at Thought Catalog, 25 Things You Didn’t Know About THE GREAT GATSBY

at Flavorwire, The Funniest Meanest Reviews of Dan Brown’s INFERNO

at The New York Times’ Paper Cuts, Anthologies That (Mostly) Stand the Test of Time

at Writer Unboxed, 10 Ways to Torture Yourself as a Writer

at HTMLGIANT, A Summer Reading List of Conceptual Literature

at EduHacker, 5 Reasons Libraries Will Fail–Published in 1864

at Word and Film, The Literary References Informing Mad Men

at Longreads, 6 Stories for the Science Fiction Newbie

at The Huffington Post, 17 Proper Ways to Treat a “Literary Lady”

at Ebook Friendly, 10 Examples of Book Love Gone Wrong (in Pictures)

This week’s List List is sponsored by Biographile.

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at The Hairpin, 10 Things That Happened While Reading THE WOMAN IN WHITE

at Terrible Minds, 25 Things You Should Know About Outlining

at Flavorwire, 10 Disappointing Film Adaptations of Classic American Novels

at The Guardian, Top 10 Books About Burma

at USA Today’s Pop Candy, 25 Favorite Books from the Last 25 Years

at PWxyz, 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops

at Flavorwire, 15 Books You Should Definitely Not Read in Your 20s

at The AV Club, 13 Surprising Celebrity Novels

at CNN, The 10 Best Independent Bookstores in the US

at BuzzFeed, 50 Amazing Tattoos Inspired By Books

at BookPage, 10 Utterly Unforgettable Moms in Recent Literature

at The AV Club, 9 Alternate Universe Takes on THE GREAT GATSBY

at Paste, 10 Life Lessons from THE GREAT GATSBY

at AbeBooks, The 10 Most Expensive Book Sales of April

at Gizmodo, Six Beautiful Artifacts from the Dawn of Digital Typography

at The Huffington Post, 7 Underappreciated American Novels

at The Contextual Life, New in Paperback for May

at BuzzFeed, 20 Swanky Pieces of GREAT GATSBY Swag You Can Buy Online

at The Millions, The Guide to Artistic and Literary Tumblrs

at Melville House, 7 Great Escapes in Children’s Literature

at Writer Unboxed, What NOT to Do When Beginning Your Novel

at LitReactor, Cover Battles: Classic Book Redesigns vs. Original Art

at Terrible Minds, 25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling

at LitStack, Favorite Shakespearean Quotes

at Beyond the Margins, A Workshop-to-English Dictionary

at Flavorwire, 10 Greatest Creepy Farm Books

at Ink Tank, 40 Websites That Will Make You Cleverer Right Now

at io9, Real Life Houses That Look Like They Belong in the Shire

See the List List backlist at Book Riot.

at The Hugo Awards, 2013 Nominees

at Huffington Post Books, 17 Body Facts from Mary Roach’s GULP

at LitStack, Staff Pick Favorite Shakespeare Characters

at LitReactor, 6 Types of Poems to Banish Writer’s Block

at Flavorwire, References to David Foster Wallace on Last Week’s Parks and Recreation

at Melville House, 5 Writers on Margaret Thatcher (and 5 Songs Inspired by Her)

at PWxyz,The 10 Best Small Towns in Books

at The Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row, New Books About Baseball

at The Guardian, 10 Best Books About Grieving

at Virginia Quarterly Review, 5 Book Designers on Books That Inspire Them

at Publishers Weekly, The Bestselling Books of 2013 So Far

at The Mary Sue, World War Z Fan Posters

Our weekly round-up of the best bookish lists floating around the internet.

