Austen has 4 books! I think Dickens and Woolf both have 4 too. Agree with the Emma being ahead of Persuasion too. I have always thought it was better. Bravo! Middlemarch was number one, which I think is right. Actually Virginia Woolf has 5 books.
This list is going to be very controversial. It's already pretty eclectic. I dont know half the people voting but somehow - East of Eden. Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, To Kill a Mockingbird dont seem to have made the top 100. I can understand how writers may not love some as much as the public, but East of Eden and Catcher in the Rye surprise me. It may skew more modern stuff. Maybe they are fed up with classics. I also note Normal People isn't on the exclusion list so either no one voted for it or its in there. I love Rooney myself. But that will be controversial as well.