The 19 Best Novels Published by Bloomsbury

Wizard schools share shelf space with Greek myth retellings, Afghan family sagas and a house full of statues. Publisher loyalty is the only rule here, so expect blockbuster fantasies elbowing Booker-winning literary fiction.

1. 1
   Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

   The 1998 second book, in which a hidden chamber and a diary threaten Hogwarts.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Piranesi

   Susanna Clarke's 2020 short, strange novel about a man living in an endless house of statues and tides.
   731pts
3. 3
   Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

   J.K. Rowling's 1997 debut introducing Hogwarts, first published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
   700pts
4. 4
   Circe

   Madeline Miller's 2018 novel giving the sorceress of the Odyssey a voice of her own.
   699pts
5. 5
   The Blind Assassin

   Margaret Atwood's 2000 Booker winner nesting a pulp sci-fi story inside a family memoir.
   643pts
6. 6
   A Court of Thorns and Roses

   Sarah J. Maas's 2015 romantic fantasy reworking Beauty and the Beast in a faerie realm.
   576pts
7. 7
   A Thousand Splendid Suns

   Hosseini's 2007 novel of two Afghan women bound together across decades of war.
   409pts
8. 8
   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

   The 1999 third book, introducing Sirius Black and a darker, more mature tone.
   409pts
9. 9
   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

   The 2005 sixth book, tracing Voldemort's past and ending with a shocking loss.
   409pts
10. 10
    Throne of Glass

    Sarah J. Maas's 2012 fantasy about an assassin competing to become the king's champion.
    409pts
11. 11
    House of Earth and Blood

    The 2020 start of Maas's Crescent City series, a modern urban fantasy mystery.
    409pts
12. 12
    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke's 2004 alternate-history epic of rival magicians in Napoleonic England.
    409pts
13. 13
    The Song of Achilles

    Madeline Miller's 2011 retelling of the Iliad as a love story between Achilles and Patroclus.
    409pts
14. 14
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    The 2000 fourth book, built around the Triwizard Tournament and Voldemort's return.
    300pts
15. 15
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    The 2003 fifth book, the longest in the series, about a ministry in denial.
    300pts
16. 16
    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini's 2003 debut about friendship, guilt and redemption in Afghanistan.
    300pts
17. 17
    A Court of Mist and Fury

    The 2016 sequel that many readers consider the series' high point.
    300pts
18. 18
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

    The 2007 finale in which Harry hunts Horcruxes and faces Voldemort.
    300pts
19. 19
    The English Patient

    Michael Ondaatje's 1992 Booker-winning story of four damaged people in a Tuscan villa at the end of WWII.
    0pts

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