Eric Ambler - Crime
  548. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian - War and travel
  549. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - Science fiction and fantasy
  550. Master Georgie - Beryl Bainbridge - War and travel
  551. Maurice Guest - Henry Handel Richardson - Love
  552. Maus - Art Spiegelman - War and travel
  553. The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy - State of the nation
  554. McTeague - Frank Norris - State of the nation
  555. Melmoth the Wanderer - Charles Maturin - Science fiction and fantasy
  556. The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers - Family and self
  557. Memet my Hawk - Yasar Kemal - Family and self
  558. Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf - David Madsen - Comedy
  559. Memoirs of a Survivor - Doris Lessing - Science fiction and fantasy
  560. Men at Arms - Evelyn Waugh - War and travel
  561. Microserfs - Douglas Coupland - State of the nation
  562. Middlemarch - George Eliot - State of the nation
  563. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Family and self
  564. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - State of the nation
  565. The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham - Science fiction and fantasy
  566. The Mighty Walzer Howard - Jacobson - Comedy
  567. The Military Philosophers - Anthony Powell - War and travel
  568. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot - Love
  569. Millennium People - JG Ballard - Science fiction and fantasy
  570. The Millstone - Margaret Drabble - Family and self
  571. The Ministry of Fear - Graham Greene - Crime
  572. Les Miserables - Georges Perec - Comedy
  573. Misery - Stephen King - Crime
  574. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg - Crime
  575. Mister Johnson - Joyce Cary - Comedy
  576. Moby-Dick or, The Whale - Herman Melville - War and travel
  577. Molesworth - Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle - Comedy
  578. Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe - State of the nation
  579. Molloy - Samuel Beckett - Comedy
  580. Money - Martin Amis - Comedy
  581. The Monk - Matthew Lewis - Science fiction and fantasy
  582. Monkey - Wu Ch'eng-en - War and travel
  583. A Month in the Country - JL Carr - Love
  584. Moo - Jane Smiley - Comedy
  585. The Moon and the Bonfire - Cesare Pavese - State of the nation
  586. Moon over Africa - Pamela Kent - Love
  587. The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins - Crime
  588. More Die of Heartbreak - Saul Bellow - Love
  589. Morvern Callar - Alan Warner - Family and self
  590. Mother - Maxim Gorky - State of the nation
  591. Mother London - Michael Moorcock - Science fiction and fantasy
  592. Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem - Crime
  593. The Moviegoer - Walker Percy - Family and self
  594. Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House - Eric Hodgkins - Comedy
  595. Mr Norris Changes Trains - Christopher Isherwood - Comedy
  596. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf - Family and self
  597. The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie - Crime
  598. Murder Must Advertise - Dorothy Le Sayers - Crime
  599. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - Crime
  600. Music and Silence - Rose Tremain - Love
  601. My Antonia - Willa Cather - Love
  602. My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier - Crime
  603. My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell - Family and self
  604. My Name Is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok - Family and self
  605. My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk - Crime
  606. My New York Diary - Julie Doucet - Family and self
  607. My Search for Warren Harding - Robert Plunkett - Comedy
  608. The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe - Science fiction and fantasy
  609. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie - Crime
  610. The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain - Comedy
  611. The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer - War and travel
  612. Naked Lunch - William Burroughs - Science fiction and fantasy
  613. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco - Crime
  614. Narziss and Goldmund - Hermann Hesse - Family and self
  615. Native Son - Richard Wright - Crime
  616. The Neon Rain - James Lee Burke - Crime
  617. Neuromancer - William Gibson - Science fiction and fantasy
  618. New Grub Street - George Gissing - State of the nation
  619. The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster - Crime
  620. News from Nowhere - William Morris - Science fiction and fantasy
  621. Nice Work - David Lodge - Comedy
  622. The Night Sessions - Ken Macleod - Science fiction and fantasy
  623. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters - Love
  624. Nightmare Abbey - Thomas Love Peacock - Science fiction and fantasy
  625. Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter - Science fiction and fantasy
  626. Nightwood - Djuna Barnes - Love
  627. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell - Science fiction and fantasy
  628. Nineteen Seventy Four - David Peace - Crime
  629. Nineteen Seventy Seven - David Peace - Crime
  630. No Bed for Bacon - Caryl Brahms and SJ Simon - Comedy
  631. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - Crime
  632. No Orchids for Miss Blandish - James Hadley Chase - Crime
  633. Non-Stop - Brian W Aldiss - Science fiction and fantasy
  634. North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell - State of the nation
  635. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen - Love
  636. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami - Love
  637. Nostromo - Joseph Conrad - War and travel
  638. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky - State of the nation
  639. Novel on Yellow Paper - Stevie Smith - State of the nation
  640. Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov - Comedy
  641. The Odd Women - George Gissing - State of the nation
  642. Of Human Bondage - Somerset Maugham - Love
  643. Of Love & Hunger - Julian Maclaren-Ross - State of the nation
  644. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - Crime
  645. Office Politics - Wilfrid Sheed - Comedy
  646. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway - Family and self
  647. The Old Men at the Zoo - Angus Wilson - Science fiction and fantasy
  648. The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett - Family and self
