In 1948, the British novelist William Somerset Maugham introduced the ten best novels in the Atlantic magazine as follows: The Moon and Sixpence by Hester Prynne (1919) The Razor's Edge (1919) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Moon and Sixpence by Hester Prynne (1919) The Razor's Edge (1919) The Garden of Words (1920) War and Peace (1926) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) Pride and Predict (1923) These novels covered different topics and styles, including love, murder, human nature, social reality, and so on. They were widely praised by readers.