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A list of lists:


Book Lists -

to help you find your next book

The AA Book Club

See List of Books Read by the Club, the first shall be the last.
See List of Books Read by the Club, Author's surname sequence.

The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters.


The Beeb:

The BBC

The Big Read

See BBC Big Read, 1 to 100 in numerical order plus a link to 101 - 200.
The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters.

The Top 100

See BBC Top 100 British Novels as seen by the rest of the world, 100 to 1 in reverse numerical order.


The Guardian:

The Guardian

2003

See Guardian The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list , 1 to 100 in numerical order.

The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters, and overlaps with 2013 list. This list includes novels translated into English.

The Guardian

2009

See Guardian Comedy Novels Part 1
Comedy Novels Part 2
Comedy Novels Part 3
Comedy Novels Part 4

2011

See The 100 greatest non-fiction books.

The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters.

See Books everyone should read. The information was collated from multiple lists and presented graphically, see the consensus cloud at the foot of this page. The full data is available as a google document at: bit.ly/BooksEveryone

2013 - 2015

See Guardian Guardian Top 100 novels written in English, 1 to 100 in numerical order.

The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters, and overlaps with 2003 list. This list excludes novels translated into English .

2015

See Guardian Top 100 Readers Alternative List.

See Guardian Ten Books that shaped the World.

The Guardian "Best of 2015"

Best novels of 2015.
Best celebrity memoirs of 2015.
Best biographies of 2015.
Best history books of 2015.
Best holiday reads of 2015.

Best nature books of 2015.
Best children's books of 2015.
Best stocking-filler books of 2015.
Best music books of 2015.
Best politics books of 2015.

Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015.
Best biography and memoir books of 2015.
Best crime and thriller books of 2015.
Best fiction books of 2015.
Best drinks books of 2015.

Best food books of 2015.
Best paperback books of 2015.
Best photography books of 2015.
Best sports books of 2015.

2017

See Guardian Top 100 Guardian The 100 best non-fiction.


Prize Winners

The Booker Prize Winners

See The Booker Prize List of Winners.

The list is also available on the Book Club Summary Spreadsheet, with filters.

The Nobel Prize

See The Nobel Prize List of Winners.


Miscellany:

Visualisation of information