50 Books That Defined Their Era
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Guardian, 50 Books
Which of these books do you think best defines its era? The panel comprised Nic Bottomley, independent bookseller and Guardian blogger; Hazel Broadfoot, independent bookseller; Sarah Crown, editor of Guardian Unlimited Books; Alastair Giles, book publishing marketing consultant; Jo Henry, executive director of the Book Marketing Society; John Mullan, professor of English at University College London and Guardian contributor; Joel Rickett, deputy editor of the Bookseller and Guardian contributor; Gary Whitlie, managing director, Miller Brands (UK).
The complete list: 50 books that defined their era!
This list was originally published in 2011 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.
