Fiction books
Here’s an update to this list.
Best of the best
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- Gai-jin by James Clavell
- Noble House by James Clavell
- Shogun by James Clavell
- Tai-pan by James Clavell
- Whirlwind by James Clavell
- Generation X by Douglas Coupland
- Aztec by Gary Jennings
- Too Many Blackbirds by Ken Ledbetter
- Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- Homecoming by Kate Morton
- The Lake House by Kate Morton
- The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
- My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Runner ups
- The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
- The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
- The Clocks by Agatha Christie
- Generation A by Douglas Coupland
- The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
- Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland
- Specters by J. M. Dillard
- Peacetalk 101 by Suzette Haden Elgin
- Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
- Maori by Alan Dean Foster
- Licence Renewed by John Gardner
- The Beekeeper’s Pupil by Sara George
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- Ape House by Sara Gruen
- Codex by Lev Grossman
- Search the Seven Hills by Barbara Hambly
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- The Comic Book Killer by Richard A. Lupoff
- The Novel by James A. Michener
- The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
- The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
- James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 by James Pearson
- The Holy by Daniel Quinn
- Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- Ida by Gertrude Stein
- The Big U by Neal Stephenson
- Murder in Gutenthal by Armin Wiebe
- The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Honourable mentions
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Deception Point by Dan Brown
- Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters