1.   J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

2.   Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped

3.   Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows

4.   Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca

5.   Donna Tartt: The Secret History

6.   Rohinton Mistry: A Fine Balance

7.   Kate Atkinson: Behind the Scenes at the Museum

8.   Sebastian Faulks: Birdsong

9.   Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

10. Alistair MacLeod: No Great Mischief

11. Andrea Levy: Small Island

12. Robin Jenkins: The Cone Gatherers

13. Sebastian Barry: A Long Long Way

14. Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities

15. Sue Monk Kidd: The Secret Life of Bees

16. Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat

17. Vikram Seth: An Equal Music

18. Michel Faber: The Crimson Petal and the White

19. Jack Kerouac: On the Road

20. Carlos Ruiz Zafon: The Shadow of the Wind

21. Lionel Shriver: We Need to Talk About Kevin

22. Kathryn Stockett: The Help

23. Larry Watson: Montana 1948

24. John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

25. John Kennedy Toole: A Confederacy of Dunces