at Measure of Doubt, Reading Lists for Every Hogwarts House

at The Guardian, 10 Books About Outsiders for Teenagers

at LibraryThing, All the Books in Marilyn Monroe’s Private Library

at The Awl, 5 Reasons to Watch “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”

at Open Culture, 10 Free Stories by George Saunders

at The Washington Post, 10 Years of the Iraq War: 10 Great Books

at Terrible Minds, 25 Turns, Pivots, and Twists to Complicate Your Story

at Lifehacker, 9 of the Best Ways to Boost Creative Thinking

at Open Culture, Donald Barthelme’s 81 Books Essential for a Literary Education

at Abe Books, Great Books Written by Librarians

at Flavorwire, A Brief Survey of Famous Authors’ Unpublished Books

at Category Thirteen, Top 10 Literary Websites

at Quirk Books, Back from the Dead and Taking Selfies: Classic Authors on Instagram

at LitReactor, 10 More Words You Literally Didn’t Know You Were Getting Wrong

at Writer Unboxed, Hacks for Hacks: 5 Affectations Every Writer Should Adopt

at Barnes & Noble Review, Cheryl Strayed’s Book Recommendations

at BuzzFeed, 20 Awesome Examples of Literary Graffiti

at Mental Floss, 7 Geeky-Cool Translations of HAMLET

at Typographical Era, 10 Music Biographies You May Have Missed

at PolicyMic, 5 Millennial Writers Poised to Take the Literary World By Storm

at Flavorwire, 10 Pairs of Great Books With the Same Titles

at Abe Books, The 50 Best Food Memoirs

at LitReactor, Ten Twisted Fairy Tales

at Jacket Copy, 6 Books and Literary Events in the Spotlight

at MediaBistro, The Best iPhone Apps for Writers

at Word & Film, 5 Scenes Essential for The Great Gatsby’s Cannes Debut

at Abe Books, 7 Authors and Their Pipes

at Huffington Post Books: 20 Awesome John Green Quote Photos

at LitReactor, 10 Big-Time Literary Drunks

at PWxyz, 10 Most Memorable Superhero Deaths

at Flavorwire, 10 Greatest Dystopian Love Stories in Literature

at The Believer, The Shortlist for the Believer Book Award

at Sociable, 5 Apps for Bookworms

at Full Stop, 10 Most Anticipated Comics of 2013

at LitStack, Favorite Literary Bastards

at Paid Content, Three E-Reading Tools I Wish Existed

at Racked, Profiles of 15 New York Bookstores

at Smashwords, 6 Tips to Bring Your Book Back from the Doldrums

at The Telegraph, 20 Books That Were Famously Banned

at Terrible Minds, 25 Things Writers Should Beware

at Design Boom, Houses Built of Books

at BuzzFeed, 20 Things That Annoy the Hell Out of Comic Book Fans

at Christophe Gowan, Bestselling Albums as Books

at Masters in English, 100 Essential Sites for Voracious Readers

at Flavorwire, 10 Course Syllabi from Famous Authors

at The New York Public Library, YA Books Set in Nazi Occupied France

at Zola Books, 6 Football Books to Tide You Over Until Fall

at Paste Magazine, 15 Great David Foster Wallace Quotes

at Ink Tank, 5 Sci-Fi Writers Who Were Awesome Inventors Too

at Popular Soda, 3 Important Lessons from Freelance Writing

at The Bookseller, The 6 Oddest Book Titles

at College Humor, 8 New and Necessary Punctuation Marks

at Black Balloon Publishing, Author Name Anagrams

at Flavorwire, 25 Writers on the Importance of Libraries

at The Shatzkin Files, Some Ideas for Publishers That Will Help Bookstores

at Jacket Copy, Authors and Fictional Characters People Wish They Could Meet IRL

at LitReactor, Five Unconventional Fantasy Relationships

at Fast Company, Three Social Media Lessons from Young Adult Authors

at The Weekly Ansible, China Miéville’s 50 Books Every Socialist Should Read

at The Hairpin, Texts from Pride and Prejudice

at NPR Books, LGBT Characters in Graphic Novels

at Rachelle Gardner, 5 Reasons Agents Don’t Explain Their Rejections

at Shortlist, The 30 Scariest Books Ever Written

at Nick Harkaway’s Blog, 10 (more) Ways to Be a Literary Rogue

at LitStack, The Least Predictable Books

at Book Patrol, Kathy Ross’ Book Sculptures