Recs if you like Lucky Jim...

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

Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.

This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.

Time Magazine’s All-Time Best 100 English Language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as published in 2005.

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.”)

broadly construed!

Books and plays that encompass the “Angry Young Man/Woman” vibe of 1960s England.

Books that take place in and around university or college campuses (and I'm including some boarding schools). Perfect for back to school season in the fall.