“What are Evelyn Waugh’s Best Books?” We looked at all of Waugh’s authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!

We took all of the books written by Evelyn Waugh and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process isn’t super scientific and in reality, most books aren’t “better” than other books as much as they are just different. That being said, we do enjoy seeing where our favorites landed, and if you aren’t familiar with the author at all, the rankings can help you see what books might be best to start with.

The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

The Top Book’s Of Evelyn Waugh

48 ) The Holy Places

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 48
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 42

48 ) Mr Loveday’s Little Outing

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 48
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 42

47 ) The Sayings of Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 46
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 42

46 ) Ninety-Two Days

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 34
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 38

44 ) Waugh in Abyssinia

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 36
• Amazon: 39
• LibraryThing: 36

44 ) A Tourist in Africa

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 47
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 39

43 ) Mr. Wu and Mrs.stitch

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 25
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 42

42 ) Helena

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 37
• Amazon: 35
• LibraryThing: 34

41 ) Basil Seal Rides Again

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 22
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 42

40 ) The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 41
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 35

39 ) Charles Ryder’s Schooldays

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 35
• Amazon: 36
• LibraryThing: 29

38 ) The Coronation of Haile Selassie

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 43
• Amazon: 11
• LibraryThing: 41

37 ) Labels

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 39
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 31

36 ) Robbery Under Law

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 38
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 31

35 ) Black Mischief

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 30
• Amazon: 36
• LibraryThing: 25

34 ) Work Suspended

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 22
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 28

33 ) Tactical Exercise

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 44
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 1

32 ) The Life of Ronald Knox

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 31
• Amazon: 11
• LibraryThing: 42

31 ) The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 31
• Amazon: 11
• LibraryThing: 39

30 ) Vile Bodies

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 25
• Amazon: 33
• LibraryThing: 21

29 ) The Seven Deadly Sins

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 42
• Amazon: 10
• LibraryThing: 22

27 ) The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 1
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 30

27 ) Love Among the Ruins

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 39
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 7

26 ) Rossetti

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 45
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 22

24 ) The Complete Short Stories

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 10
• Amazon: 15
• LibraryThing: 42

24 ) The Loved One

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 28
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 14

23 ) On Guard

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 22
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 42

22 ) A Little Order

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 19
• Amazon: 20
• LibraryThing: 25

20 ) The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 25
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 37

20 ) Remote People

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 33
• Amazon: 8
• LibraryThing: 22

19 ) Put Out More Flags

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 19
• Amazon: 15
• LibraryThing: 27

18 ) Scoop

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 17
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 16

17 ) Unconditional Surrender

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 9
• Amazon: 40
• LibraryThing: 9

16 ) A Handful of Dust

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 15
• Amazon: 24
• LibraryThing: 18

15 ) Letters of Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 6
• Amazon: 38
• LibraryThing: 13

14 ) A Little Learning

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 28
• Amazon: 15
• LibraryThing: 12

13 ) Men at Arms

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 15
• Amazon: 20
• LibraryThing: 18

12 ) The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 13
• Amazon: 33
• LibraryThing: 5

11 ) When the Going Was Good

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 19
• Amazon: 11
• LibraryThing: 20

10 ) Officers and Gentlemen

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 13
• Amazon: 20
• LibraryThing: 11

9 ) Waugh Abroad

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 8
• Amazon: 25
• LibraryThing: 7

8 ) Brideshead Revisited

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 10
• Amazon: 23
• LibraryThing: 6

7 ) Decline and Fall

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 17
• Amazon: 7
• LibraryThing: 14

6 ) The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 10
• Amazon: 15
• LibraryThing: 10

5 ) Selected Works

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 2
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 31

4 ) Saint Edmund Campion

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 4
• Amazon: 8
• LibraryThing: 16

3 ) The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 7
• Amazon: 15
• LibraryThing: 4

2 ) Two Lives: Edmund Campion: Scholar, Priest, Hero and Martyr AND Life of Ronald Knox

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 5
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 3

1 ) Black Mischief; Scoop; The Loved One; The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 3
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 1

Evelyn Waugh’s Best Books

Evelyn Waugh Review Website Bibliography Rankings