  649. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  650. On Beauty - Zadie Smith - Family and self
  651. On the Road - Jack Kerouac - War and travel
  652. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn - State of the nation
  653. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - Family and self
  654. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - War and travel
  655. One of Ours - Willa Cather - War and travel
  656. Only Forward - Michael Marshall Smith - Science fiction and fantasy
  657. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson - Family and self
  658. Orlando - Virginia Woolf - Science fiction and fantasy
  659. The Ordeal of Richard Feverek - George Meredith - Family and self
  660. Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave - Aphra Behn - State of the nation
  661. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey - Love
  662. Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene - Comedy
  663. The Outsider - Albert Camus - Family and self
  664. The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski - War and travel
  665. The Painter of Signs - RK Narayan - Love
  666. Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz - Family and self
  667. Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov - Comedy
  668. Pamela - Samuel Richardson - Love
  669. Parade's End - Ford Madox Ford - War and travel
  670. The Parasites - Daphne du Maurier - Love
  671. A Passage to India - EM Forster - State of the nation
  672. Passing - Nella Larsen - State of the nation
  673. The Passion - Jeanette Winterson - Love
  674. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter - Science fiction and fantasy
  675. Patience and Sarah - Isabel Miller - Love
  676. Peace in War - Miguel de Unamuno - Family and self
  677. Penrod - Booth Tarkington - Comedy
  678. Le Pere Goriot - Jean Cocteau - Family and self
  679. Perfume - Patrick Suskind - Crime
  680. Personality - Andrew O'Hagan - State of the nation
  681. Persuasion - Jane Austen - Love
  682. The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek - Love
  683. Piccadilly Jim - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  684. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens - Comedy
  685. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - Family and self
  686. Pictures from an Institution - Randall Jarrell - Comedy
  687. Pig Tales - Marie Darrieussecq - Science fiction and fantasy
  688. The Plague - Albert Camus - State of the nation
  689. Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion - State of the nation
  690. The Pledge - Friedrich Durrenmatt - Crime
  691. Pnin - Vladimir Nabokov - Comedy
  692. Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross - Crime
  693. Pointed Roofs - Dorothy Richardson - Family and self
  694. The Poisoned Chocolates Case - Anthony Berkeley - Crime
  695. The Polygots - William Gerhardie - Comedy
  696. Porterhouse Blue - Tom Sharpe - Comedy
  697. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce - Family and self
  698. Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth - Comedy
  699. Portrait of a Lady - Henry James - Love
  700. Possession - AS Byatt - Love
  701. The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis - State of the nation
  702. The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M Cain - Crime
  703. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell - Crime
  704. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene - Family and self
  705. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - Family and self
  706. The Prestige - Christopher Priest - Science fiction and fantasy
  707. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - Love
  708. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark - Comedy
  709. The Princess of Cleves - Madame de Lafayette - Love
  710. A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Science fiction and fantasy
  711. The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - War and travel
  712. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg - Science fiction and fantasy
  713. The Professor's House - Willa Cather - Family and self
  714. The Provincial Lady - EM Delafield - Comedy
  715. Puckoon - Spike Milligan - Comedy
  716. Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain - Crime
  717. The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford - Love
  718. Put Out More Flags - Evelyn Waugh - War and travel
  719. Quarantine - Jim Crace - Family and self
  720. Queen Lucia - EF Benson - Comedy
  721. A Quiet Belief in Angels - RJ Ellory - Crime
  722. The Rabbit Omnibus - John Updike - Family and self
  723. The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth - State of the nation
  724. The Ragazzi Pier - Paolo Pasolini - State of the nation
  725. A Rage in Harlem - Chester Himes - Crime
  726. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell - State of the nation
  727. The Rainbow - DH Lawrence - Love
  728. Rasselas - Samuel Johnson - War and travel
  729. Ratking - Michael Dibdin - Crime
  730. The Reader - Benhardq Schlink - Love
  731. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier - Love
  732. The Recognitions - William Gaddis - State of the nation
  733. The Rector's Daughter - FM Mayor - Family and self
  734. The Red and the Black - Stendhal - State of the nation
  735. The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane - War and travel
  736. Red Dragon - Thomas Harris - Crime
  737. Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett - Crime
  738. The Red Room - August Stringberg - State of the nation
  739. Red Shift - Alan Garner - Science fiction and fantasy
  740. Regency Buck - Georgette Heyer - Love
  741. Regeneration - Pat Barker - War and travel
  742. The Reluctant Orphan - Aara Seale - Love
  743. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro - Love
  744. Remembering Babylon - David Malouf - State of the nation
  745. Remembrance of Things Past - Marcel Proust - Family and self
  746. The Remorseful Day - Colin Dexter - Crime
  747. The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills - Comedy
  748. The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca West - State of the nation
  749. Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds - Science fiction and fantasy
  750. Les Revenentes - Barbara Pym - Comedy
  751. Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates - Love
  752. A Rich Full Death - Michael Dibdin - Crime
  753. Richshaw Boy - Lao She - State of the nation
  754. The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers - Crime
