Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable books

Below is a list of notable books that may not be covered in Wikipedia. The notability of the book is defined by one or more of the following criteria: critical acclaim, large sales or recognition as one of the best in its genre. Many of the books and authors already have existing articles about them but may need to be redirected. You may want to consider creating a redirect if the name is appropriate.

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Source of lists

The list was compiled from, though does not necessarily include all items from, the following lists:

• Pulitzer Prizes for:
  • Biography or Autobiography
  • History
  • Poetry
• National Book Award winners and nominees 1950-2005
• National Book Critics Circle Awards for Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography and Autobiography, and Poetry 1981-2003
• Nebula Award for Best Novel winners (done, at least to stub level)
• Hugo Award for Best Novel winners (done, at least to stub level)
• Publishers Weekly List of bestselling novels in the United States(from here)
• Harvard Classics
• "Great books" compilation list

Other lists not compiled but for consideration:

• National Geographic Top 100 Adventure/Travel books
• College Board 101 book reading list (archived version)
• Top 40 most important books in World Literature(archived version)
• Top 50 most cited books (archived version)

Other lists now on WP

• Top 1000 books owned by libraries list here.
• RUSA /RUSA
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable books/Misc Lists

Page	Initial	Remaining	Percent
A	500	191	72.4%
B-C	544	187	74.4%
D-F	488	286	41.39%
G-I	475	270	43.16%
J-L	334	206	38.32%
M-N	429	262	38.93%
O-P	575	260	54.78%
Q-S	687	338	50.80%
T-The D...	482	281	41.70%
The E...-The L...	473	296	37.42%
The M...-The S...	549	312	43.17%
The T...-T	385	232	39.74%
The U-Z	363	166	54.27%
Totals	6,284	3,457	44.8%

The counts have been updated last 10:20, January 30, 2013 (EST)