Recs if you like Jacob's Room...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
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Lucy Dacus Recommendations 💛
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
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characters that haunt the narrative
I'm including books where a character's presence is minimal and every character, conflict, and theme leads back to them. Their absence feels loud. Their past decisions shape the present.
Open for recommendations that meet these parameters 💓 I haven't read all the books in this list but feel fairly confident about their inclusion here, if you believe one of these doesn't fit feel free to discuss in the comments
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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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virginia woolf: a syllabus
a complete list of virginia woolf’s works, published during her lifetime. work published posthumously has not been included, as well as any essays that were not published in a book format.
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Backlisted
Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.
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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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books i want to buy
for me to keep track
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