Rank
|
Year
|
Author
|
Book
|
1*
|
1954-1955
|
J.R.R. Tolkein
|
The Lord of the Rings
|
2
|
1813
|
Jane Austen
|
Pride and Prejudice
|
3*
|
1995-2000
|
Philip Pullman
|
His Dark Materials
|
4
|
1979
|
Douglas Adams
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
|
5
|
2000
|
J.K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
6
|
1960
|
Harper Lee
|
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
7
|
1926
|
A.A. Milne
|
Winnie-the-Pooh
|
8
|
1949
|
George Orwell
|
Nineteen Eighty-Four
|
9
|
1950
|
C.S. Lewis
|
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
10
|
1847
|
Charlotte Brontë
|
Jane Eyre
|
11
|
1961
|
Joseph Heller
|
Catch-22
|
12
|
1847
|
Emily Brontë
|
Wuthering Heights
|
13
|
1993
|
Sebastian Faulks
|
Birdsong
|
14
|
1938
|
Daphne du Maurier
|
Rebecca
|
15
|
1951
|
J.D. Salinger
|
The Catcher in the Rye
|
16
|
1908
|
Kenneth Grahame
|
The Wind in the Willows
|
17
|
1861
|
Charles Dickens
|
Great Expectations
|
18
|
1868-1869
|
Louisa May Alcott
|
Little Women
|
19
|
1994
|
Louis de Bernières
|
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
|
20
|
1869
|
Leo Tolstoy
|
War and Peace
|
21
|
1936
|
Margaret Mitchell
|
Gone with the Wind
|
22
|
1997
|
J.K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
|
23
|
1998
|
J.K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
|
24
|
1999
|
J.K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|
25
|
1937
|
J.R.R. Tolkien
|
The Hobbit
|
26
|
1891
|
Thomas Hardy
|
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
|
27
|
1871-1872
|
George Eliot
|
Middlemarch
|
28
|
1989
|
John Irving
|
A Prayer for Owen Meany
|
29
|
1939
|
John Steinbeck
|
The Grapes of Wrath
|
30
|
1865
|
Lewis Carroll
|
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
|
31
|
1991
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
The Story of Tracy Beaker
|
32
|
1967
|
Gabriel García Márquez
|
One Hundred Years of Solitude
|
33
|
1989
|
Ken Follett
|
The Pillars of the Earth
|
34
|
1850
|
Charles Dickens
|
David Copperfield
|
35
|
1964
|
Roald Dahl
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
|
36
|
1883
|
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
Treasure Island
|
37
|
1950
|
Nevil Shute
|
A Town Like Alice
|
38
|
1817
|
Jane Austen
|
Persuasion
|
39
|
1965
|
Frank Herbert
|
Dune
|
40
|
1815
|
Jane Austen
|
Emma
|
41
|
1908
|
Lucy Maud Montgomery
|
Anne of Green Gables
|
42
|
1972
|
Richard Adams
|
Watership Down
|
43
|
1925
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
The Great Gatsby
|
44
|
1844
|
Alexandre Dumas
|
The Count of Monte Cristo
|
45
|
1945
|
Evelyn Waugh
|
Brideshead Revisited
|
46
|
1945
|
George Orwell
|
Animal Farm
|
47
|
1843
|
Charles Dickens
|
A Christmas Carol
|
48
|
1874
|
Thomas Hardy
|
Far from the Madding Crowd
|
49
|
1981
|
Michelle Magorian
|
Goodnight Mister Tom
|
50
|
1987
|
Rosamunde Pilcher
|
The Shell Seekers
|
51
|
1911
|
Frances Hodgson Burnett
|
The Secret Garden
|
52
|
1937
|
John Steinbeck
|
Of Mice and Men
|
53
|
1978
|
Stephen King
|
The Stand
|
54
|
1878
|
Leo Tolstoy
|
Anna Karenina
|
55
|
1993
|
Vikram Seth
|
A Suitable Boy
|
56
|
1982
|
Roald Dahl
|
The BFG
|
57
|
1930
|
Arthur Ransome
|
Swallows and Amazons
|
58
|
1877
|
Anna Sewell
|
Black Beauty
|
59*
|
2001-2012
|
Eoin Colfer
|
Artemis Fowl
|
60
|
1866
|
Fyodor Dostoyevsyk
|
Crime and Punishment
|
61*
|
2001
|
Malorie Blackman
|
Noughts and Crosses
|
62
|
1997
|
Arthur Golden
|
Memoirs of a Geisha
|
63
|
1859
|
Charles Dickens
|
A Tale of Two Cities
|
64
|
1977
|
Colleen McCullough
|
The Thorn Birds
|
65
|
1987
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Mort
|
66
|
1943
|
Enid Blyton
|
The Magic Faraway Tree
|
67
|
1965
|
John Fowles
|
The Magus
|
68
|
1990
|
Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett
|
Good Omens
|
69
|
1989
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Guards! Guards!
