Guardian readers vote on their top 100 novels of all time, with over 3,000 participants worldwide
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After authors and critics selected their top 100 novels, The Guardian asked readers to vote for their favorites. Over 3,000 readers from around the world (including Uruguay, the Isle of Skye, and beyond) cast their votes, resulting in a reader-curated list of the top 100 novels of all time. The list is topped by a new entry at number 1, and includes diverse selections ranging from Anthony Powell's "A Dance to the Music of Time" to Hanya Yanagihara's "A Little Life" and Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See," with readers providing personal reflections on why each book resonated with them.
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bskyGuardian readers vote on their top 100 novels of all time, with over 3,000 participants worldwidetheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledA series of novels that concerns several specific tiers of English society in the first three-quarters of the 20th century – upper class, bohemian, military, political – with comic brio, melancholy and knowing social analyses.
Devastating. I never want to read this again, yet I will never forget it.
History is brought fully alive.
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