Lists of Bests: The Bloom Boxall Great Fiction List--Read 'Em Or Else Vol. I: Pre-1800 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59666 I cross-referenced Harold Bloom's Western Canon with the Peter Boxall "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" (2006 and 2008 versions, inclusive) to come up with this Must-Read list to end all Must-Read lists. It will be split into three volumes by century. PLEASE DON'T ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING. Create your own, or adopt mine and leave me a comment if I have omitted something. Please remember that Bloom is hopelessly stuffy (H. G. Wells is "serious" literature and Jules Verne isn't; Waugh's political satire is worthwhile and "Brideshead Revisited" is fluff) and that his "canon" doesn't include anything from the past 20 years or so. Boxall's lists are almost entirely comprised of novels. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:22:02 GMT en-us 0 50 32 0 0 Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26989 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26989"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0877017808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59239930_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by R. and Higton, B. Ash</div> The Thousand and One Nights (complete collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2453535 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Metamorphoses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4971815 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ovid</div> Rabelais, Francois-Garantua And Pantagruel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3540554 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Luciads http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250492 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis de Camoëns</div> The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes: A Critical Edition, Including the Original Spanish Text http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905418 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/905418"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786421347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Golden Ass (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/483706 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/483706"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192838881.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110473250_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apuleius</div> The Unfortunate Traveller; or, The Life of Jack Wilton (Dodo Press) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250556 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250556"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IiHLHpCwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Nash</div> Don Quixote http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556912 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miguel de Cervantes</div> The Pilgrim’s Progress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960736 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Bunyan</div> The Princess of Cleves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4195504 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madame de La Fayette</div> A Tale of A Tub (Great Ideas S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2364754 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2364754"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0141018879.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121467336_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Swift</div> Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500120 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/500120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593080573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Swift</div> Robinson Crusoe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539379 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Defoe</div> Moll Flanders (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298140 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/298140"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393978621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Defoe</div> Tom Jones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784203 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Fielding</div> Clarissa, Or The History of a Young Lady: (Abridged Edition) (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696642 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/696642"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529790.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Richardson</div> The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Abrams-Henry Fielding http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1884341 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Pamela http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250809 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Richardson</div> The Adventures of Roderick Random (Webster's English Thesaurus Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250811 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250811"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RdyqT-WmL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tobias Smollett</div> Candide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2829206 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Voltaire</div> The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1200505 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1200505"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0192839136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110472870_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Johnson</div> Emile, or On Education http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933498 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2933498"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/011klLiAwgL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John, Jacques Rousseau</div> The Vicar of Wakefield http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250814 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Goldsmith</div> Tristam Shandy (The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036782 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Sterne</div> A Sentimental Journey Through France and Germany http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2383860 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Sterne</div> The Sorrows of Young Werther http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4533646 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</div> Evalina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2383873 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fanny Burney</div> Dangerous Liasons (Classic Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873461 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9626343125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Choderlos de Laclos</div> Confessions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3933429 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Jacques Rousseau</div> Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5250847 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</div> Elective Affinities (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4317 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4317"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192837761.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</div>