The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction

1.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,810 ratings
2.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,717 ratings
3.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,763 ratings
4.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,386 ratings
5.
The Children's Book
The Children's Book 3.68 avg rating — 18,832 ratings
6.
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture 3.84 avg rating — 22,631 ratings
7.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,748 ratings
8.
Saturday
Saturday 3.64 avg rating — 72,556 ratings
9.
Last Orders
Last Orders 3.67 avg rating — 14,708 ratings
10.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,609 ratings
11.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince 3.95 avg rating — 6,693 ratings
12.
Eva Trout
Eva Trout 3.42 avg rating — 643 ratings
13.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,262 ratings
14.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating — 9,365 ratings
15.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 30,378 ratings
16.
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast 3.81 avg rating — 13,612 ratings
17.
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 25,324 ratings
18.
South Riding
South Riding 3.99 avg rating — 3,352 ratings
19.
I, Claudius/Claudius the God
I, Claudius/Claudius the God 4.45 avg rating — 2,868 ratings
20.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating — 22,083 ratings
21.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,347 ratings
22.
Master Georgie
Master Georgie 3.53 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
23.
Troy Chimneys
Troy Chimneys 3.98 avg rating — 187 ratings
24.
The Masters (Strangers and Brothers, #5)
The Masters (Strangers and Brothers, #5)
by: C.P. Snow
4.02 avg rating — 701 ratings
25.
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man 3.92 avg rating — 1,660 ratings
26.
The Mandelbaum Gate
The Mandelbaum Gate 3.54 avg rating — 919 ratings
27.
Sacred Country
Sacred Country really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,675 ratings
28.
England, their England
England, their England 3.67 avg rating — 584 ratings
29.
On the Black Hill
On the Black Hill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
30.
At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time, #4)
At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
31.
The Towers of Trebizond
The Towers of Trebizond 3.68 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
32.
Eustace and Hilda (Eustace and Hilda, #1-3)
Eustace and Hilda (Eustace and Hilda, #1-3) 4.01 avg rating — 279 ratings
33.
Miss Mole
Miss Mole 3.97 avg rating — 778 ratings
34.
Men at Arms (Sword of Honour, #1)
Men at Arms (Sword of Honour, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,584 ratings
35.
The New Men (Strangers and Brothers, #6)
The New Men (Strangers and Brothers, #6)
by: C.P. Snow
3.76 avg rating — 294 ratings
36.
G.
G. 3.71 avg rating — 4,771 ratings
36.
All the Birds, Singing
All the Birds, Singing
by: Evie Wyld
3.61 avg rating — 14,531 ratings
38.
The Folding Star
The Folding Star 3.70 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
39.
Crudo
Crudo 3.18 avg rating — 9,278 ratings
40.
Ingenious Pain
Ingenious Pain 3.71 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
41.
Brazzaville Beach
Brazzaville Beach 3.96 avg rating — 6,428 ratings
41.
Attrib. and other stories
Attrib. and other stories 3.73 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
43.
Riceyman Steps: A Novel
Riceyman Steps: A Novel 3.89 avg rating — 457 ratings
44.
Lady into Fox
Lady into Fox 3.64 avg rating — 2,376 ratings
44.
Memoirs of a Midget
Memoirs of a Midget 3.67 avg rating — 261 ratings
46.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating — 24,072 ratings
47.
Something Like A House
Something Like A House
by: Sid Smith
3.10 avg rating — 59 ratings
48.
Plumb (Plumb, #1)
Plumb (Plumb, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 504 ratings
49.
The Golden Bird: Two Orkney Stories
The Golden Bird: Two Orkney Stories 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings
50.
Jerusalem the Golden
Jerusalem the Golden 3.85 avg rating — 787 ratings
51.
The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot
The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot 3.67 avg rating — 98 ratings
52.
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel 3.71 avg rating — 3,255 ratings
53.
Hornblower in Captivity: Ship of the Line & Flying Colours
Hornblower in Captivity: Ship of the Line & Flying Colours 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
54.
The Root and the Flower (New York Review Books Classics)
The Root and the Flower (New York Review Books Classics) 3.21 avg rating — 63 ratings
55.
A Shock
A Shock 3.56 avg rating — 936 ratings
56.
The Good Companions
The Good Companions 4.14 avg rating — 763 ratings
56.
Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport 3.97 avg rating — 5,702 ratings
58.
Lote
Lote 4.05 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
59.
The Adventures of Monkey
The Adventures of Monkey 4.04 avg rating — 7,822 ratings
60.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 705,337 ratings
61.
The Far Cry
The Far Cry 3.70 avg rating — 325 ratings
62.
GB84
GB84 3.75 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
63.
A Disaffection
A Disaffection 3.82 avg rating — 741 ratings
64.
Crossing The River
Crossing The River 3.72 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
65.
The Deadman's Pedal
The Deadman's Pedal 3.92 avg rating — 210 ratings
66.
In the Light of What We Know
In the Light of What We Know 3.65 avg rating — 4,652 ratings
67.
You & I
You & I 3.39 avg rating — 515 ratings
68.
The Lotus Eaters
The Lotus Eaters 3.87 avg rating — 13,331 ratings
69.
Our Horses in Egypt
Our Horses in Egypt 3.48 avg rating — 40 ratings
70.
Personality
Personality 3.48 avg rating — 303 ratings
71.
Renegade@@ or Halo2
Renegade@@ or Halo2 3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings
72.
Justine
Justine 3.48 avg rating — 102 ratings
73.
Downriver
Downriver 3.55 avg rating — 267 ratings
74.
A Season in the West
A Season in the West 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings
75.
Persephone
Persephone 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
76.
Winter garden
Winter garden liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
77.
Allegro postillions
Allegro postillions liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
78.
Darkness Visible
Darkness Visible 3.51 avg rating — 1,760 ratings
79.
Doctor Copernicus (The Revolutions Trilogy, #1; Scientific Tetralogy, #1)
Doctor Copernicus (The Revolutions Trilogy, #1; Scientific Tetralogy, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,062 ratings
80.
The Great Victorian Collection
The Great Victorian Collection 3.46 avg rating — 120 ratings
81.
Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness
Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness 3.66 avg rating — 475 ratings
82.
A Guest of Honour
A Guest of Honour 3.48 avg rating — 183 ratings
83.
The Bird of Paradise
The Bird of Paradise 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
84.
The Gasteropod
The Gasteropod 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
85.
Langrishe, Go Down
Langrishe, Go Down 3.57 avg rating — 152 ratings
86.
Such
Such 3.59 avg rating — 29 ratings
87.
The Ice Saints
The Ice Saints 3.52 avg rating — 33 ratings
88.
A Slanting Light
A Slanting Light really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
89.
Act of Destruction
Act of Destruction 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
90.
The Ha-Ha
The Ha-Ha 3.76 avg rating — 204 ratings
91.
Imperial Caesar
Imperial Caesar 3.75 avg rating — 118 ratings
92.
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate 3.93 avg rating — 2,443 ratings
93.
Mother and Son
Mother and Son 3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings
94.
Father Goose
Father Goose 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
95.
Through The Valley
Through The Valley 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
96.
Poor man's tapestry
Poor man's tapestry 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
97.
Travellers
Travellers it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
98.
Young Tom or Very Mix Company
Young Tom or Very Mix Company 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings
99.
Tales From Bective Bridge
Tales From Bective Bridge 4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings
100.
A House of Children
A House of Children 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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