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1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
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.
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.”)
Bestsellers Of The 20th Century (UK)
The number 1 bestsellers for each year. 1900-1999
Endless Days: Immersive Pre-WWII Summer Classics
Iconic classic literature published pre-WWII, selected for immersive storytelling and expansive narratives suited to summer reading. These novels reward long reading sessions with richly drawn settings, layered plots, and timeless prose.
If you love… immersive classics, long novels, richly built worlds, and losing track of time while reading
TO BE READ
James Tait Black Memorial Prize Winners (Fiction)
One of Britain's oldest literary awards, alongside the Hawthornden Prize. The prize was founded in 1919 and is based at the University of Edinburgh.
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