UPDATE: Best of the Best Books
David Robson has had a look at the "best books" lists published in the UK.

Hollinghurst and Roth polled 16 votes apiece, two more than Colm Tóibín's The Master (14). Novels, generally, outpolled non-fiction, where the only two books to reach double figures were A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz (13) and Chronicles Volume One by Bob Dylan (11).