|
70
|
1954
|
William Golding
|
Lord of the Flies
|
71
|
1985
|
Patrick Süskind
|
Perfume
|
72
|
1914
|
Robert Tressell
|
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
|
73
|
2002
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Night Watch
|
74
|
1988
|
Roald Dahl
|
Matilda
|
75
|
1996
|
Helen Fielding
|
Bridget Jones's Diary
|
76
|
1992
|
Donna Tartt
|
The Secret History
|
77
|
1859
|
Wilkie Collins
|
The Woman in White
|
78
|
1922
|
James Joyce
|
Ulysses
|
79
|
1853
|
Charles Dickens
|
Bleak House
|
80
|
1995
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Double Act
|
81
|
1980
|
Roald Dahl
|
The Twits
|
82
|
1948
|
Dodie Smith
|
I Capture the Castle
|
83
|
1998
|
Louis Sachar
|
Holes
|
84*
|
1946-1956
|
Mervyn Peake
|
Gormenghast
|
85
|
1997
|
Arundhati Roy
|
The God of Small Things
|
86
|
2000
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Vicky Angel
|
87
|
1932
|
Aldous Huxley
|
Brave New World
|
88
|
1932
|
Stella Gibbons
|
Cold Comfort Farm
|
89
|
1982
|
Raymond E. Feist
|
Magician
|
90
|
1957
|
Jack Kerouac
|
On the Road
|
91
|
1969
|
Mario Puzo
|
The Godfather
|
92
|
1980
|
Jean M Auel
|
The Clan of the Cave Bear
|
93
|
1983
|
Terry Pratchett
|
The Colour of Magic
|
94
|
1988
|
Paulo Coelho
|
The Alchemist
|
95
|
1954
|
Anya Seton
|
Katherine
|
96
|
1979
|
Jeffrey Archer
|
Kane and Abel
|
97
|
1985
|
Gabriel García Márquez
|
Love in the Time of Cholera
|
98
|
1997
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Girls in Love
|
99
|
2000
|
Meg Cabot
|
The Princess Diaries
|
100
|
1981
|
Salman Rushdie
|
Midnight's Children
|
101
|
1889
|
Jerome K. Jerome
|
Three Men in a Boat
|
102
|
1992
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Small Gods
|
103
|
1996
|
Alex Garland
|
The Beach
|
104
|
1897
|
Bram Stoker
|
Dracula
|
105
|
2001
|
Anthony Horowitz
|
Point Blanc
|
106
|
1837
|
Charles Dickens
|
The Pickwick Papers
|
107
|
2000
|
Anthony Horowitz
|
Stormbreaker
|
108
|
1984
|
Iain Banks
|
The Wasp Factory
|
109
|
1971
|
Frederick Forsyth
|
The Day of the Jackal
|
110
|
1999
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
The Illustrated Mum
|
111
|
1896
|
Thomas Hardy
|
Jude the Obscure
|
112
|
1982
|
Sue Townsend
|
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
|
113
|
1951
|
Nicholas Monsarrat
|
The Cruel Sea
|
114
|
1862
|
Victor Hugo
|
Les Misérables
|
115
|
1886
|
Thomas Hardy
|
The Mayor of Casterbridge
|
116
|
2000
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
The Dare Game
|
117
|
1996
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Bad Girls
|
118
|
1891
|
Oscar Wilde
|
The Picture of Dorian Gray
|
119
|
1975
|
James Clavell
|
Shōgun
|
120
|
1951
|
John Wyndham
|
The Day of the Triffids
|
121
|
2003
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Lola Rose
|
122
|
1847-1848
|
William Makepeace Thackeray
|
Vanity Fair
|
123*
|
1906-1921
|
John Galsworthy
|
The Forsyte Saga
|
124
|
2000
|
Mark Z. Danielewski
|
House of Leaves
|
125
|
1998
|
Barbara Kingsolver
|
The Poisonwood Bible
|
126
|
1991
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Reaper Man
|
127
|
1999
|
Louise Rennison
|
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
|
128
|
1901-1902
|
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
The Hound of the Baskervilles
|
129
|
1990
|
A.S. Byatt
|
Possession: A Romance
|
130
|
1967
|
Mikhail Bulgakov
|
The Master and Margarita
|
131
|
1985
|
Margaret Atwood
|
The Handmaid's Tale
|
132
|
1975
|
Roald Dahl
|
Danny, the Champion of the World
|
133
|
1952
|
John Steinbeck
|
East of Eden
|
134
|
1981
|
Roald Dahl
|
George's Marvellous Medicine
|
135
|
1988
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Wyrd Sisters
|
136
|
1983
|
Alice Walker
|
The Color Purple
|
137
|
1996
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Hogfather
|
138
|
1915
|
John Buchan
|
The Thirty-Nine Steps
|
139
|
