Peter Boxall (1) (1969–)
Author of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
For other authors named Peter Boxall, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Peter Boxall is a senior lecturer in English Literature at the University of Sussex
Image credit: University of Sussex Staff Biography Photo
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- Birthdate
- 1969-06-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- Professor of English, University of Sussex
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The dangers of reading 1001 in chronological order. in 1001 Books to read before you die (September 2017)
Finding Those 1001 Books in 1001 Books to read before you die (August 2017)
Short Stories in 1001 Books to read before you die (February 2017)
Shorter books in 1001 Books to read before you die (June 2016)
New edition due out in October in 1001 Books to read before you die (October 2015)
Second edition half-price at Waterstones UK (instore) in 1001 Books to read before you die (December 2009)
Old vs. New Edition Tags in 1001 Books to read before you die (July 2008)
Peter Boxall talks... in 1001 Books to read before you die (July 2008)
Walden in 1001 Books to read before you die (January 2008)
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall
Very Anglo centric, but still valuable insight.
Are you looking for a book to read and you want it to be a classic or a book the world talked about once or is still talking about?
Check out this book here. 1001 great ideas and there is at least 1 book recommended for everyone.
Great lexicon/collection of great books.
I am not sure if I really have to read all of the recommended books before I die, but a great amount seems pretty interesting.
Check out this book here. 1001 great ideas and there is at least 1 book recommended for everyone.
Great lexicon/collection of great books.
I am not sure if I really have to read all of the recommended books before I die, but a great amount seems pretty interesting.
Finally read the book from which the LIST came. Not surprised that the contributors are pretty much all British academics from the same area, and that certainly explains why there are so many titles from certain British authors. Even if they work in different academic fields, all the contributors are part of the same reading culture, so of course there are 10 Dickens novels included, but no Ray Bradbury, and 4 Doris Lessing books make the list, but only 1 by Barbara Kingsolver and none by Julia Alvarez. It's still a good list to start from to discover new books worth reading, but if it occasionally feels like homework-reading going through this list's books, it's probably because some of the titles were included not because the books are actually great, but rather because the books fit in nicely with some academic's pet thesis about fiction.… (more)
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