Sign in with Facebook
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
category
tags
website
group type
This is a public group. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
rules
All spam/self-promotions will be del…more
*
Which LIST book did you just start?
By Charity · 7070 posts · 4600 views
By Charity · 7070 posts · 4600 views
last updated Apr 16, 2025 10:49PM
*
Which LIST book did you just finish?
By Charity · 10053 posts · 4258 views
By Charity · 10053 posts · 4258 views
last updated 2 hours, 25 min ago
*
How many of the 1001 books have you read?
By Megan · 1910 posts · 7110 views
By Megan · 1910 posts · 7110 views
last updated Mar 06, 2025 02:00AM
Books that SHOULD be on the list but aren't
By Kayla · 365 posts · 2488 views
By Kayla · 365 posts · 2488 views
last updated Dec 30, 2024 09:19AM
Of the lesser known list books, which are your favourites?
By Caroline · 7 posts · 148 views
By Caroline · 7 posts · 148 views
last updated Mar 20, 2024 02:28AM
*
The Blue Diamond Award for Completing 1300+ Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 132 views
By Karen · 1 post · 132 views
last updated Jun 01, 2024 02:52AM
*
The Red Diamond Award for Completing 1300 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 60 views
By Karen · 1 post · 60 views
last updated May 31, 2024 10:21PM
*
The Diamond Award for Completing 1200 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 2 posts · 82 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 82 views
last updated Jun 15, 2024 07:26PM
*
The Ruby Award for Completing 1100 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 46 views
By Karen · 1 post · 46 views
last updated May 31, 2024 10:14PM
*
The Sapphire Award for Completing 1000 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 69 views
By Karen · 1 post · 69 views
last updated May 30, 2024 03:30AM
Le Prix des Chandeliers D'Argent (The Silver Candlesticks Prize)
By Karen · 28 posts · 225 views
By Karen · 28 posts · 225 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 11:22AM
Kutuzovskaya premiya za vynoslivost (The Kutuzov Prize for Endurance)
By Karen · 23 posts · 159 views
By Karen · 23 posts · 159 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 11:21AM
Le Prix de la Vengeance (The Prize of Vengeance)
By Karen · 34 posts · 223 views
By Karen · 34 posts · 223 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 11:20AM
*
Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Plans and Bingos
By Karen · 21 posts · 132 views
By Karen · 21 posts · 132 views
last updated Mar 24, 2025 03:23PM
*
Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Bingo Card Download
By Karen · 13 posts · 128 views
By Karen · 13 posts · 128 views
last updated Feb 18, 2025 05:25AM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2025
By Karen · 3 posts · 365 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 365 views
last updated Jan 03, 2025 03:25PM
*
Scavenger Hunt, 2025 – Completions
By Karen · 9 posts · 112 views
By Karen · 9 posts · 112 views
last updated Mar 07, 2025 04:56AM
*
Task 1: Read a Boxall book using the theme of 25.
By Karen · 6 posts · 155 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 155 views
last updated Mar 12, 2025 09:30AM
*
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 · 5 posts · 72 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 72 views
last updated Jan 17, 2025 10:29PM
*
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 · 1 post · 47 views
By Karen · 1 post · 47 views
last updated Dec 11, 2024 04:02AM
*
1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ LIST: 2006 * 2008 * 2010 * 2012 * 2018 Versions
By Charity · 11 posts · 24230 views
last updated Feb 09, 2021 05:30PM
*
1001 Books in Other 1001 Books
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3236 views
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3236 views
last updated Jul 14, 2022 04:46PM
Authors with Multiple Books on the List
By Dianna · 17 posts · 643 views
By Dianna · 17 posts · 643 views
last updated Jan 07, 2025 06:36PM
Your top 5 books that are missing from the list?
By Heather · 74 posts · 1170 views
By Heather · 74 posts · 1170 views
last updated Mar 20, 2024 03:48AM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} Reading Schedule and General Discussion
By Karen · 18 posts · 163 views
By Karen · 18 posts · 163 views
last updated Apr 02, 2025 06:29AM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} March - April (Chapters 16 - 21)
By Karen · 1 post · 19 views
By Karen · 1 post · 19 views
last updated Mar 01, 2025 10:33PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} January - February (Chapters 1- 15)
By Karen · 7 posts · 57 views
By Karen · 7 posts · 57 views
last updated Apr 18, 2025 10:10PM
*
{2024 -- Middlemarch} General Discussion
By Karen · 46 posts · 494 views
By Karen · 46 posts · 494 views
last updated Dec 22, 2024 10:41AM
*
{2023 - Clarissa} General Discussion
By Karen · 35 posts · 213 views
By Karen · 35 posts · 213 views
last updated Dec 19, 2023 12:29PM
*
{2023 - October} Clarissa: Letters 523– 533
By Karen · 1 post · 24 views
By Karen · 1 post · 24 views
last updated Oct 05, 2023 02:30AM
*
1001 BOOKS GROUP READS LIST -- Everything We've Read and Everything Coming Up
By Charity · 18 posts · 3220 views
last updated Dec 26, 2024 04:04PM
*
April (2025 Discussion) -- Kiss of the Spider Woman, by Manuel Puig
By Karen · 1 post · 6 views
By Karen · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Apr 20, 2025 04:21AM
*
March (2025 Discussion) -- The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton
By Karen · 3 posts · 37 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 37 views
last updated Apr 01, 2025 07:21PM
*
February (2025 Discussion) -- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson
By Karen · 8 posts · 49 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 49 views
last updated Apr 01, 2025 05:40PM
*
January (2025 Discussion) -- Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov
By Karen · 7 posts · 56 views
By Karen · 7 posts · 56 views
last updated Feb 05, 2025 03:31AM
*
December (2024 Discussion) -- Billiards at Half-Past Nine, by Heinrich Böll
By Karen · 8 posts · 51 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 51 views
last updated Jan 15, 2025 05:52AM
Decide what list book to read next?
