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  • List of best-selling books
  • List of important children's books
    Children's literature canon
    As with adult literature, the validity of defining a canon of worthy or renowned works in children's literature is hotly debated. Nevertheless, many books have had enormous impact on publishing history and are still in print today...

  • List of children's classic books
  • List of major English dictionaries
  • Great Books of the Western World
    Great Books of the Western World
    Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes.-History:The project got its start...

  • 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
    100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
    The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith, a British poet, critic, and biographer.-Chronological list:...

  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
    1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
    1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a literary reference book compiled by over one hundred literary critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall, Professor of English at Sussex University, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique...

  • Literary Taste: How To Form It
    Literary Taste: How To Form It
    Literary Taste: How to Form it is a long essay by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1909, with a revised edition by his friend Frank Swinnerton appearing in 1937...

  • Ninety-nine Novels
    Ninety-nine Novels
    Anthony Burgess's book Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice covers a 44-year span between 1939 and 1983. Burgess was a prolific reader, in his early career reviewing more than 350 novels in just over two years for the Yorkshire Post...

  • Big Read
    Big Read
    The Big Read was a survey on books carried out by the BBC in the United Kingdom in 2003, where over three quarters of a million votes were received from the British public to find the nation's best-loved novel of all time...

  • Modern Library 100 Best Novels

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