Awards search:Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You'll Ever Read

Candide ou L'Optimisme

by Voltaire
Paperback, 2003
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Bildungsroman, Classics, Satire, Philosophy, France, En français — 5 more, 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, Mooched
Status
Available
Call number
813

Candide ou l'Optimisme

by Voltaire
Paperback, 2003
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Bildungsroman, Classics, Travel, Love, Satire, Philosophy — 16 more, France, En français, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2010 Edition), Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, Mooched, To Read in 2012, 12/12, Picked by Fourpawz2, Audiobook, Library Book (National), Read in 2012, Completed October 2012, To Reread
Collections
Read, To Reread, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Status
Available
Call number
843.5

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Library Book (National), OverDrive, eBook
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Bastard Out of Carolina

by Dorothy Allison
Digital audiobook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 1950s, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Relationships, Family, Dysfunctional Families, Child Abuse, Southern, Southern Gothic — 10 more, North Carolina, America, 500 Great Books by Women, National Book Award Finalist, Audiobook, Narrated by Elizabeth Evans, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 2 for 1, Acquired in 2018
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard P. Feynman
Digital audiobook, 1999
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by Raymond Todd, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2016, Completed October 2017
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2017
Series
Feynman Memoirs
Status
Available
Call number
530.0924

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paperback, 2003
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Colombian Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Family, Family Saga, Matriarch, Romance — 22 more, Revolution, Civil War, War, Death, Ghosts, Gypsies, Colombia, South America, America, Nobel Prize, Orange Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, The Telegraph's 100 Novels, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, Read in 1990, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Read in 2008, Sold
Collections
Read, Given Away/Sold
Status
Available
Call number
863

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G. K. Chesterton
Digital audiobook, 2010
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by David Thorn, Purchased from Audible.com, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith
CD audiobook, 2004
Tags
20th Century, 1930s, Fiction, English Literature, Classics, Young Adult, Coming of Age, Castles, Family, Authors, Poverty — 17 more, Romance, First Love, Love, Marriage, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Children's Books, BBC's Big Read, Rec'd by KiwiNyx, Library Book, Audiobook, Narrated by Jenny Agutter, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Read in 2012, Completed July 2012, To Reread
Collections
Read, To Reread, Audiobooks, Children's & YA, Read in 2012
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Liars' Club: A Memoir (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Mary Karr
Ebook, 2015
Tags
Library Book (National), OverDrive, eBook
Series
Mary Karr's Memoirs (1)
Status
Available
Call number
818.5403

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Paper Book, 2000
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, Russian Literature, Communism, Gulag, Soviet Union, Russia, Nobel Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (State of the nation), 1001 Books — 5 more, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Library Book (National), Audiobook, Narrated by Frank Muller, RBdigital
Status
Available
Call number
891.7'344

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
13th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Literature, History, Biography, Asian History, Medieval History, Genghis Khan, Mongols, Mongolia — 9 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Picked for Me 2013, Picked by NielsenGW, Read in 2013, Completed October 2013, Audible Sale
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
950.21092

What a Carve Up!

by Jonathan Coe
Cassette Audiobook , 2010
Tags
20th Century, 1980s, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Humour, Satire, Family, England, Guardian 1000 — 8 more, Guardian 1000 (State of the nation), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Rec'd by Deern, Audiobook, Narrated by Colin Buchanan, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Winshaw Family (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert
Audiobook, 2006
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Relationships, Marriage, Adultery, Infidelity, Romance, Romanticism — 29 more, Novels, Reading, Boredom, Disillusionment, Consumerism, Debt, Suicide, Death, Funerals, Doctors, Pharmacist, Bourgeoisie, Women, France, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), The Telegraph's 100 Novels, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, David Bowie's Top 100, Banned Books, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, En français, Audiobook, Narrated by Alain Lawrence, Library Book (National), Read in 2012, Completed November 2012
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Status
Available
Call number
843.8

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Relationships, Marriage, Adultery, Infidelity, Romance, Romanticism — 30 more, Novels, Reading, Boredom, Disillusionment, Consumerism, Debt, Suicide, Death, Funerals, Doctors, Pharmacist, Bourgeoisie, Women, France, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), The Telegraph's 100 Novels, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, David Bowie's Top 100, Banned Books, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, Read in 2012, Audiobook, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Naxos Audiobooks, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014, To Reread
Collections
To Reread, Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
843.8

