100 Must Read Prize Winning Novels

1.
Hawksmoor
Hawksmoor 3.46 avg rating — 4,845 ratings
2.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,489 ratings
3.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,105 ratings
4.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating — 42,727 ratings
5.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,173 ratings
6.
Master Georgie
Master Georgie 3.53 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
7.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating — 22,083 ratings
8.
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3)
Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3) 3.65 avg rating — 2,417 ratings
9.
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot 3.65 avg rating — 16,255 ratings
10.
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture 3.84 avg rating — 22,632 ratings
11.
Havoc, in Its Third Year
Havoc, in Its Third Year 3.58 avg rating — 561 ratings
12.
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa 3.86 avg rating — 5,553 ratings
13.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,129 ratings
14.
True History of the Kelly Gang: A Love Story
True History of the Kelly Gang: A Love Story 3.83 avg rating — 23,802 ratings
15.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
16.
On the Black Hill
On the Black Hill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
17.
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1)
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 12,757 ratings
18.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,221 ratings
19.
Signals of Distress
Signals of Distress
by: Jim Crace
3.77 avg rating — 408 ratings
20.
Reading in the Dark
Reading in the Dark 3.75 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
21.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,332 ratings
22.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,989 ratings
23.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
24.
A Spell of Winter
A Spell of Winter 3.67 avg rating — 3,802 ratings
25.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,184 ratings
26.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,306 ratings
27.
Then We Came to the End
Then We Came to the End 3.46 avg rating — 36,032 ratings
28.
Under the Frog
Under the Frog 3.95 avg rating — 2,069 ratings
29.
The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland 3.79 avg rating — 4,309 ratings
30.
Spies
Spies 3.55 avg rating — 6,332 ratings
31.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,126 ratings
32.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers 3.65 avg rating — 81,965 ratings
33.
Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1)
Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 4,372 ratings
34.
Lanark
Lanark 4.10 avg rating — 7,666 ratings
35.
The Secret River
The Secret River 3.81 avg rating — 24,637 ratings
36.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,471 ratings
37.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,569,023 ratings
38.
The Carhullan Army
The Carhullan Army 3.42 avg rating — 4,308 ratings
39.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,648 ratings
40.
How to Be Good
How to Be Good 3.22 avg rating — 57,453 ratings
41.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,682,004 ratings
42.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,145 ratings
43.
The Mighty Walzer
The Mighty Walzer 3.49 avg rating — 470 ratings
44.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
45.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,327 ratings
46.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating — 23,801 ratings
47.
The Outcast
The Outcast 3.64 avg rating — 10,034 ratings
48.
Day
Day 3.40 avg rating — 723 ratings
49.
Sweet Thames
Sweet Thames 3.47 avg rating — 520 ratings
50.
The Impressionist
The Impressionist 3.62 avg rating — 3,195 ratings
51.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating — 20,582 ratings
52.
The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure 3.74 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
53.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,176 ratings
54.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating — 36,202 ratings
55.
The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones 4.02 avg rating — 14,665 ratings
56.
Dreams of My Russian Summers
Dreams of My Russian Summers 3.82 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
57.
Remembering Babylon
Remembering Babylon 3.48 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
58.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,554 ratings
59.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,892 ratings
60.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,038 ratings
61.
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things 3.89 avg rating — 10,998 ratings
62.
The People's Act of Love
The People's Act of Love 3.70 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
63.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces 3.92 avg rating — 17,137 ratings
64.
Ingenious Pain
Ingenious Pain 3.71 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
65.
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer 3.55 avg rating — 10,503 ratings
66.
Ghostwritten
Ghostwritten 4.05 avg rating — 32,323 ratings
67.
Sour Sweet
Sour Sweet 3.70 avg rating — 906 ratings
68.
Lemprière's Dictionary
Lemprière's Dictionary 3.68 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
69.
Netherland
Netherland 3.41 avg rating — 18,624 ratings
70.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating — 18,629 ratings
71.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,044 ratings
72.
The Tenderness of Wolves
The Tenderness of Wolves 3.74 avg rating — 15,708 ratings
73.
Out Stealing Horses
Out Stealing Horses 3.81 avg rating — 37,113 ratings
74.
Crossing The River
Crossing The River 3.72 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
75.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,750 ratings
76.
God's Own Country
God's Own Country 3.48 avg rating — 1,731 ratings
77.
Daughters of the House
Daughters of the House 3.38 avg rating — 541 ratings
78.
Joseph Knight
Joseph Knight 4.03 avg rating — 506 ratings
79.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,356 ratings
80.
The Interpretation of Murder
The Interpretation of Murder 3.57 avg rating — 15,839 ratings
81.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
82.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,816 ratings
83.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,641 ratings
84.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,458 ratings
85.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,489 ratings
86.
Downriver
Downriver 3.55 avg rating — 267 ratings
87.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,768 ratings
88.
Waterland
Waterland 3.90 avg rating — 9,871 ratings
89.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating — 79,076 ratings
90.
Ulverton
Ulverton 3.65 avg rating — 665 ratings
91.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,589 ratings
92.
Music & Silence
Music & Silence 3.95 avg rating — 4,802 ratings
93.
Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons 3.66 avg rating — 32,326 ratings
94.
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) 4.12 avg rating — 7,406 ratings
95.
The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy 3.82 avg rating — 4,914 ratings
96.
The Sopranos
The Sopranos 3.87 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
97.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating — 28,187 ratings
98.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
99.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,410 ratings
100.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 4.03 avg rating — 91,619 ratings