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1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
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Books Gone Broadway
Stories that traded chapters for showtunes! From literary classics to contemporary novels these books found a second life under the Broadway lights! Please let me know any that I've missed!! (Note on curation: I've been cross checking titles with Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) which is Broadway's official archive)
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Reading List: The Musical!
As a massive bookworm and theatre nerd, this list was inevitable.
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From Page to Stage
Books that have been adapted into or inspired musicals
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The Guardian’s The 100 Best Novels of All Time
A list published by The Guardian on 5/16/2026, as voted on by authors, critics, and academics worldwide.
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Top 100 Books! (According to The Guardian)
The Guardian Top 100 Best Novels
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Time Magazine’s All-Time Best 100 Novels
Time Magazine’s All-Time Best 100 English Language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as published in 2005.
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Time Magazine All Time 100 Novels
Time Magazine’s compilation of the 100 best novels published since 1923.
(101 because “The Berlin Stories” is an omnibus of “Mr Norris Changes Trains” and “Goodbye To Berlin.”)
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from Page to Stage
Theater has long drawn inspiration from books, with works across time, genre, and subject matter having stage adaptations. You're sure to know some big names, but others might surprise you! How many have you seen?
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: List
The Primary Works section of the Reading List of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
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books that take place in the hudson valley
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bible
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The Guardian's 100 Best Novels of All Time
In May 2026 the Guardian published a list of the 100 greatest novels published in English of all time. The list was created based on votes from authors, critics, and academics.
Due to an error, the list originally included The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley instead of The Stranger by Albert Camus. Both are included here, as an unofficial 101 best novels
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Bestsellers of the 20th Century (USA)
Below are the #1 bestselling fictional novels in the United States for each year from 1900 to 1999, based on annual sales data (traditionally compiled by The Bookman and later Publishers Weekly).
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