2002
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Girls in Tears
|
140
|
2001
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Sleepovers
|
141
|
1929
|
Erich Maria Remarque
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
142
|
1995
|
Kate Atkinson
|
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
|
143
|
1995
|
Nick Hornby
|
High Fidelity
|
144
|
1986
|
Stephen King
|
It
|
145
|
1961
|
Roald Dahl
|
James and the Giant Peach
|
146
|
1996
|
Stephen King
|
The Green Mile
|
147
|
1969
|
Henri Charrière
|
Papillon
|
148
|
1993
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Men at Arms
|
149
|
1969
|
Patrick O'Brian
|
Master and Commander
|
150
|
2002
|
Anthony Horowitz
|
Skeleton Key
|
151
|
1994
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Soul Music
|
152
|
2001
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Thief of Time
|
153
|
1999
|
Terry Pratchett
|
The Fifth Elephant
|
154
|
2001
|
Ian McEwan
|
Atonement
|
155
|
2002
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Secrets
|
156
|
1956
|
Ian Serraillier
|
The Silver Sword
|
157
|
1962
|
Ken Kesey
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
158
|
1902
|
Joseph Conrad
|
Heart of Darkness
|
159
|
1901
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
Kim
|
160
|
1991
|
Diana Gabaldon
|
Cross Stitch
|
161
|
1851
|
Herman Melville
|
Moby-Dick
|
162
|
1993
|
Wilbur Smith
|
River God
|
163
|
1932
|
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
|
Sunset Song
|
164
|
1993
|
E. Annie Proulx
|
The Shipping News
|
165
|
1978
|
John Irving
|
The World According to Garp
|
166
|
1869
|
R.D. Blackmore
|
Lorna Doone
|
167
|
1999
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Girls Out Late
|
168
|
1978
|
M.M. Kaye
|
The Far Pavilions
|
169
|
1983
|
Roald Dahl
|
The Witches
|
170
|
1952
|
E.B. White
|
Charlotte's Web
|
171
|
1818
|
Mary Shelley
|
Frankenstein
|
172
|
1972
|
Terry Venables/Gordon Williams
|
They Used to Play on Grass
|
173
|
1951
|
Ernest Hemingway
|
The Old Man and the Sea
|
174
|
1980
|
Umberto Eco
|
The Name of the Rose
|
175
|
1991
|
Jostein Gaarder
|
Sophie's World
|
176
|
2001
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
Dustbin Baby
|
177
|
1970
|
Roald Dahl
|
Fantastic Mr Fox
|
178
|
1955
|
Vladimir Nabokov
|
Lolita
|
179
|
1970
|
Richard Bach
|
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
|
180
|
1943
|
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
|
The Little Prince
|
181
|
1992
|
Jacqueline Wilson
|
The Suitcase Kid
|
182
|
1838
|
Charles Dickens
|
|
183
|
1989
|
Bryce Courtenay
|
The Power of One
|
184
|
1861
|
George Eliot
|
Silas Marner
|
185
|
1991
|
Bret Easton Ellis
|
American Psycho
|
186
|
1892
|
George and Weedon Grossmith
|
The Diary of a Nobody
|
187
|
1993
|
Irvine Welsh
|
Trainspotting
|
188*
|
1992-1997
|
R.L. Stine
|
Goosebumps
|
189
|
1881
|
Johanna Spyri
|
Heidi
|
190
|
1913
|
D.H. Lawrence
|
Sons and Lovers
|
191
|
1984
|
Milan Kundera
|
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
|
192
|
1999
|
Tony Parsons
|
Man and Boy
|
193
|
2000
|
Terry Pratchett
|
The Truth
|
194
|
1898
|
H.G. Wells
|
The War of the Worlds
|
195
|
1995
|
Nicholas Evans
|
The Horse Whisperer
|
196
|
1995
|
Rohinton Mistry
|
A Fine Balance
|
197
|
1991
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Witches Abroad
|
198
|
1958
|
T.H. White
|
The Once and Future King
|
199
|
1969
|
Eric Carle
|
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
|
200
|
1979
|
V.C. Andrews
|
Flowers in the Attic
|
I also hadn't heard of Jacqueline Wilson until I made this quiz. She's an author of children's books/YA novels. I'm guessing one of the reason why she's so popular is that she wrote about difficult and controversial topics like domestic abuse, neglect, and mental health. I definitely agree with you though that it's odd she has so many on here.