List of top book lists

Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria. This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles.

Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime and mystery, horror, and fantasy.

Lists

Publisher	Name	Published	Ref
Citadel by Martin Seymour-Smith	The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written	1998	^[1]
Crime Writers' Association	The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time	1990	^[2]^[3]
Grafton Books by David Pringle	Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels	1988
Larry McCaffery	20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction	1999
Le Monde	Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century	1999
Modern Library	Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction	1998
Modern Library	Modern Library 100 Best Novels	1998
Mystery Writers of America	The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time	1995
New York Times Book Review	New York Times 100 Notable Books	annually
The New York Times	100 Best Books of the 21st Century	2024	^[4]
Norwegian Book Club	Bokklubben World Library	since 2002
Nimbus Publishing	Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books	2008
Tidningen Boken	Världsbiblioteket	1991
Time	Time's List of the 100 Best Novels	2005
The Guardian	The Guardian 100 best novels	2015
Shūkan Bunshun	Tozai Mystery Best 100	1985
Xanadu by David Pringle	Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels	1985

References

^ Seymour-Smith, Martin (1998). The 100 most influential books ever written : the history of thought from ancient times to today. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Publ. Group. ISBN 978-0806520001. OCLC 38258131.
^ Moody, Susan, ed. (1990). The Hatchards Crime Companion. 100 Top Crime Novels Selected by the Crime Writers' Association. London: Hatchards. ISBN 0-904030-02-4.
^ "Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - UK Crime Writers' Association". Library Thing. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "100 Best Books of the 21st Century". The New York Times. 8 July 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

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[1] Seymour-Smith, Martin (1998). The 100 most influential books ever written : the history of thought from ancient times to today. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Publ. Group. ISBN 978-0806520001. OCLC 38258131.

[2] Moody, Susan, ed. (1990). The Hatchards Crime Companion. 100 Top Crime Novels Selected by the Crime Writers' Association. London: Hatchards. ISBN 0-904030-02-4.

[3] "Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - UK Crime Writers' Association". Library Thing. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[4] "100 Best Books of the 21st Century". The New York Times. 8 July 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

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