Recs if you like Don Juan by Lord Byron...

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

These are books, short stories or poems (and poetry collections) that were interrupted before the advent of the Internet because something happened to the author (like them getting into a situation, dying... suddenly becoming a merchant). List in progress!

All the books I've been asked to read for my English BA, but not necessarily the books I read while doing it (also i did a New Zealand literature paper so a couple of these will be a bit obscure)

added as i read the book

On August 9, 2026, The Telegraph published a list of “The 50 greatest books of all time” by Jake Kerridge

for me to keep track