Recs if you like The Portrait of a Lady...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Lucy Dacus Recommendations ๐
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
gimme them LONG classics, i wanna carry a BRICK
size matters for this list, all these classics are more than 400 pages long. they are THICK. suggestions welcome, i am a very generous interpreter of the term "classic" normally but i'm starting with the golden oldies
The Guardianโs 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.
Dark Academia except you are also a character
Notes in the margins are a must. โ Me, a neurotic literature degree holder
Top 100 Books! (According to The Guardian)
The Guardian Top 100 Best Novels
Long Classics
People who like to read long books rise up! These are classics that are longer than 500 Pages. Feel free to recommend more!
Boygenius Bookclub
Every book recommended by members of the band (except for the one that must not be named). Most of these were recommended by Lucy Dacus. If you are sitting on more books which any member of the band recommended, please hit me up and I will update the list!
Oxford Reading List for English
Found this online - a reading list of a first year English course at Oxford University. Wanted to create this for my own enjoyment and figured someone else might like it too! I only added the fiction and poetry books and I also did not add any companions.
The last bit (from bottom up to Woolfโs Mrs Dalloway) are required reading - top half is recommended.
Blank Check Podcast Adaptations
Every book that has been adapted into a movie covered by the Blank Check podcast
The Books of the Astral Library
The books mentioned or alluded to in The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. If itโs a series, book 1 is listed unless a specific book was mentioned. Where just the author was mentioned, Iโve made my best guess.
Listed books/authors are NOT endorsements. Some authors/series are problematic, but I have chosen not to censor this list with one exception that, if mentioned in the book, shall not be named in this list.
Joan Didion's Book Recommendations
A reading list compiled by the author and shared in 2015.
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
Edwardian / Gilded Age
Books set in or around the Edwardian and Gilded Age
Free Literature Degree
Currently in my second year. Most of these have been read in part, not completion. Also including books from my minor in Greek :3
Stream of consciousness works
Mattoni americani
My American Canon
My thru line of the greatest American writing. Obv, my taste, and canons are meant to be fluid. I'll try to list em in somewhat chronological order. Payyyce.
