The Guardian's best novels in English: Readers' alternative list

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/03/the-best-novels-in-english-readers-alternative-list
1
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
50,558 members
451 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
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2
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,721 members
433 reviews
3.8
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3
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
19,687 members
372 reviews
3.9
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4
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
22,906 members
408 reviews
3.9
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5
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
42,489 members
1,147 reviews
4.1
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6
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
11,640 members
274 reviews
4.2
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7
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,182 members
255 reviews
½ 4.4
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8
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
13,215 members
244 reviews
4.2
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9
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
44,132 members
706 reviews
4.1
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10
I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story
by Glen Duncan
1,373 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
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11
Harry Potter (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
12,427 members
171 reviews
½ 4.6
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12
Lanark
by Alasdair Gray
2,053 members
37 reviews
4
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13
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
10,979 members
157 reviews
3.9
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14
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
19,789 members
339 reviews
4.1
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15
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
2,582 members
52 reviews
3.9
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