Lists of Bests: The Bloom Boxall Great Fiction List--Read 'Em Or Else Vol. III: 1900-1999 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59696 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. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:47:13 GMT en-us 0 50 158 50 0 Sister Carrie (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2473158 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Dreiser</div> Conrad, Joseph-Lord Jim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539298 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> None but the Brave http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4449060 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Schnitzler</div> Kim http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619807 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudyard Kipling</div> Wings of the Dove (Signet Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968257 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968257"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451527283.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138677751_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> The Immoralist (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/906306 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/906306"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142180025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Gide</div> The Ambassadors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619620 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> The Golden Bowl (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079315 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192835424.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110473524_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry James</div> Nostromo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619702 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> The House of Mirth (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3151323 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3151323"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01QOtsyivAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> O Jovem Törless (The Confusions of Young Törless) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1119225 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Musil</div> The Forsyte Saga : The Man of Property and In Chancery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030759 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1030759"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743245024.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1070997769_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Galsworthy</div> The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4873036 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4873036"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Kgxz0vR2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1901818 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maxim Gorky</div> The Old Wives' Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539249 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arnold Bennett</div> Tono-Bungay (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493786 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493786"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141441119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5271588 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5271588"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pyer6MSeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rainer Maria Rilke</div> Three Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5271589 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5271589"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TwGT4%2BCWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gertrude Stein</div> Howards End (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1076271 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1076271"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486424545.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. M. Forster</div> Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145511 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64940"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375753737.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div> The Rainbow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619705 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div> The Good Soldier (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216092 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ford Maddox Ford</div> A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/619515 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> Women in Love: Cambridge Lawrence Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2577080 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2577080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141441542.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div> The Age of Innocence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145465 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> Ulysses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970318"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1404336877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> Lewis, Sinclair-Babbitt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539802 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116917 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116917"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039164.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sigrid Undset</div> Zeno's Conscience: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9311 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Svevo</div> A Passage to India by E.M. Forster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1145510 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Cane http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26761 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26761"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0871401517.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Toomer</div> Mann, Thomas-The Magic Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3540485 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Billy Budd, Foretopman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/743331 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herman Melville</div> The Professor’s House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5271590 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Willa Cather</div> The Trial http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539730 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka,</div> The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962486 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962486"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140620184.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.Scott Fitzgerald</div> Mrs. Dalloway http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542423 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> The Making of Americans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2987043 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gertrude Stein</div> The Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977072 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> The Sun Also Rises http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1233441"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743297334.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Hemingway</div> Gesammelte Werke, Band 1 - Amerika http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2858239 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5027548 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5027548"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5105s0H0cEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Remembrance of Things Past (7 volumes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3932771 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Proust</div> Ford, Ford Maddox-Parade's End http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539485 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Orlando: A Biography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2107172 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story Of Franz Biberkopf (Continuum Impacts) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214392 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/214392"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0826477895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Doblin</div> Hemingway, Ernest-A Farewell To Arms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3539638 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Vile Bodies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7165 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7165"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316926116.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134651548_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Waugh</div> A Handful Of Dust http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542406 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Waugh</div>