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The Times' 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945

The Times newspaper's list of the 50 greatest postwar writers, first published in 2008. How many have you read?
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from thetimes.co.uk · made by squiresullen
avg. score: 12 of 50 (23%)
required scores: 1, 6, 8, 12, 16 

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Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
1
George Orwell
George Orwell
2
William Golding
William Golding
3
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
4
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
6
V. S.  Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul
7
Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
8
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis
9
Angela Carter
Angela Carter
10
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
11
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch
12
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
13
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
14
Jan Morris
Jan Morris
15
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
16
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
17
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
18
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
19
Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell
20
Alan Sillitoe
Alan Sillitoe
21
John Le Carré
John Le Carré
22
Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald
23
Philippa Pearce
Philippa Pearce
24
Barbara Pym
Barbara Pym
25
Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge
26
J.G. Ballard
J.G. Ballard
27
Alan Garner
Alan Garner
28
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
29
John Fowles
John Fowles
30
Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott
31
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
32
Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner
33
A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt
34
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan
35
Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill
36
Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi
37
Iain Banks
Iain Banks
38
George MacKay Brown
George MacKay Brown
39
A.J.P. Taylor
A.J.P. Taylor
40
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