Dr. Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2008 edition)" on Lists of Bests

Starting at 5% — 4 years ago

Okay, I’m doing this list and the 2006 list and starting both at 5%. Just got to figure out what to read next.

Mar 31, 03:49PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

HALFWAY HOME. — 4 years ago

Ta-da! I have reached the 50% level of both this list and the original list (I lost a lot of books in the changeover). I intend to keep going until I have completed both lists (provided I can find the books).

Mar 18, 08:34AM | 6 comments | Reply to this

Wisconsin08

From 6 to 7 Percent — 4 years ago

I increased from 6 to 7 percent reading The Lost Honor of Katharena Blum, Pippi Longstocking, and The Watchmen; all of which I highly recommend.

Mar 02, 09:05AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Wisconsin08

Dropped from 8% to 6% — 4 years ago

I have decided to go with this new list over the older list (but I will keep an eye on the older list) and have therefore dropped from 8% to 6% complete and from 89 books read to 67 books read. This is a loss of 22 books but that’s ok, many of the 22 books lost were terrific reads! Now, when I started this I was at 1% and I had read alot of books but typically history and science fiction were the focuses of my reading.

Feb 24, 09:48AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Wisconsin08

Thanks! — 4 years ago

Thank-you so much for doing this! Now, I have to figure out which list to go with. I like the international flavor of this list better so I might go with this one even though I dropped from 8 to 6 percent complete.

Feb 24, 06:02AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Deanne Beech

Tarka the Otter — 4 years ago

This was written by Henry Williamson, Annabel Large was the illustrator.

Oct 01, 04:02PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

GabeGrey

Thanks! — 4 years ago

Here’s the 2006 version, with no changes, if anyone is interested.

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55126

Aug 10, 02:13AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

buocl

Finished! — 4 years ago

I am finally finished entering the list – I hope everyone enjoys it. If not, complain to the author of the book.

There are many books on here that don’t have covers/pictures. Some of them are not in English yet, and others looked like they had covers when I clicked “add to list” but then the covers disappeared. I was replacing any like that at first, but it got to be too time consuming. So if anyone else wants to try and find better links, be my guest.

Also, I really tried to not have books that included other stories (i.e. Forever a Stranger and Other Stories). However, if that was the only good choice it was the one I used. For the most part, the “Other Stories” can be ignored.

Jul 22, 07:45AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

Deanne Beech

Fantastic — 4 years ago

Was hoping someone would do this, thank you buocl, now I have even more books to read.

Jul 18, 09:05PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Dr. Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2008 edition)"

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Starting at 5% — 4 years ago

HALFWAY HOME. — 4 years ago

From 6 to 7 Percent — 4 years ago

Dropped from 8% to 6% — 4 years ago

Thanks! — 4 years ago

Tarka the Otter — 4 years ago

Thanks! — 4 years ago

Finished! — 4 years ago

Fantastic — 4 years ago

Thank you — 4 years ago

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