Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time

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The Honorable Mention Greatest Books determined by the users of this web site. There's another list for the Top 100. This is our user's favorite books starting at number 101.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
16990 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
3397 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
2022 Quartet in Autumn Barbara Pym 1977 British English
3480 Consider Phlebas Iain Banks 1987 Scottish English
17010 Dandelions Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Japanese
820 The Captive Mind Czesław Miłosz 1953 Polish Polish
16994 Initiation Into Hermetics Franz Bardon 1962 Czech German
11832 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
17010 Memory Man David Baldacci 2015 American English
17010 Indian Sun Craske, Oliver Unknown English
17010 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17010 The Boy At The Bottom Of The Fountain Jay Bell 2017 American English
14256 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
17010 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
7615 A Is For Alibi Sue Grafton 1982 American English
16995 Tysiąc żurawi. śpiące Piękności Yasunari Kawabata 1952 Japanese Japanese
17010 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
14807 The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham 1949 American English
16996 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17010 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17010 Agincourt Bernard Cornwell 2009 British English
16997 In This House Of Brede Rumer Godden 1969 British English
17010 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17010 The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth Barry Zalma 2010 American Unknown
17010 Christ The Conqueror Of Hell Hilarion Alfeyev 2009 Russian Russian
9875 The Whole Shebang Timothy Ferris 1997 American English
17010 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17010 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman 1995 American English
16998 The Word Irving Wallace 1972 American English
14901 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
13509 Almayer's Folly Joseph Conrad 1895 British English
14901 The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood 1993 Canadian English
17010 My Year Abroad Chang-rae Lee 2021 American English
6427 The Snowman Jo Nesbø 2007 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 The Book Of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 2020 American English
14901 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
17010 Architectural Composition And Building Typology Gianfranco Caniggia Italian Italian
16999 Full Of Life John Fante 1952 American English
17010 Computer Programming For Beginners Nathan Clark Unknown English
17010 United As One (Lorien Legacies Book 7) Pittacus Lore 2016 American English
17010 Conversations With David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace 2012 American English
17010 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17010 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17010 Light And Thread Han Kang 2025 South Korean Korean
2657 Daughters of Fire Gerard de Nerval 1854 French French
14901 The End Of Loneliness Benedict Wells 2016 German German
17010 Voyage Of Slaves Brian Jacques 2006 British English
17010 The Rise Of Kyoshi F.C. Yee 2019 American English
17010 Partners In Command Mark Perry 2007 Unknown English
17010 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
14901 Nightfall Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg 1990 American English
6935 Noli Me Tángere José Rizal 1887 Filipino Spanish
14901 Stalingrad Antony Beevor 1998 British English
7695 Child Of The Dark Carolina Maria De Jesus 1960 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17000 Roméo Et Juliette / Macbeth William Shakespeare 1597 British English
12037 Prelude To Foundation Isaac Asimov 1988 American English
11208 Vera, Or Faith Gary Shteyngart 2025 American English
9526 The Man Who Laughs Victor Hugo 1869 French French
17010 Led Zeppelin Bob Spitz 2021 American English
14901 Daughter Of Fortune Isabel Allende 1999 Chilean Spanish
14107 The Human Comedy William Saroyan 1943 American English
17010 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17001 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
1231 Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi 1975 Egyptian Arabic
17010 Every Blade Of Grass Thomas Wharton Canadian English
3134 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ben Fountain 2012 American English
2717 The Life Of Saint Teresa Of Avila By Herself Teresa of Avila 1588 Spanish Spanish
17002 Rocannon's World Ursula K. Le Guin 1966 American English
17010 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
5692 A Place of Greater Safety Hilary Mantel 1992 British English
17003 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17010 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
14901 Lovecraft Country Matt Ruff 2016 American English
17004 San Manuel Bueno, Mártir Miguel de Unamuno 1931 Spanish Spanish
14868 Persian Letters Montesquieu 1721 French French
14901 The Unnamed Joshua Ferris 2010 American English
17010 $2.00 A Day Kathryn J. Edin 2015 American English
928 The Seven Madmen Roberto Arlt 1929 Argentinian Spanish
17005 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
11551 Inside The Whale And Other Essays George Orwell 1940 British English
7553 Mortality Christopher Hitchens 2012 British English
17010 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
7778 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
8598 The Devil's Teeth Susan Casey 2005 American English
17010 Radio Silence Alice Oseman 2016 British English
17010 Dostoevsky William W. Rowe 1989 American Unknown
4170 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen 1867 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Dragons Of Summer Flame Margaret Weis 1995 American English
17010 Prawiek I Inne Czasy Olga Tokarczuk 1996 Polish
17010 The Book Amaranth Borsuk 2018 Unknown English
2080 The Sheep Look Up John Brunner 1972 British English
17010 Inner Excellence Jim Murphy 2009 Unknown Unknown
6715 The Relic Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 1995 American English
14808 The Devil At The Long Bridge Riccardo Bacchelli 1927 Italian Unknown
17010 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17010 All American Boys Jason Reynolds 2015 American English
17010 Soloman (Torre De Papel) Ramon Garcia 2021 Spanish Unknown
6685 The Mars Room Rachel Kushner 2018 American English
2556 Pharaoh Bolesław Prus 1895 Polish Polish
1594 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
2725 La légende des siècles Victor Hugo 1859 French French
9331 Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh 2015 American English
17006 Dialectical And Historical Materialism Joseph Stalin 1938 Russian Russian
2557 Death Sentence Maurice Blanchot 1948 French French
17010 The Secret Life Of Teachers Adamson, David Unknown English
17007 The Portable Thoreau Henry David Thoreau 1947 American English
17010 Elvis And Me Priscilla Beaulieu Presley 1985 American English
17010 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
14901 My Brother's Husband Gengoroh Tagame 2014 Japanese Japanese
9083 Tilt Emma Pattee 2025 Unknown English
4943 Songs Of A Dead Dreamer And Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti 1985 American English
11849 Monday Begins On Saturday Arkadi Strugatski 1964 Russian Russian
14891 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch 1953 Swiss German
17010 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17010 Surfaces And Essences Douglas Hofstadter 2013 American English
14901 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
3574 Mercy Of A Rude Stream Henry Roth 1994 American English
17008 La Dama Del Alba Casona, Alejandro 1947 Spanish Spanish
17010 An Abundance Of Katherines John Green 2006 American English