THE LISTS

I CAN'T RESIST A LIST!

I started this blog way back in 2008 to keep track of all the books lists I am working on, or at least thinking of working on someday. They include lists of prize winners, must reads, recommended reads, "best" books, and "top" books, as well as a few personal theme lists. Are you working on any of these?

Any recommendations for your favorite book lists? I'm always tempted by a list. But please don't tell me to add the 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die! I am not going to tackle that one. For one thing, it seems to be a moving target. The last time I looked, there were over 1,300 book on the cumulative list.

The links below go to my blog posts for these lists, with links there to my reviews and related posts. Each lists also has a link to the source of the list. I try to keep the lists updated and have been trying to do major overhauls of all the them.

PRIZE WINNERS

• Booker Prize

• Costa Book of the Year

• Edgar Award

• James Tait Black

• National Book Award

• NBCC Award

• Nobel Laureates

• Oregon Book Award

• PEN/Faulkner

• Pulitzer Prize

• Women's Prize

MUST READS

• 1899 Top 100

• All-TIME Top 100

• Anthony Burgess

• BBC's Big Read

• College Board

• Easton Press

• Erica Jong

• Image Top 100

• MLA's 30

• Modern Library

• National Review

• Observer's Top 100

• Oregon Books

• Radcliffe's Top 100

• Well-Stocked Bookcase

THEME LISTS

• Book Club

• Campus Novels

• Cookbook Library

• French Connections

• RCR Top 10

• Venice Books

NOTES

Updated July 25, 2023. Please leave a comment with suggestions to add to these lists or for new lists I could consider.