Lists of Bests: Dr. Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006 edition)" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/2222 Each work of literature listed here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word. These works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others. (Description from Amazon.com) This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists. Please do not remove or add titles that will change this list from how it appears in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die edited by Peter Boxall with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. Thu, 31 May 2012 18:24:53 GMT en-us 0 50 1002 50 0 Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kgekwiaEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> Saturday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/324508"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZXTVYzaGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> On Beauty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/766346"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FBQ6XNMKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zadie Smith</div> Slow Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081296 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081296"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099490625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.M. Coetzee</div> Adjunct: An Undigest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712395 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Manson</div> The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224335"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o6zv2pcKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> The Red Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187743 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187743"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WuQUtt1dL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Drabble</div> The Plot Against America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60479"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P3VkiW6VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Roth</div> The Master: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358753 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/358753"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517KoY9RmaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colm Toibin</div> Vanishing Point: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32814 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32814"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QuTFZ16bL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Markson</div> The Lambs of London http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2778657 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2778657"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KzOZF8I3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Ackroyd</div> Dining on Stones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/202223 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/202223"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Bq1E9KvoL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-ctfMPBcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> Drop City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3639"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VC7795VBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.C. Boyle</div> The Colour: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373489 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/373489"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BlEX8UrLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rose Tremain</div> Thursbitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766157 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766157"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099459361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Garner</div> The Light of Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8824 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8824"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M4RRRTCFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Swift</div> What I Loved: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24624 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24624"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q7CCWWTZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Siri Hustvedt</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AVVhtHugL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Islands http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567769 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567769"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41co-O9dawL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Sleigh</div> Elizabeth Costello http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61976"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416noaQqSKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> London Orbital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33452 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33452"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WE0CRNNJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Sinclair</div> Family Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9065"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DSN8ZGE2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> Fingersmith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31281"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TKrdCj3fL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Waters</div> The Double http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712483 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Saramago</div> Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/760"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OyoB0m2%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Safran Foer</div> Unless: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/93"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007154615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61S4qiYiwTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> The Story of Lucy Gault: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3622 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3622"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FPdJyI6zL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Trevor</div> That They May Face the Rising Sun (Great Irish Writers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712493 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712493"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416S0WVJCWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McGahern</div> In the Forest: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17240 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17240"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514ZZNYCSYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edna O'Brien</div> Shroud http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224070 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224070"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AXRTKG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Banville</div> Middlesex: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6406"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i5MhshNKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Eugenides</div> Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31K8ZhhznHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Dead Air http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218865 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/218865"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SRCDl4GPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain Banks</div> Nowhere Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137012 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/137012"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eL-KNHfQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandar Hemon</div> The Book of Illusions: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591120 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AZW76.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1075399928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> Gabriel's Gift: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344366 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/344366"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Swa%2BBdHQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hanif Kureishi</div> Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9342 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9342"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GA06C9KEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Winfried Georg Sebald</div> Platform http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268578 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268578"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CFW0CB67L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michel Houellebecq</div> Schooling http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240718 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240718"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ue7iKsBCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather McGowan</div> Atonement: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10563"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fS5vrBjZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> The Corrections http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268177 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841156736.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Franzen</div> Don't Move http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712550 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/712550"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fJ75UrnOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Mazzantini</div> The Body Artist: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20805 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20805"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hjVwyqqTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Fury: A Novel (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19154 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19154"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-IN8vwjgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20896 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20896"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T6GRVJZ8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamie O'Neill</div> Choke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10547 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10547"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KvS0jxdPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Palahniuk</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4024"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eiyPdqd2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Feast of the Goat: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6373 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6373"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fjm-TKJyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Vargas Llosa</div>