The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must ReadComedy
Given by The Guardian
Other Names: 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read, Guardian 1000
149 Works 478,517 Books 9,826 Reviews 3.9
The Guardian is a UK newspaper which, with its sister Sunday paper The Observer, published this list as a set of supplements over a one-week period early in 2009. As described by the Guardian: "This
show more list… includes only novels —no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems — from any decade in any language."The list actually contains only 998 books. show less
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The Guardian is a UK newspaper which, with its sister Sunday paper The Observer, published this list as a set of supplements over a one-week period early in 2009. As described by the Guardian: "This list… includes only novels —no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems — from any decade in any language."
The list actually contains only 998 books.
(English, Member-written)The list actually contains only 998 books: 149 Comedy, 147 Crime, 146 Family and self, 141 Love, 149 Science fiction and fantasy, 134 State of the nation, 132 War and travel.
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction
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