  755. Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban - Science fiction and fantasy
  756. The Rings of Saturn - WG Sebald - War and travel
  757. Ringworld - Larry Niven - Science fiction and fantasy
  758. The Road - Cormac McCarthy - Science fiction and fantasy
  759. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - War and travel
  760. Rogue Male - Geoffrey Household - Crime
  761. Rogue Moon - Algis Budrys - Science fiction and fantasy
  762. Room at the Top - John Braine - State of the nation
  763. Room Temperature - Nicholson Baker - Family and self
  764. A Room with a View - EM Forster - Love
  765. Roxana - Daniel Defoe - Family and self
  766. Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown - Love
  767. Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell - Love
  768. Sacaramouche - Rafael Sabatini - War and travel
  769. The Sacred Book of the Werewolf - Victor Pelevin - Comedy
  770. Samarkand - Amin Maalouf - Love
  771. Sanctuary - William Faulkner - Crime
  772. Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie - Science fiction and fantasy
  773. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Alan Sillitoe - State of the nation
  774. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano - War and travel
  775. The Scar - China Mieville - Science fiction and fantasy
  776. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Love
  777. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emmuska Orczy - War and travel
  778. Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally - War and travel
  779. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  780. A Season in Sinji - JL Carr - Comedy
  781. The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie - Crime
  782. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad - Crime
  783. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend - Family and self
  784. The Secret History - Donna Tartt - Crime
  785. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - Love
  786. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert - State of the nation
  787. A Sentimental Journey - Lawrence Sterne - War and travel
  788. Shame - Salman Rushdie - State of the nation
  789. Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell - War and travel
  790. She: A History of Adventure - H Rider Haggard - War and travel
  791. The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles - War and travel
  792. The Shining - Stephen King - Science fiction and fantasy
  793. The Ship - CS Forester - War and travel
  794. The Shipping News - E Annie Proulx - Family and self
  795. Shirley - Charlotte Bronte - State of the nation
  796. The Shrimp and the Anemone - LP Hartley - Family and self
  797. Sidetracked - Henning Mankell - Crime
  798. The Siege of Krishnapur - JG Farrell - War and travel
  799. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle - Crime
  800. Silas Marner - George Eliot - State of the nation
  801. Silence - Shusaku Endo - Family and self
  802. Silence of the Grave - Arnadur Indridason - Crime
  803. The Silent Duchess - Dacia Maraini - Love
  804. Silver Stallion - Junghyo Ahn - War and travel
  805. Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut - Science fiction and fantasy
  806. Sister Carrie - Theodor Dreiser - State of the nation
  807. Slaughter-House Five - Kurt Vonnegut - War and travel
  808. The Slaves of Solitude - Patrick Hamilton - War and travel
  809. Slouching Towards Kalamazoo - Peter De Vries - Comedy
  810. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - Science fiction and fantasy
  811. The Snow Goose - Paul Gallico - Love
  812. So Long, See you Tomorrow - William Maxwell - Love
  813. Solaris - Stanislaw Lem - Science fiction and fantasy
  814. The Soldier's Art - Anthony Powell - War and travel
  815. Solomon Gursky Was Here - Mordecai Richler - Comedy
  816. Something Fresh - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  817. Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison - Family and self
  818. Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence - Family and self
  819. Sophie's Choice - William Styron - War and travel
  820. The Sorrow of War - Bao Ninh - War and travel
  821. The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Love
  822. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner - Family and self
  823. The Sound of my Voice - Ron Butlin - Family and self
  824. Sour Sweet - Timothy Mo - Family and self
  825. South Riding - Winifred Holtby - State of the nation
  826. South Wind - Norman Douglas - War and travel
  827. The Space Merchants - Frederik Pohl and CM Kornbluth - Science fiction and fantasy
  828. Spies - Michael Frayn - Family and self
  829. A Sport and a Passtime - James Salter - Love
  830. The Sportswriter - Richard Ford - Family and self
  831. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carre - Crime
  832. Squire Haggard's Journal - Michael Green - Comedy
  833. Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon - Science fiction and fantasy
  834. The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester - Science fiction and fantasy
  835. Staying On - Paul Scott - State of the nation
  836. Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse - Family and self
  837. Strait is the Gate - Andre Gide - Love
  838. The Strange Borders of Palace Crescent - E Phillips Oppenheim - Crime
  839. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - Science fiction and fantasy
  840. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein - Science fiction and fantasy
  841. Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith - Crime
  842. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle - Crime
  843. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth - Family and self
  844. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky - War and travel
  845. Sunset Song - Lewis Grassic Gibbon - Love
  846. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Rudolp Erich Raspe - War and travel
  847. The Swimming-Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst - Love
  848. Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss - Family and self
  849. The Sword in the Stone - TH White - Science fiction and fantasy
  850. Sybil or The Two Nations - Benjamin Disraeli - State of the nation
  851. A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift - Comedy
  852. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens - State of the nation
  853. The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith - Crime
