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Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books!
For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert o ...more
For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert o ...more
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Books so good you called in sick, late... or lost?
By Kirsten · 3 posts · 161 views
By Kirsten · 3 posts · 161 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 11:00AM
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Which LIST book did you just start?
By Charity · 7244 posts · 4766 views
By Charity · 7244 posts · 4766 views
last updated 2 hours, 1 min ago
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Which LIST book did you just finish?
By Charity · 10319 posts · 4367 views
By Charity · 10319 posts · 4367 views
last updated 2 hours, 3 min ago
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How many of the 1001 books have you read?
By Megan · 1911 posts · 7176 views
By Megan · 1911 posts · 7176 views
last updated Oct 17, 2025 11:13AM
Of the lesser known list books, which are your favourites?
By Caroline · 14 posts · 202 views
By Caroline · 14 posts · 202 views
last updated 3 hours, 52 min ago
Books that SHOULD be on the list but aren't
By Kayla · 370 posts · 2541 views
By Kayla · 370 posts · 2541 views
last updated Jan 02, 2026 06:30AM
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The Blue Diamond Award for Completing 1300+ Boxall List Books
By Karen · 2 posts · 174 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 174 views
last updated Jun 11, 2025 05:59PM
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The Red Diamond Award for Completing 1300 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 5 posts · 89 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 89 views
last updated Jun 11, 2025 05:53PM
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The Diamond Award for Completing 1200 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 2 posts · 96 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 96 views
last updated Jun 15, 2024 09:26AM
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The Ruby Award for Completing 1100 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 53 views
By Karen · 1 post · 53 views
last updated May 31, 2024 12:14PM
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The Sapphire Award for Completing 1000 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 87 views
By Karen · 1 post · 87 views
last updated May 29, 2024 05:30PM
Le Prix de la Vengeance (The Prize of Vengeance)
By Karen · 35 posts · 234 views
By Karen · 35 posts · 234 views
last updated Dec 31, 2025 04:06PM
Le Prix des Chandeliers D'Argent (The Silver Candlesticks Prize)
By Karen · 29 posts · 233 views
By Karen · 29 posts · 233 views
last updated Dec 31, 2025 04:04PM
Kutuzovskaya premiya za vynoslivost (The Kutuzov Prize for Endurance)
By Karen · 25 posts · 174 views
By Karen · 25 posts · 174 views
last updated Dec 31, 2025 04:00PM
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{2026 -- A Dance to the Music of Time} January (A Question of Upbringing)
By Karen · 4 posts · 47 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 47 views
last updated 11 hours, 23 min ago
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{2025 -- Infinite Jest} Reading Schedule and General Discussion
By Karen · 29 posts · 313 views
By Karen · 29 posts · 313 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 07:32PM
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{2025 -- Infinite Jest} July - August (Chapters 25 - 26)
By Karen · 1 post · 20 views
By Karen · 1 post · 20 views
last updated Jul 13, 2025 07:25PM
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{2025 -- Infinite Jest} May - June (Chapters 22 - 24)
By Karen · 1 post · 15 views
By Karen · 1 post · 15 views
last updated Jul 13, 2025 07:22PM
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{2025 -- Infinite Jest} March - April (Chapters 16 - 21)
By Karen · 1 post · 25 views
By Karen · 1 post · 25 views
last updated Mar 01, 2025 12:33PM
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{2025 -- Infinite Jest} January - February (Chapters 1- 15)
By Karen · 7 posts · 69 views
By Karen · 7 posts · 69 views
last updated Apr 18, 2025 12:10PM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2026
By Karen · 1 post · 107 views
By Karen · 1 post · 107 views
last updated Dec 19, 2025 06:12PM
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Task 1: Read a Boxall book using the theme of 26.
By Karen · 5 posts · 55 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 55 views
last updated Jan 05, 2026 06:01AM
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Task 2: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution, read a Boxall book written or set between 1775 and 1787.
By Karen · 3 posts · 39 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 39 views
last updated Dec 30, 2025 04:40PM
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Task 3: Read a Boxall book by an author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
By Karen · 6 posts · 48 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 48 views
last updated 2 hours, 27 min ago
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Boxall Bingo 2026 -- Plans and Bingos
By Karen · 3 posts · 26 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 26 views
last updated 4 hours, 41 min ago
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1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ LIST: 2006 * 2008 * 2010 * 2012 * 2018 Versions
By Charity · 11 posts · 24555 views
last updated Feb 09, 2021 07:30AM
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1001 Books in Other 1001 Books
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3286 views
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3286 views
last updated Jul 14, 2022 06:46AM
Which Book from the 1001 List Stayed with You the Longest?