Speak Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

by Vladimir Nabokov
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, Russian Literature, American Literature, Autobiography, Literature, Vladimir Nabokov, Guardian 100 Greatest Non-Fiction, Audiobook, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki — 3 more, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

by Vladimir Nabokov
Paperback, 1989
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, Russian Literature, American Literature, Autobiography, Literature, Vladimir Nabokov, Guardian 100 Greatest Non-Fiction, 1000 Books (2018), ALA Notable Books for Adults — 5 more, Read This Next: 500 Best Books, Telegraphs 100 Books of the Century, The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Fantasy, Mythology, Short Stories, Anthology, Fairy Tales, Adult Fairy Tales, Sex — 31 more, Sexuality, Erotica, Violence, Torture, Gothic, Horror, Macabre, Retelling, Gender, Feminism, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Beasts, Animals, Lycanthropy, Wolves, Vampires, Rec'd by avatiakh, Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Igor Karash, New, Purchased from The Folio Society, Acquired in 2013, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed April 2015
Collections
Read, Folio Society, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Bloody Chamber

by Angela Carter
Digital audiobook, 2018
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Fantasy, Mythology, Short Stories, Anthology, Fairy Tales, Adult Fairy Tales, Marriage — 30 more, Young Bride, Sex, Sexuality, Erotica, Violence, Torture, Gothic, Horror, Macabre, Retelling, Gender, Feminism, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Beasts, Animals, Lycanthropy, Wolves, Vampires, Audiobook, Narrated by Richard Armitage, Narrated by Emilia Fox, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2018, Read in 2018, Completed March 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Status
Available
Call number
813

Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, Book 2)

by P.G. Wodehouse
Paperback, 2000
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1920s, Fiction, English Literature, Short Stories, Humour, Comedy, Jeeves, Class System, Servants — 19 more, Butlers, Wealth, Sartorial, Romance, Women, Male Friendship, London, England, New York City, America, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, Used, Purchased from The Word, To Read, Acquired in 2011, British Author Challenge, Read in 2016, Completed January 2016, Favourites of 2016
Collections
Read, Read in 2016
Series
Jeeves (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Diary Of A Provincial Lady (VMC Designer Collection)

by E.M. Delafield
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1930s, Fiction, English Literature, Diary, Domesticity, Country Life, Small Town Living, Village Life, Relationships — 20 more, Marriage, Family, Children, Servants, Social Class, Finance, Keeping Up Appearances, England, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), Virago Modern Classics, VMC Designer Collection, Hardcover, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Deez Books, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Virago Modern Classics, Read in 2015
Series
Provincial Lady (1)
Status
Available
Call number
828.91203

Out of Africa (Modern Library)

by Isak Dinesen
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
20th Century, Nonfiction, Danish Literature, Autobiography, Biography, Memoirs, Kenya, Africa, 500 Great Books by Women, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition) — 6 more, Adapted to Film, Hardcover, Used, From Montreal Book Bloggers (Amanda), To Read, Narrative Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
967.62

The Game of Kings

by Dorothy Dunnett
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
Rec'd by sibyx, Rec'd by LizzieD, Audiobook, Narrated by Samuel Giles, Narrated by Samuel Gillies, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Lymond Chronicles (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis
Ebook, 2011
Tags
14th Century, 21st Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Middle Ages, Plague — 14 more, Bubonic Plague, Black Death, England, Series, Oxford Time Travel series, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Audiobook, Narrated by Jenny Sterlin, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, TIOLI, Read in 2012, Completed February 2012
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Series
Oxford Time Travel (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

O Pioneers! (Oxford World's Classics)

by Willa Cather
Paperback, 1999
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, 20th Century Publication, Fiction, American Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Pioneers, Immigrants, Swedish Immigrants, Farming — 19 more, Relationships, Family, Love, Adultery, Murder, Women, Feminism, Midwest, Prairies, Nebraska, America, eBook, Kindle, Oxford World's Classics, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2013, American Authors Challenge 2014, Read in 2014, Completed January 2014
Collections
Read, eBooks, Read in 2014
Series
The Prairie Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

O Pioneers!

by Willa Cather
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
19th Century, Fiction, 19th Century Literature, American Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Pioneers, Immigrants, Farming, Midwest, Prairies — 10 more, Nebraska, America, Audiobook, Narrated by Kate Reading, Purchased from Audible.com, Whispersync, Purchase with eBook, $2.99, Acquired in 2013, American Authors Challenge 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
The Prairie Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

A Bend in the River

by V.S. Naipaul
Digital audiobook, 2004
Tags
Booker Prize Shortlist, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (State of the nation), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, The Modern Library's 100 Best, The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels, The Telegraph's 100 Novels, Audiobook, Narrated by Simon Vance — 2 more, Audible.com, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Enduring Love

by Ian McEwan
Digital audiobook, 2004
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Love, Obsession, Stalking, England, 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Crime) — 4 more, Orange Prize, Library Book (National), RBdigital, Audiobook
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman
CD audiobook, 2005
Tags
14th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, History, European History, Middle Ages, Social History, National Book Award, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, 500 Great Books by Women, Rec'd by Chatterbox — 5 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Nadia May, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
944.025

