In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels

ThisRecording.com (2011), 100 Books

ThisRecording.com Editor Alex Carnevale selects his choices for the "100 Greatest Novels of All Time".

Books That Changed the World

Book (2004), 59 Books

Scholar Robert B. Downs selects the "great works that revolutionized our ideas about the universe - and ourselves".

From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books

Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com (2013), 99 Books

100 books that, in the opinion of Bookriot.com editor-in-chief Jeff O'Neal, one should read before deeming themselves "well-read".

The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics

Book (2001), 105 Books

Editor W. John Campbell provides explanations and summaries for 100 of the world's best books.

Masterpieces of World Literature

Frank N. Magill (1991), 244 Books

Scholar Frank N. Magill’s famous literary studies reference book. A selection of over 200 of the greatest works of literature of all time

The New Lifetime Reading Plan

The New Lifetime Reading Plan (1999), 202 Books

Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality.

The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of Western civilization can be found in its pages. In addition, this new edition offers a much broader representation of women authors, such as Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as well as non-Western writers such as Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others.
This fourth edition also features a simpler format that arranges the works chronologically in five sections (The Ancient World; 300-1600; 1600-1800; and The 20th Century), making them easier to look up than ever before. It deserves a place in the libraries of all lovers of literature.

100 Best Novels in English Since 1900

Counterpunch (2014), 98 Books

Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn's favorite novels since 1900.

D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels

D. G. Myers (2009), 50 Books

D. G. Myers’, critic and literary historian’s 50 Greatest English Language Novels.

A critic and literary historian for nearly a quarter of a century at Texas A&M and Ohio State.

The Greatest 20th Century Novels

Waterstone (1997), 23 Books

Waterstone’s 1999 poll of the greatest 20th century novels, according to British writers. This appeared to be the result of muddle in the way questions were put to and answered by the 47 authors, critics and media personalities who voted in the poll.

El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors

El Pais (2008), 150 Books

El Pais ran A Poll of 100 Spanish Authors and Their Favorite Books. This is summary of all the books

Biblioteca

Argentina (2008), 41 Books

38 Argentinean Authors were polled by the Argentinean government for their favorite books. This is a tally of all books with more than 1 vote.

Modern classics: 11 novels that belong in the classroom

Today.com (2012), 11 Books

When we think of English lit classes, we usually think of Hawthorne, Melville, Austen, Tolstoy, Dickens. But the times, they are a-changin’ and so too are the books we read, both in and out of the classroom. Since the millennium, a lot of good—nay, great—books have been published by masterful authors, all of whom are deserving of a spot on a high school or college curriculum. And as evidenced by these 11 novels, whoever said there were no new ideas didn’t know what they were talking about.

For The Love of Books

For The Love of Books (1999), 95 Books

Ronald Schwartz polled 115 major writers about their favorite books, and published each of their ballots in the book “For the Love of Books”. The book does list every single one of the major writers.

Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History

Book (2009), 49 Books

A 208 page book written in 2009 by Journalist and Author Andrew Taylor.

Books from every field of human creativity and intellectual endeavor - from poetry to politics, from fiction to philosophy, from theology to anthropology, and from economics to physics – have been selected to create a rounded and satisfying picture of how 50 towering achievements of the human intellect have built our societies, shaped our values, enhanced our understanding of the nature of the world, enabled technological advancements, and reflected our concerns and dilemmas, strengths and failings. In a series of engaging and lively essays, Andrew Taylor sets each work and its author firmly in historical context, summarizes the content of the work in question, and explores its wider influence and legacy. A fascinating and richly informative read.

50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50

nextavenue (2012), 51 Books

Your essential short list of novels, nonfiction and biographies

Got some time on your hands? This list of 50 great books is a good way to raise your literary IQ. It's by no means the "definitive" list, but each of these masterpieces is at least as relevant and powerful today as when it was written. And they're all still terrific reads.

Who voted?
Seems like it was just 1 person Mike Hammer

Top 100 World Literature Titles

Perfection Learning (2017), 99 Books

The top 100 titles for the world literature classroom, ranked in order of popularity, chosen by literature teachers from across the country.

Who voted?
it says "literature teachers from across the country" which doesn't give me much to go by. I am just going to pick a conservative number of 25.

The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read

Telegraph (2009), 104 Books

The best novels of all time from Tolkien to Proust and Middlemarch

The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone Writers

Telerama (2009), 26 Books

This list explores the favorite books of 125 French-speaking writers, curated by Nathalie Crom and published by Télérama. The selection was based on asking these writers to choose their ten favorite books, not as a scientific survey but to gain insights into the literary influences shaping contemporary French and Francophone writers' identities. The methodology involved compiling these choices into a list that reflects both well-known classics and lesser-known works, without restricting selections by linguistic criteria. The list reveals a preference for modernist authors and novels, highlighting a diversity of over 300 titles, and emphasizing the novel's prominence in the authors' personal canons. The project appears to be conceived as a cultural reflection rather than a statistically rigorous study, and it coincided with the Paris Book Fair, suggesting a context of literary celebration and exploration.

