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
Is there a book(s) from the list that you have no intention of reading? Which one and why?
By Sara · 112 posts · 734 views
By Sara · 112 posts · 734 views
last updated Jul 22, 2025 11:01AM
*
Which LIST book did you just start?
By Charity · 7173 posts · 4698 views
By Charity · 7173 posts · 4698 views
last updated 14 hours, 21 min ago
*
Which LIST book did you just finish?
By Charity · 10195 posts · 4311 views
By Charity · 10195 posts · 4311 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 12:56AM
*
How many of the 1001 books have you read?
By Megan · 1911 posts · 7147 views
By Megan · 1911 posts · 7147 views
last updated Jun 04, 2025 12:07PM
Of the lesser known list books, which are your favourites?
By Caroline · 9 posts · 175 views
By Caroline · 9 posts · 175 views
last updated Jul 12, 2025 11:54PM
Books that SHOULD be on the list but aren't
By Kayla · 365 posts · 2506 views
By Kayla · 365 posts · 2506 views
last updated Dec 29, 2024 11:19PM
*
The Blue Diamond Award for Completing 1300+ Boxall List Books
By Karen · 2 posts · 160 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 160 views
last updated Jun 11, 2025 05:59PM
*
The Red Diamond Award for Completing 1300 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 5 posts · 86 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 86 views
last updated Jun 11, 2025 05:53PM
*
The Diamond Award for Completing 1200 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 2 posts · 91 views
By Karen · 2 posts · 91 views
last updated Jun 15, 2024 09:26AM
*
The Ruby Award for Completing 1100 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 51 views
By Karen · 1 post · 51 views
last updated May 31, 2024 12:14PM
*
The Sapphire Award for Completing 1000 Boxall List Books
By Karen · 1 post · 80 views
By Karen · 1 post · 80 views
last updated May 29, 2024 05:30PM
Kutuzovskaya premiya za vynoslivost (The Kutuzov Prize for Endurance)
By Karen · 24 posts · 166 views
By Karen · 24 posts · 166 views
last updated Aug 03, 2025 10:05AM
Le Prix des Chandeliers D'Argent (The Silver Candlesticks Prize)
By Karen · 28 posts · 226 views
By Karen · 28 posts · 226 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 01:22AM
Le Prix de la Vengeance (The Prize of Vengeance)
By Karen · 34 posts · 224 views
By Karen · 34 posts · 224 views
last updated Jan 12, 2025 01:20AM
*
Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Plans and Bingos
By Karen · 22 posts · 169 views
By Karen · 22 posts · 169 views
last updated Jun 30, 2025 05:14PM
*
Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Completions
By Karen · 18 posts · 116 views
By Karen · 18 posts · 116 views
last updated Jul 07, 2025 10:08AM
*
Boxall Bingo 2025 -- Bingo Card Download
By Karen · 13 posts · 165 views
By Karen · 13 posts · 165 views
last updated Feb 17, 2025 07:25PM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2025
By Karen · 4 posts · 449 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 449 views
last updated May 12, 2025 06:32AM
*
Scavenger Hunt, 2025 – Completions
By Karen · 16 posts · 172 views
By Karen · 16 posts · 172 views
last updated Aug 29, 2025 12:47PM
*
Task 1: Read a Boxall book using the theme of 25.
By Karen · 6 posts · 183 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 183 views
last updated Mar 12, 2025 12:30AM
*
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 · 81 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 81 views
last updated Jan 17, 2025 12:29PM
*
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 · 50 views
By Karen · 1 post · 50 views
last updated Dec 10, 2024 06:02PM
*
1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ LIST: 2006 * 2008 * 2010 * 2012 * 2018 Versions
By Charity · 11 posts · 24415 views
last updated Feb 09, 2021 07:30AM
*
1001 Books in Other 1001 Books
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3263 views
By Joselito Hone… · 549 posts · 3263 views
last updated Jul 14, 2022 06:46AM
Authors with Multiple Books on the List
By Dianna · 17 posts · 657 views
By Dianna · 17 posts · 657 views
last updated Jan 07, 2025 08:36AM
Your top 5 books that are missing from the list?
By Heather · 74 posts · 1188 views
By Heather · 74 posts · 1188 views
last updated Mar 19, 2024 06:48PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} Reading Schedule and General Discussion
By Karen · 29 posts · 267 views
By Karen · 29 posts · 267 views
last updated Sep 04, 2025 07:32PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} July - August (Chapters 25 - 26)
By Karen · 1 post · 19 views
By Karen · 1 post · 19 views
last updated Jul 13, 2025 07:25PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} May - June (Chapters 22 - 24)
By Karen · 1 post · 13 views
By Karen · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Jul 13, 2025 07:22PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} March - April (Chapters 16 - 21)
By Karen · 1 post · 23 views
By Karen · 1 post · 23 views
last updated Mar 01, 2025 12:33PM
*
{2025 -- Infinite Jest} January - February (Chapters 1- 15)
By Karen · 7 posts · 64 views
By Karen · 7 posts · 64 views
last updated Apr 18, 2025 12:10PM
*
{2024 -- Middlemarch} General Discussion
By Karen · 46 posts · 499 views
By Karen · 46 posts · 499 views
last updated Dec 22, 2024 12:41AM
*
1001 BOOKS GROUP READS LIST -- Everything We've Read and Everything Coming Up
By Charity · 18 posts · 3255 views
last updated Dec 26, 2024 06:04AM
*
August (2025 Discussion) -- Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham
By Karen · 1 post · 29 views
By Karen · 1 post · 29 views
last updated Aug 15, 2025 04:07PM
*
July (2025 Discussion) -- The Dark Child, by Camara Laye
By Karen · 3 posts · 36 views
By Karen · 3 posts · 36 views
last updated Jul 29, 2025 05:10PM
*
June (2025 Discussion) -- The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch
By Karen · 4 posts · 43 views
By Karen · 4 posts · 43 views
last updated Aug 09, 2025 09:56AM
*
May (2025 Discussion) --Time's Arrow, by Martin Amis
By Karen · 5 posts · 41 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 41 views
last updated Jun 24, 2025 08:57PM
*
April (2025 Discussion) -- Kiss of the Spider Woman, by Manuel Puig
By Karen · 6 posts · 49 views
By Karen · 6 posts · 49 views
last updated May 28, 2025 05:35PM
Decide what list book to read next?
