The Waterstones Top 100
At the Telegraph, a list of the top 100 books published since 1982, according to a survey of Waterstones staff.
A few undeniable genre works have made it in:
- Neuromancer (Gibson, William)
- Handmaid’s Tale (Atwood, Margaret)
- Watchmen (Moore, Alan) [a graphic novel, forsooth!]
- Northern Lights (Pullman, Philip)
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Clarke, Susannah)
And a few “oh no, I don’t write science fiction” jobs:
- Girlfriend In A Coma (Coupland, Douglas)
- Time Traveler’s Wife, The (Niffenegger, Audrey)
- Cloud Atlas (Mitchell, David)
Plus two of Iain Banks’ non-sf works (Crow road and Wasp Factory natch). I’ll bet our Banksie is pleased as punch to be on the same list as Sophie Kinsella …