  854. Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin - Comedy
  855. Tales of the South Pacific - James Michener - War and travel
  856. A Taste for Death - PD James - Crime
  857. Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness - Kezaburo Oe - Family and self
  858. Tender is the Night - F Scott Fitzgerald - Love
  859. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy - Love
  860. Thank You Jeeves - PG Wodehouse - Comedy
  861. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston - Love
  862. Therese Raquin - Emile Zola - Crime
  863. They Were Counted - Miklos Banffy - State of the nation
  864. The Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett - Crime
  865. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - State of the nation
  866. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - War and travel
  867. The Third Man - Graham Greene - Crime
  868. The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien - Science fiction and fantasy
  869. The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan - Crime
  870. This Sporting Life - David Storey - State of the nation
  871. A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley - Family and self
  872. Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome - Comedy
  873. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - War and travel
  874. The Three Paradoxes - Paul Hornschemeier - Family and self
  875. The Three Sisters - May Sinclair - Family and self
  876. Three Soldiers - John Dos Passos - War and travel
  877. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There - Lewis Carroll - Science fiction and fantasy
  878. The Time Machine - HG Wells - Science fiction and fantasy
  879. The Time of Indifference - Alberto Moravia - State of the nation
  880. The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter - Science fiction and fantasy
  881. A Time to be Born - Dawn Powell - Comedy
  882. A Time to Kill - John Grisham - Crime
  883. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger - Science fiction and fantasy
  884. The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass - War and travel
  885. The Tin Roof Blowdown - James Lee Burke - Crime
  886. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carre - Crime
  887. Tintin in Tibet - Georges Remi Herge - War and travel
  888. Titmuss Regained - John Mortimer - Comedy
  889. Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake - Science fiction and fantasy
  890. To Each his Own - Leonardo Sciascia - State of the nation
  891. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - Crime
  892. To The Ends of the Earth trilogy - William Golding - War and travel
  893. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf - Family and self
  894. Tobacco Road - Erskine Caldwell - State of the nation
  895. Tom Brown's Schooldays - Thomas Hughes - Family and self
  896. Tom Jones - Henry Fielding - Comedy
  897. Tono Bungay - HG Wells - Comedy
  898. Topper Takes a Trip - Thorne Smith - Comedy
  899. The Tortoise and the Hare - Elizabeth Jenkins - Family and self
  900. Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen - Crime
  901. Towards the End of the Morning - Michael Frayn - Comedy
  902. The Towers of Trebizond - Rose Macaulay - Comedy
  903. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute - War and travel
  904. Toxic Shock - Sara Paretsky - Crime
  905. Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh - State of the nation
  906. The Transit of Venus - Shirley Hazzard - Love
  907. Travels with My Aunt - Graham Greene - Comedy
  908. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - War and travel
  909. The Tree of Man - Patrick White - Family and self
  910. Trent's Last Case - EC Bentley - Crime
  911. The Trial - Franz Kafka - Science fiction and fantasy
  912. Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller - Love
  913. Tropic of Ruislip - Leslie Thomas - Comedy
  914. True History of the Ned Kelly Gang - Peter Carey - Crime
  915. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James - Science fiction and fantasy
  916. Two Serious Ladies - Jane Bowles - Family and self
  917. Ulysses - James Joyce - Family and self
  918. The Unbearable Bassington - Saki - Comedy
  919. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera - Love
  920. Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Science fiction and fantasy
  921. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe - State of the nation
  922. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett - Comedy
  923. The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro - Science fiction and fantasy
  924. Under the Net - Iris Murdoch - Comedy
  925. Under the Skin - Michel Faber - Science fiction and fantasy
  926. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry - Family and self
  927. Under Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad - Crime
  928. Underworld - Don DeLillo - State of the nation
  929. The Unfortunates - BS Johnson - Family and self
  930. Unless - Carol Shields - Family and self
  931. Untouchable - Mulk Raj Anand - State of the nation
  932. USA - John Dos Passos - State of the nation
  933. V - Thomas Pynchon - Crime
  934. The Vagabond - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette - Family and self
  935. The Valley of Bones - Anthony Powell - War and travel
  936. Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann - Love
  937. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray - State of the nation
  938. Vathek - William Beckford - Science fiction and fantasy
  939. The Vatican Cellars - Andre Gide - Family and self
  940. Vendetta - Michael Dibdin - Crime
  941. Venus on the Half-Shell - Kilgore Trout - Comedy
  942. The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith - Family and self
  943. The Victorian Chaise-longue - Marghanita Laski - Science fiction and fantasy
  944. Victory: An Island Tale - Joseph Conrad - Love
  945. La Vie Mode d'Emploi - Georges Perec - Comedy
  946. Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh - Comedy
  947. Vilette - Charlotte Bronte - Love
  948. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - State of the nation
  949. The Virgin in the Garden - AS Byatt - State of the nation
  950. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - Love
  951. The Virginian - Owen Wister - War and travel
  952. Voss - Patrick White - War and travel
  953. A Voyage to Arcturus - David Lindsay - Science fiction and fantasy
  954. Vurt - Jeff Noon - Science fiction and fantasy