Världsbiblioteket (The World Library)

Tidningen Boken (1991), 100 Books

Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) was a Swedish list of the 100 best books in the world, made in 1991 by the Swedish literary magazine Tidningen Boken. The list was compiled through votes from members of the Svenska Akademien, Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, librarian, authors and others. Approximately 30 of the books were Swedish.

There's not an exact count of the number of contributors or voters, research has shown that there were at least 250 voters.

ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher

Die Zeit (2009), 100 Books

The Time Library of 100 Books was an educationally ambitious series of articles by the features editorial team of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . Starting in 1978, over the next two years a review of a work of world literature was published week after week.

The works were selected by a six-member jury ( Rudolf Walter Leonhardt , Hans Mayer , Rolf Michaelis , Fritz J. Raddatz , Peter Wapnewski and Dieter E. Zimmer ), who also invited the reviewers. Some of the works were presented by the jury members themselves, but most of the reviewers were not professional literary critics , but rather well-known writers themselves. Their subjective perspective on the works based on their own reading experience and enthusiasm is part of the appeal of the collection for many readers.

The Millions: The Best Fiction of the Millennium

The Millions (2009), 20 Books

A poll of The Millions contributors and 48 of their favorite writers, editors, and critics, asking a single question: “What are the best books of fiction of the millennium(2000), so far?” The results were robust, diverse, and surprising.

Who Voted?
They list all 56 voters and their names on the article

W. Somerset Maugham’s Ten Greatest Novels of All Time

Great Novelists and Their Novels (1954), 10 Books

Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable guide.

Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels

Entertainment Weekly (2013), 111 Books

Entertainment Weekly’s Top 100 Novels (2013), as selected by the EW staff in its July 5th 2013 issue

Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century

Le Monde (1999), 100 Books

The 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the one hundred best books of the 20th century, according to a poll conducted in the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde.

Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created by bookshops and journalists, 17,000 French voted by responding to the question, "Which books have stayed in your memory?" (« Quels livres sont restés dans votre mémoire ? »).

The list of acclaimed titles mixes great novels with poetry and theatre, as well as the comic strip. The first fifty works on the list were the subject of an essay by Frédéric Beigbeder, The Last Inventory Before Liquidation, in which he notably drew attention to its French-centred character.

The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians

Bookman.com (1999), 100 Books

The “100 Favorite Novels of Librarians” list was put together by Brodart Book Services as an informal, grassroots rejoinder to the Modern Library “100 Best” splash of 1998. Marc Sheaffer—then a marketing manager at Brodart—posted an open note to library list-servs that autumn titled “The Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century: Who Is to Judge?” and invited colleagues to e-mail him their own five all-time favourite novels. Over the next six months (September 1998 → March 1999) he tallied every ballot and ranked the one hundred most-mentioned titles, releasing the results as a single-page flyer and on Brodart’s now-defunct Bookman.com site.
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librarything.com

Unfortunately, almost everything beyond that headline data has vanished. The original PDF/HTML isn’t in the Wayback Machine, trade magazines never printed the final flyer, and neither Brodart nor Sheaffer published a voter roll or even a head-count. What survives are fragmentary list-serv messages that prove the call for votes, plus countless second-hand reposts (LibraryThing, Goodreads, ListChallenges and even Pinterest) that repeat the dates but add no methodology. In other words, we can document when and why the list was made—and that librarians were simply asked for their personal top-five—but not how many librarians responded or whether any weighting scheme was applied. Until someone uncovers a surviving copy of the 1999 Brodart flyer, the list remains a fascinating yet mist-shrouded snapshot of late-1990s librarian taste.

The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993

Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com (2013), 100 Books

The 100 greatest american novels picked by Jeff O’Neal, Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder of Bookriot.com

Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century

themodernnovel.com (1999), 100 Books

Intended as a companion to the infamous Modern Library ranking of the top 100 books of the past century, this list represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book Distributors customers, the following titles represent the very best in modern literature.

Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the twentieth century

The Guardian (2000), 10 Books

Robert McCrum is The Observer's literary editor and the author of, among other books, My Year Off. This is a list of this top 10 books of the twentieth century.

20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction

Larry McCaffery (1999), 116 Books

The 20th Century’s Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a popular "best of" list compiled by Larry McCaffery largely in response to Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery saw as being out of touch with 20th-century fiction. McCaffery writes that he sees his list "as a means of sharing with readers my own views about what books are going to be read 100 or 1000 years from now".

The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013

Flavor Wire (2013), 51 Books

The choices here are influenced by the following: the stipulation that any specific author should not be chosen for more than one year, a general focus on fiction over other genres, and the tastes/whims/glaring prejudices of Flavorwire’s literary editor.

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

Amazon.com (USA) (2014), 100 Books

A bucket list of books to create a well-read life, from Amazon Book Editors.

The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008

Entertainment Weekly (2008), 100 Books

Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008.

