Recs if you like Birdsong...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Historical Fiction Baby
Great historical fiction books - learn about the past and places with a dramatic and meaningful personal tale.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
I tried to find the latest version (2026).
Narratives of Nations
A list of books set across different countries (mainly for the historical fiction globe trotters)
BBC The Big Read
In April 2003 the BBC's Big Read began the search for the nation's best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books.
Song and feather
Birdsong, feathered friends, and tenuously related works. Both fiction, and non.
50 books to read before you die
List from metal bookmark
The Great War
World War One literature
War and Military Fiction
Tragic and heartbreaking
Ben Barnes Recs
Book recs from Ben Barnes, certified book nerd. Article from Penguin Random House UK, 2021.
Swindon Book Club's Top 100
Inspired (or Incensed, you decide which) by the Guardian's Top 100 Novels of all Time, my bookclub decided to do our OWN top 100 list! Collected via a Google Form, each member submitted their top 10 books of all-time. We didn't limit to just fiction, and did accept entire series as "one book" — because honestly, picking is hard! As I can't order these by vote count, this is just all of them with no particular order whatsoever. Who knows, maybe we'll do this again sometime — enjoy!