  955. W

  956. Waiting for the Barbarians - JM Coeztee - State of the nation
  957. The Wapshot Chronicle - John Cheever - Family and self
  958. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - War and travel
  959. The War of the Worlds - HG Wells - Science fiction and fantasy
  960. Washington Square - Henry James - Family and self
  961. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks - Science fiction and fantasy
  962. Waterland - Graham Swift - Love
  963. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler - Family and self
  964. The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope - State of the nation
  965. We - Yevgeny Zamyatin - Science fiction and fantasy
  966. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver - Family and self
  967. The Weather in the Streets - Rosamond Lehmann - Love
  968. Weaveworld - Clive Barker - Science fiction and fantasy
  969. The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall - Love
  970. The Westminster Alice - Saki - Comedy
  971. What a Carve Up! - Jonathan Coe - State of the nation
  972. When the Wind Blows - Raymond Briggs - War and travel
  973. Whisky Galore - Compton Mackenzie - Comedy
  974. White Man Falling - Mike Stocks - Comedy
  975. White Noise - Don DeLillo - State of the nation
  976. White Teeth - Zadie Smith - State of the nation
  977. Who Do You Think You Are? - Alice Munro - Family and self
  978. Whose Body? - Dorothy L Sayers - Crime
  979. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys - Love
  980. Wieland - Charles Brockden Brown - Science fiction and fantasy
  981. Williwaw - Gore Vidal - War and travel
  982. The Wimbledon Poisoner - Nigel Williams - Comedy
  983. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - Comedy
  984. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami - Science fiction and fantasy
  985. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James - Love
  986. Wise Children - Angela Carter - Family and self
  987. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike - Comedy
  988. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins - Crime
  989. Women in Love DH Lawrence - Love
  990. The Woodlanders - Thomas Hardy - Love
  991. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - Love

  992. Y

  993. The Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson - Science fiction and fantasy
  994. You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming - Crime
  995. The Young Lions - Irwin Shaw - War and travel

  996. Z

  997. Z - Vassilis Vassilikos - State of the nation
  998. Zami - Audre Lorde - Love
  999. Zazie in the Metro - Raymond Queneau - Comedy
  1000. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig - War and travel
  1001. Zorba the Greek - Nikos Kazantzakis - Love
  1002. Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm - Comedy
Author Comments: 

Selected by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels – no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems – from any decade and in any language. Originally published in thematic supplements – love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, war and travel – they appear here for the first time in a single list.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction

Because finding the titles for check-off was so complex, I alphabetized the list, adding the topics to each entry.

Cloned From: 
Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: The Definitive List