The 10 Best of the Decade(2000)

Entertainment Weekly (2020), 10 Books

Entertainment Weekly's top 10 best books of the 2000s

Books of the Decade

The Guardian (2009), 52 Books

The 50 books that defined the decade(2000)

The Best Books of the 2000s

The Onion AV Club (2009), 30 Books

The Best Books of the 2000s according to the Onion AV club. Includes Fiction and Nonfiction.

Voters were: Ellen Wernecke, Vadim Rizov, Donna Bowman, Zack Handlen, Genevieve Koski, Michaelangelo Matos, Samantha Nelson, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Todd VanDerWerff

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written

Martin Seymour-Smith (1998), 100 Books

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), a British poet, critic, and biographer.

The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time

The Top 10 (Book) (2007), 103 Books

The Top 10 book chosen by 125 top writers from the book "The Top 10" edited by J. Peder Zane.

Top 100 Works in World Literature

Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute (2002), 102 Books

The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the “best and most central works in world literature.” Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, and Carlos Fuentes. The list of 100 works appears alphabetically by author. Although the books were not ranked, the editors revealed that Don Quixote received 50% more votes than any other book.

Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009)

Paste Magazine (2009), 26 Books

The top 20 best books of the 2000s by Paste Magazine. It includes both fiction and nonfiction.

The 80 Books Every Man Should Read

Esquire (2015), 80 Books

An unranked, incomplete, utterly biased list of the greatest works of literature ever published.

National Book Award - Nonfiction

National Book Foundation (Yearly Award), 49 Books

The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America.

who votes?
There are 5 people who vote every year

50 Greatest Books of All Time

Globe and Mail (2008), 53 Books

A list of the 50 greatest books of all time as determined by a panel of secret judges for Globe and Mail. The books are not ranked.

who voted?
"a panel of secret judges"
I am going to go with 5 judges

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Pulitzer Prize (Yearly Award), 108 Books

The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.

Rough head-count of people who shape the result each year

5 subject-matter jurors who screen the entries and forward three titles.

19 Board members who cast the decisive votes.
So, a maximum of 24 people take part in the decision path for the Biography / Autobiography prize each cycle.

Names are not secret, just easy to overlook.

Jury names stay under wraps until winners are announced, then they’re displayed on each category’s web page (and occasionally turn up in press coverage or book-specific Wikipedia entries, as in the 2011 example above).

Board membership is public all year and archived from one cycle to the next.

Pulitzer Prize for History

Pulitzer Prize (Yearly Award), 107 Books

The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Two people have won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice; Margaret Leech, for Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 in 1941 and In the Days of McKinley in 1960, and Bernard Bailyn, for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1968) and Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution (1987).

Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction

Pulitzer Prize (Yearly Award), 67 Books

The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category.

Rough head-count of people who shape the result each year

5 subject-matter jurors who screen the entries and forward three titles.

19 Board members who cast the decisive votes.
So, a maximum of 24 people take part in the decision path for the Biography / Autobiography prize each cycle.

Names are not secret, just easy to overlook.

Jury names stay under wraps until winners are announced, then they’re displayed on each category’s web page (and occasionally turn up in press coverage or book-specific Wikipedia entries, as in the 2011 example above).

Board membership is public all year and archived from one cycle to the next.

The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century

National Review (2005), 100 Books

The 100 best non-fiction books of all time judged by a panel of historians, authors, publishers, and experts for the National Review Magazine.

voters:
Richard Brookhiser, NR senior editor; David Brooks, senior editor of The Weekly Standard; Christopher Caldwell, senior writer at The Weekly Standard; Robert Conquest, historian; David Gelernter, writer and computer scientist; George Gilder, writer; Mary Ann Glendon, professor at Harvard Law School; Jeffrey Hart, NR senior editor; Mark Helprin, novelist; Arthur Herman, author of The Idea of Decline in Western History; John Keegan, military historian; Michael Kelly, editor of National Journal; Florence King, author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady; Michael Lind, journalist and novelist; John Lukacs, historian; Adam Meyerson, vice president at the Heritage Foundation; Richard John Neuhaus, editor-in-chief of First Things; John O’Sullivan, NR editor-at-large; Richard Pipes, historian; Abigail Thernstrom, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute; Stephan Thernstrom, historian; James Q. Wilson, author of The Moral Sense.

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

National Geographic Adventure Magazine (2004), 101 Books

The 100 greatest adventure books chosen by National Geographic.

The Best Southern Novels of All Time

Oxford American (2009), 32 Books

A list of the best southern novels of all time by Oxford American Magazine judged by 130 experts as well as authors.

The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time

The Novel 100 (2004), 127 Books

The list below is from the book The Novel 100: A Ranking of Greatest Novels All Time (Checkmark Books/Facts On File, Inc.: New York, 2004), written by Daniel S. Burt.

What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?

New York Times (2006), 26 Books

The New York Times Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages, asking them to please identify...