Recs if you like Brighton Rock...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

puts beret on a jaunty angle ‘why yes i went to Oxbridge and go skiing on my holibobs with papa, why do you ask?’ takes a hit of tobacco flavoured vape, puts asterisk in margin of the obscure classic i’m ‘reading’

the list for people who want to look ‘well read’ and need some books to name drop - look no further if you have read them, more power to you, but this is explicitly about the people who claim to have read them but can’t read instructions on pasta

consider this a shopping list 🖤

A list of books that share their title with a Queen song! Perfect for all my fellow Queen enthusiasts that are looking for some unconventional ways to discover new books - who knows? Maybe your favourite Queen song and your favourite book's title align! 💅🙂‍↕️ P.S.: The list is in album order! P.P.S: I'm not including books that are directly about the band/band members (biographies etc.)

Marilyn Monroe was known as an avid reader with a deep love of literature. She took literature courses at UCLA, married a playwright, and was (in?)famously photographed reading Ulysses in a park. It's said that her divorce to Arthur Miller stemmed from an incident in which he insulted her intelligence. Supposedly, she amassed a 1000+ book collection at the height of her reading that she was very proud of. Here are the books known to be a part of her beloved personal library.

I tried to find the latest version (2026).

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of 1980s independent music.

All books read by Tough Guy Book Club since 2014. The club that wants men to Read More, Talk More, and have more Friends.

Called "the definitive library of mystery fiction". Howard Haycraft originally published the list in 1941 in Murder for Pleasure. It was updated and broadened by Ellery Queen. This is the final revision, including books from 1748 to 1952.

These books are historically significant because of their influence on the development of crime fiction, however books from these times often contain bigoted and otherwise offensive content.

I haven't read them all, or even a high percentage. I'm trying to keep track of how many on this list I read.

I could only find a Spanish language version of A Case to Answer by Edgar Lustgarten.

Adding books that are mentioned in Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of 1980s independent music.

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of 1980s independent music.