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 110 views
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 110 views
last updated Aug 23, 2024 12:45AM
How Do I Keep Track of My Boxall Books?
By Karen · 20 posts · 870 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 870 views
last updated Dec 19, 2022 07:03PM
1001 Books and 1001 Children's Books Overlap
By Katherine · 8 posts · 376 views
By Katherine · 8 posts · 376 views
last updated Jan 13, 2025 02:35PM
Liander's 1001 Books List
By Liander (The … · 17 posts · 253 views
By Liander (The … · 17 posts · 253 views
last updated Mar 05, 2025 05:32PM
Christene Paula's 1001 Lists
By christene_lit… · 6 posts · 39 views
By christene_lit… · 6 posts · 39 views
last updated Aug 23, 2023 09:23PM
*
January 2021 -- Where's Charity?
By Petra · 59 posts · 359 views
By Petra · 59 posts · 359 views
last updated Feb 14, 2021 04:36AM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2024
By Karen · 8 posts · 651 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 651 views
last updated Dec 11, 2024 03:26AM
*
Scavenger Hunt, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
last updated Jan 01, 2025 05:31AM
*
Shhhh! Hints for Double-Dipping (2024)
By Karen · 2 posts · 97 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 97 views
last updated Feb 21, 2024 04:57PM
*
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 10:32PM
*
Task 2: Task 2: Read a Boxall list book by a Scottish author.
By Karen · 11 posts · 126 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 126 views
last updated May 10, 2024 10:53PM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Meet the Authors
By Karen · 8 posts · 542 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 542 views
last updated Jun 01, 2024 08:16PM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 21 posts · 254 views
By Karen · 21 posts · 254 views
last updated Jan 01, 2025 12:45AM
Pepita's 2024 challenge A-Z Meet the authors
By Pepita · 15 posts · 104 views
By Pepita · 15 posts · 104 views
last updated Feb 01, 2025 01:11AM
Dina’s A to Z Challenge 2024: Meet the Authors
By Dina · 26 posts · 133 views
By Dina · 26 posts · 133 views
last updated Nov 08, 2024 10:10AM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2023 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 56 posts · 755 views
By Karen · 56 posts · 755 views
last updated Jan 01, 2024 01:13AM
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2023)
By Karen · 50 posts · 223 views
By Karen · 50 posts · 223 views
last updated Oct 07, 2023 06:50AM
*
Shhhh! Hints for Double-Dipping (2023)
By Karen · 5 posts · 86 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 86 views
last updated Sep 01, 2023 08:18PM
*
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 07:44PM
*
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 02:59PM
*
Task 3: Read a book that is not a novel.
By Karen · 24 posts · 143 views
By Karen · 24 posts · 143 views
last updated Jul 29, 2023 12:25AM
*
A to Z Challenge: 2023 Food Edition
By Karen · 11 posts · 675 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 675 views
last updated Nov 19, 2023 07:12AM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2023 -- Completions
By Karen · 22 posts · 270 views
By Karen · 22 posts · 270 views
last updated Jan 01, 2024 12:55AM
Pepita's 2023 challenge A - Z of food
By Pepita · 27 posts · 87 views
By Pepita · 27 posts · 87 views
last updated Dec 31, 2023 04:02AM
Kimberly's 2023 A to Z in 1001 books: food
By Kimberly · 7 posts · 85 views
By Kimberly · 7 posts · 85 views
last updated Dec 02, 2023 10:07PM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2022 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 96 posts · 752 views
By Karen · 96 posts · 752 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 11:42PM
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2022)
By Karen · 52 posts · 254 views
By Karen · 52 posts · 254 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 11:57PM
*
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 10:53AM
*
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 25, 2022 07:23AM
*
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 06:00PM
*
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 07:30PM
*
A to Z Challenge: 2022 Characters Edition
By Diane · 14 posts · 851 views
By Diane · 14 posts · 851 views
last updated Oct 31, 2023 09:02AM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2022 -- Completions
By Karen · 40 posts · 398 views
By Karen · 40 posts · 398 views
last updated Jan 03, 2023 11:01PM
Ellinor's A-Z Character Challenge
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 126 views
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 126 views
last updated Dec 29, 2022 05:04PM
Maria's A to Z Challenge: 2022 Characters Edition
By Maria · 23 posts · 74 views
By Maria · 23 posts · 74 views
last updated Dec 26, 2022 01:40AM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2021 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 54 posts · 855 views
By Karen · 54 posts · 855 views
last updated Oct 10, 2022 08:08PM
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2021)
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
last updated Apr 20, 2022 01:48AM
*
Task 1: In honor of Don Quixote, read a book set BEFORE the advent of windmills (1185).
By Karen · 29 posts · 220 views
By Karen · 29 posts · 220 views
last updated Jun 02, 2022 06:22AM
*
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 11:10PM
*
Task 3: Read a book written by an author and set in a country south of the equator.
By Karen · 27 posts · 139 views
By Karen · 27 posts · 139 views
last updated Dec 05, 2021 08:55PM
*
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 · 120 views
By Karen · 23 posts · 120 views
last updated Oct 24, 2021 08:33AM
*
A to Z Challenge Rules, 2021 Locations Edition
By Diane · 17 posts · 705 views
By Diane · 17 posts · 705 views
last updated Nov 01, 2021 09:45PM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2021 -- Completions
By Karen · 11 posts · 175 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 175 views
last updated Oct 31, 2021 09:14PM
You have no friends in the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.
Invite some »
