Charles Dickens was named our favourite author in our 10 Lovely Years, according to our member survey, both Great Expectations and David Copperfield feature in our Top 10 rated books (2003 – 2012).
The stats say Dickens is a sure-fire winner — three for three in competitve action — though the results haven’t always met with universal acclaim (cf. the decidedly mixed review of Hard Times).
Dickens finished No. 2 in the nominations league table and of those authors nominated multiple times, only Dickens and Edith Wharton enjoy a perfect record of success.
| Author | |
| 1 | Charles Dickens |
| 2 | Evelyn Waugh |
| 3 | Graham Greene |
| Jonathan Coe | |
| Patrick Hamilton | |
| 6 | Edith Wharton |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| Haruki Murakami | |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| Raymond Carver | |
| Tom Wolfe | |
| 12 | Ernest Hemmingway |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez | |
| Joseph Conrad | |
| Lionel Shriver | |
| Mark Twain | |
| Raymond Chandler | |
| 18 | Chuck Palahniuk |