DCUM Favorite Novels

There is a thread in the off-topic forum on this website titled "Best novel you have ever read". Its 16 pages are full of book titles and authors' names. Many classics were mentioned, but there is also plenty of less famous contemporary literature. DCUMs like to read serious dramatic works including mystery, sci-fy, and light "beach reading". It is a fascinating collection of titles and, like many, I'm tempted to go out and get the majority of these books. I think I'm set with this year's reading list. But, I was still curious about which title was mentioned the most. The top vote getter was  "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving with 17 mentions. The next was "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry with 11 votes and third place goes to "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez with 6 votes. The full list ordered by popularity is here.

And here's the list of favorite authors. As expected, John Irving comes in first with 24 votes, Rohinton Mistry and Gabriel Garcia Marquez take 2nd and 3rd.

This, by far, is my favorite thread on the DCUM forums. I've never heard of many of the titles or authors mentioned in this thread and am looking forward to reading many of them.