By Raphaël · 1 post · 37 views
By Raphaël · 1 post · 37 views
last updated Nov 16, 2025 01:40AM
Authors with Multiple Books on the List
By Dianna · 18 posts · 674 views
By Dianna · 18 posts · 674 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 11:24AM
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1001 BOOKS GROUP READS LIST -- Everything We've Read and Everything Coming Up
By Charity · 19 posts · 3296 views
last updated Jan 04, 2026 02:24AM
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December (2025 Discussion) -- The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) by William Faulkner
By Karen · 4 posts · 32 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 32 views
last updated Dec 30, 2025 03:57PM
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November (2025 Discussion) -- The House with the Blind Glass Windows, by Herbjørg Wassmo
By Karen · 4 posts · 37 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 37 views
last updated Dec 03, 2025 10:04AM
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October (2025 Discussion) -- Junkie, by William S. Burroughs
By Karen · 6 posts · 43 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 43 views
last updated Nov 06, 2025 06:00AM
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September (2025 Discussion) — The Garden Party, by Katherine Mansfield
By Ellinor · 5 posts · 41 views
By Ellinor · 5 posts · 41 views
last updated Dec 27, 2025 11:36PM
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August (2025 Discussion) -- Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham
By Karen · 3 posts · 50 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 50 views
last updated Sep 06, 2025 05:30AM
Decide what list book to read next?
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 142 views
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 142 views
last updated Aug 22, 2024 02:45PM
How Do I Keep Track of My Boxall Books?
By Karen · 20 posts · 920 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 920 views
last updated Dec 19, 2022 09:03AM
1001 Books and 1001 Children's Books Overlap
By Katherine · 8 posts · 384 views
By Katherine · 8 posts · 384 views
last updated Jan 13, 2025 04:35AM
Heruy Wäldä-Sellassé: The New World
By J_BlueFlower · 19 posts · 195 views
By J_BlueFlower · 19 posts · 195 views
last updated Oct 27, 2025 07:29PM
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January 2021 -- Where's Charity?
By Petra · 59 posts · 373 views
By Petra · 59 posts · 373 views
last updated Feb 13, 2021 06:36PM
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Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Plans and Bingos
By Karen · 24 posts · 192 views
By Karen · 24 posts · 192 views
last updated Oct 01, 2025 08:02AM
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Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Completions
By Karen · 20 posts · 127 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 127 views
last updated Dec 07, 2025 01:39PM
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Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Bingo Card Download
By Karen · 13 posts · 194 views
By Karen · 13 posts · 194 views
last updated Feb 17, 2025 07:25PM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2025
By Karen · 4 posts · 518 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 518 views
last updated May 12, 2025 06:32AM
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Scavenger Hunt, 2025 – Completions
By Karen · 26 posts · 229 views
By Karen · 26 posts · 229 views
last updated Jan 06, 2026 11:12AM
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Task 1: Read a Boxall book using the theme of 25.
By Karen · 7 posts · 202 views
By Karen · 7 posts · 202 views
last updated Dec 04, 2025 06:02AM
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Task 2: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, read a book by Jane Austen on the Boxall List or a Boxall List book by one of her contemporaries (who would have been writing between 1775 and 1817).
By Karen · 6 posts · 91 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 91 views
last updated Dec 04, 2025 06:03AM
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Task 3: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Mann, read a book by Thomas Mann on the Boxall List or a Boxall List book by one of his contemporaries (who would have been writing between 1875 and 1955).
By Karen · 2 posts · 54 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 54 views
last updated Dec 04, 2025 06:04AM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2024
By Karen · 8 posts · 663 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 663 views
last updated Dec 10, 2024 05:26PM
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Scavenger Hunt, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
last updated Dec 31, 2024 07:31PM
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Shhhh! Hints for Double-Dipping (2024)
By Karen · 2 posts · 99 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 99 views
last updated Feb 21, 2024 06:57AM
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Task 1: Read a Boxall book using the theme of 24.
By Karen · 22 posts · 234 views
By Karen · 22 posts · 234 views
last updated Jul 07, 2024 12:32PM
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Task 2: Task 2: Read a Boxall list book by a Scottish author.
By Karen · 11 posts · 127 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 127 views
last updated May 10, 2024 12:53PM
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A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Meet the Authors
By Karen · 8 posts · 559 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 559 views
last updated Jun 01, 2024 10:16AM
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A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 21 posts · 259 views
By Karen · 21 posts · 259 views
last updated Dec 31, 2024 02:45PM
Pepita's 2024 challenge A-Z Meet the authors
By Pepita · 15 posts · 111 views
By Pepita · 15 posts · 111 views
last updated Jan 31, 2025 03:11PM
Dina’s A to Z Challenge 2024: Meet the Authors
By Dina · 26 posts · 134 views
By Dina · 26 posts · 134 views
last updated Nov 08, 2024 12:10AM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 56 posts · 757 views
By Karen · 56 posts · 757 views
last updated Dec 31, 2023 03:13PM
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Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2023)
By Karen · 50 posts · 224 views
By Karen · 50 posts · 224 views
last updated Oct 06, 2023 08:50PM
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Shhhh! Hints for Double-Dipping (2023)
By Karen · 5 posts · 88 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 88 views
last updated Sep 01, 2023 10:18AM
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Task 1: Read a book written by an author from a country around the Pacific Rim (excluding the United States).