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

by Sarah Caudwell
Ebook, 2012
Tags
Rec'd by Slightly Foxed, Rec'd by souloftherose, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Purchased from Reuseabook, Acquired in 2015
Series
Hilary Tamar (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing
Paperback, 1999
Tags
20th Century, 1960s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Women, Communism, Feminism, London, England, Nobel Prize — 12 more, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), The Telegraph's 100 Novels, Time's All-Time 100, Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, Used, Purchased from The Word, Acquired in 2009, Picked by EBT1002, Picked for Me 2014 Extra Pick
Collections
TRRS Pile, Picked for Me 2014
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing
Digital audiobook, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 1960s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Women, Communism, Feminism, London, England, Nobel Prize — 17 more, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), The Telegraph's 100 Novels, Time's All-Time 100, Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, Audiobook, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Naxos Audiobooks, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2014, Picked by EBT1002, Picked for Me 2014 Extra Pick, British Author Challenge, British Author Challenge 2016
Collections
TRRS Pile, Audiobooks, Picked for Me 2014
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

by Anita Loos
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1920s, Fiction, American Literature, Classics, Diary, Epistolary, Jazz Age, Flappers, Sexuality — 12 more, Travel, Women, Humour, Adapted to Film, The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels, Audiobook, Narrated by Patrice O'Neill, Audible Sale, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2016, Completed July 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Series
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Man Who Loved Children: A Novel

by Christina Stead
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2008/2010 Edition), Time's All-Time 100, From Fourpawz2's wishlist, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford
Paperback, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 12 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Audiobook, Narrated by Emilia Fox, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Read in 2012, Completed November 2012, Audible Sale
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Series
Radlett and Montdore (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford
Paperback, 1993
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 14 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Roland Pym, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Berwyn Books, Acquired in 2013, Picked by sibyx, Picked for Me 2014 Extra Pick
Collections
TRRS Pile, Folio Society, Picked for Me 2014
Series
Radlett and Montdore (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel
Ebook, 2007
Tags
Graphic Novel, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Daily Deal, eBook, Acquired in 2019, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Comics, Eisner Award, Lambda Literary Award, ALA Notable Books for Adults — 3 more, Salon Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Ignatz Award Nominee
Collections
Graphic Novels, eBooks
Status
Available
Call number
741.5973

Decline and Fall

by Evelyn Waugh
Paperback, 1999
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Humour, Satire, 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), Rec'd by avatiakh, From Montreal Book Bloggers (Amanda)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Decline and Fall

by Evelyn Waugh
Digital audiobook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 1920s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Oxford, Academia, Education, Boarding School, Public School — 26 more, Teachers, Teaching, Prostitution, White Slavery, Prison, Upper Class, Aristocracy, Religion, Comedy of Manners, Social Commentary, Humour, Satire, Modernism, Wales, England, 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), Rec'd by avatiakh, Audiobook, Narrated by Michael Maloney, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813

Amphigorey

by Edward Gorey
Paperback, 2002
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Visual Arts, Drawing, Illustration, Illustrated, Macabre, Gothic, Victorian, Edwardian — 9 more, Humour, Illustrated by Edward Gorey, Anthology, 1001 Comics, Read This Next: 500 Best Books, Library Book, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2014, Completed June 2014
Collections
Read, Graphic Novels, Read in 2014
Series
Amphigorey (1)
Status
Available
Call number
741.973

Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Essentials)

by Stella Gibbons
Paperback, 2011
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Classics, Relationships, Family, Farms, Farmers, Country Life, Pastoral — 23 more, Meddling, Romance, Family Secrets, Humour, Parody, Satire, Sussex, England, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), The Telegraph's 100 Novels, BBC's Big Read, 500 Great Books by Women, Rec'd by Cariola, Penguin Essentials, Purchased from ChaptersIndigo, Acquired in 2013, Picked by luvamystery65, Picked for Me 2014, Read in 2014, Completed January 2014
Collections
Read in 2014, Picked for Me 2014
Series
Cold Comfort Farm (1), Cold Comfort Farm: Publication Order (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

La Dame aux camélias

by Alexandre (fils) Dumas
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, 1840s, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Courtesans, Prostitution, Love, Romance, Paris — 6 more, France, En français, Library Book, Audiobook, Narrated by Élodie Huber, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
843.8
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