The Remains of the Day
In 2006, "The Observer" asked 150 literary writers and critics to vote for the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005; "The Remains of the Day" placed joint-eighth. In 2007, "The Remains of the Day" was included in a "Guardian" list of "Books you can't live without" and also in a 2009 "1000 novels everyone must read" list. "The Economist" has described the novel as Ishiguro's "most famous book".