By Karen · 35 posts · 222 views
By Karen · 35 posts · 222 views
last updated Aug 12, 2023 09:44AM
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Task 2: Read a book published by a small press, a university press, or an independent press.
By Karen · 23 posts · 154 views
By Karen · 23 posts · 154 views
last updated Nov 04, 2023 05:59AM
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Task 3: Read a book that is not a novel.
By Karen · 24 posts · 145 views
By Karen · 24 posts · 145 views
last updated Jul 28, 2023 02:25PM
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A to Z Challenge: 2023 Food Edition
By Karen · 11 posts · 683 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 683 views
last updated Nov 18, 2023 09:12PM
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A to Z Challenge, 2023 -- Completions
By Karen · 22 posts · 271 views
By Karen · 22 posts · 271 views
last updated Dec 31, 2023 02:55PM
Pepita's 2023 challenge A - Z of food
By Pepita · 27 posts · 87 views
By Pepita · 27 posts · 87 views
last updated Dec 30, 2023 06:02PM
Kimberly's 2023 A to Z in 1001 books: food
By Kimberly · 7 posts · 86 views
By Kimberly · 7 posts · 86 views
last updated Dec 02, 2023 12:07PM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2022 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 96 posts · 755 views
By Karen · 96 posts · 755 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 01:42PM
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Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2022)
By Karen · 52 posts · 255 views
By Karen · 52 posts · 255 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 01:57PM
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Task 1: In honor of Malta and Creta Kano, read a book set in a country with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea.
By Karen · 20 posts · 269 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 269 views
last updated Oct 04, 2022 12:53AM
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Task 2: Read a Boxall list book mentioned in another list book you have read in 2022. (Can be mentioned in the narrative and/or in a preface or introduction. Requires reading two Boxall books.)
By Karen · 58 posts · 229 views
By Karen · 58 posts · 229 views
last updated Nov 24, 2022 09:23PM
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Task 3: Posthumously speaking, read a book that was either published after the author’s death, or narrated by a character who is deceased.
By Karen · 21 posts · 148 views
By Karen · 21 posts · 148 views
last updated Dec 31, 2022 08:00AM
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Task 4: Read a book with the word “love” or a word relating to another positive emotion in the title.
By Karen · 20 posts · 126 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 126 views
last updated Oct 10, 2022 09:30AM
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A to Z Challenge: 2022 Characters Edition
By Diane · 14 posts · 856 views
By Diane · 14 posts · 856 views
last updated Oct 31, 2023 12:02AM
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A to Z Challenge, 2022 -- Completions
By Karen · 40 posts · 399 views
By Karen · 40 posts · 399 views
last updated Jan 03, 2023 01:01PM
Ellinor's A-Z Character Challenge
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 128 views
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 128 views
last updated Dec 29, 2022 07:04AM
Maria's A to Z Challenge: 2022 Characters Edition
By Maria · 23 posts · 74 views
By Maria · 23 posts · 74 views
last updated Dec 25, 2022 03:40PM
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The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2021 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 54 posts · 858 views
By Karen · 54 posts · 858 views
last updated Oct 10, 2022 10:08AM
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Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2021)
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
last updated Apr 19, 2022 03:48PM
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Task 1: In honor of Don Quixote, read a book set BEFORE the advent of windmills (1185).
By Karen · 29 posts · 221 views
By Karen · 29 posts · 221 views
last updated Jun 01, 2022 08:22PM
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Task 2: A book with an LGBTQ character.
By Karen · 26 posts · 188 views
By Karen · 26 posts · 188 views
last updated Nov 16, 2021 01:10PM
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Task 3: Read a book written by an author and set in a country south of the equator.
By Karen · 27 posts · 141 views
By Karen · 27 posts · 141 views
last updated Dec 05, 2021 10:55AM
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Task 4: Read a book originally published in a language that doesn’t use the Latin alphabet (e.g., Greek, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).
By Karen · 23 posts · 121 views
By Karen · 23 posts · 121 views
last updated Oct 23, 2021 10:33PM
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A to Z Challenge Rules, 2021 Locations Edition
By Diane · 17 posts · 723 views
By Diane · 17 posts · 723 views
last updated Nov 01, 2021 12:45PM
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A to Z Challenge, 2021 -- Completions
By Karen · 11 posts · 184 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 184 views
last updated Oct 31, 2021 12:14PM
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