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 135 views
By Jennifer W · 4 posts · 135 views
last updated Aug 22, 2024 02:45PM
How Do I Keep Track of My Boxall Books?
By Karen · 20 posts · 899 views
By Karen · 20 posts · 899 views
last updated Dec 19, 2022 09:03AM
FREE Kindle Book: The Return of My Protector — Looking Forward to Your Thoughts!
By Iqbal · 1 post · 15 views
By Iqbal · 1 post · 15 views
last updated May 08, 2025 12:14AM
FREE Kindle Book: The Return of My Protector — Looking Forward to Your Thoughts!
By Iqbal · 1 post · 13 views
By Iqbal · 1 post · 13 views
last updated May 08, 2025 12:12AM
Liander's 1001 Books List
By Liander (The … · 17 posts · 261 views
By Liander (The … · 17 posts · 261 views
last updated Mar 05, 2025 07:32AM
Christene Paula's 1001 Lists
By christene_lit… · 6 posts · 40 views
By christene_lit… · 6 posts · 40 views
last updated Aug 23, 2023 11:23AM
*
January 2021 -- Where's Charity?
By Petra · 59 posts · 367 views
By Petra · 59 posts · 367 views
last updated Feb 13, 2021 06:36PM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2024
By Karen · 8 posts · 660 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 660 views
last updated Dec 10, 2024 05:26PM
*
Scavenger Hunt, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
By Karen · 34 posts · 230 views
last updated Dec 31, 2024 07:31PM
*
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
*
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
*
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
*
A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Meet the Authors
By Karen · 8 posts · 553 views
By Karen · 8 posts · 553 views
last updated Jun 01, 2024 10:16AM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2024 -- Completions
By Karen · 21 posts · 258 views
By Karen · 21 posts · 258 views
last updated Dec 31, 2024 02:45PM
Pepita's 2024 challenge A-Z Meet the authors
By Pepita · 15 posts · 109 views
By Pepita · 15 posts · 109 views
last updated Jan 31, 2025 03:11PM
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 12:10AM
*
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
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2023)
By Karen · 50 posts · 223 views
By Karen · 50 posts · 223 views
last updated Oct 06, 2023 08:50PM
*
Shhhh! Hints for Double-Dipping (2023)
By Karen · 5 posts · 87 views
By Karen · 5 posts · 87 views
last updated Sep 01, 2023 10:18AM
*
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
*
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
*
Task 3: Read a book that is not a novel.
By Karen · 24 posts · 144 views
By Karen · 24 posts · 144 views
last updated Jul 28, 2023 02:25PM
*
A to Z Challenge: 2023 Food Edition
By Karen · 11 posts · 678 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 678 views
last updated Nov 18, 2023 09:12PM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2023 -- Completions
By Karen · 22 posts · 270 views
By Karen · 22 posts · 270 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 · 85 views
By Kimberly · 7 posts · 85 views
last updated Dec 02, 2023 12:07PM
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2022 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 96 posts · 753 views
By Karen · 96 posts · 753 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 01:42PM
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2022)
By Karen · 52 posts · 254 views
By Karen · 52 posts · 254 views
last updated Jan 04, 2023 01:57PM
*
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 12:53AM
*
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 24, 2022 09:23PM
*
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
*
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
*
A to Z Challenge: 2022 Characters Edition
By Diane · 14 posts · 855 views
By Diane · 14 posts · 855 views
last updated Oct 31, 2023 12:02AM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2022 -- Completions
By Karen · 40 posts · 398 views
By Karen · 40 posts · 398 views
last updated Jan 03, 2023 01:01PM
Ellinor's A-Z Character Challenge
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 127 views
By Ellinor · 25 posts · 127 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
*
The Great 1001-Books Scavenger Hunt, 2021 -- Info and Completions
By Karen · 54 posts · 857 views
By Karen · 54 posts · 857 views
last updated Oct 10, 2022 10:08AM
*
Scavenger Hunt Plans / Updates (2021)
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
By Karen · 56 posts · 264 views
last updated Apr 19, 2022 03:48PM
*
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 01, 2022 08:22PM
*
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
*
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
*
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
*
A to Z Challenge Rules, 2021 Locations Edition
By Diane · 17 posts · 713 views
By Diane · 17 posts · 713 views
last updated Nov 01, 2021 12:45PM
*
A to Z Challenge, 2021 -- Completions
By Karen · 11 posts · 178 views
By Karen · 11 posts · 178 views
last updated Oct 31, 2021 12:14PM
You have no friends in the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.
Invite some »
