The Greatest Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17150 Otherworld Lisa M. Bitel 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Modern Fairies Clare Pollard 2024 British English
17150 Ripcord Nate Lippens 2024 Unknown English
17150 Lara Pawson Spent Light 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Dayspring C.J. Driver 2024 Unknown English
17150 Letters To Margaret Hunter Davies 2024 Unknown English
17150 No Way Out Tim Shipman 2024 British English
17150 Three Month Fever Gary Indiana 1999 American English
17150 How To Be Content Stephen Harrison 2020 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Matter With Things Iain McGilchrist 2021 British English
17150 Sugar, Baby Celine Saintclare 2024 Unknown English
17150 Private Equity Carrie Sun 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Hearing Test Eliza Barry Callahan 2024 Unknown English
17150 Mother Doll Katya Apekina 2024 Unknown English
17150 One Way Back Christine Blasey Ford 2024 Unknown English
17150 Change Édouard Louis 2024 French French
17150 Ellipses Vanessa Lawrence 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Limits Nell Freudenberger 2024 American English
17150 On The Tobacco Coast Christopher Tilghman 2024 Unknown English
17150 Double Exposure Robert Sullivan 2024 Unknown English
17150 Butcher Joyce Carol Oates 2024 American English
17150 Exhibit R. O. Kwon 2024 Unknown English
17150 Women And Children First Alina Grabowski 2024 Unknown English
17150 Wives Like Us Plum Sykes 2024 Unknown English
17150 Ask Me Again Clare Sestanovich 2024 Unknown English
17150 Death In The Air Ram Murali 2024 Unknown English
17150 Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Memo Rachel Dodes, Lauren Mechling 2024 Unknown English
17150 More, Please Emma Specter 2024 Unknown English
17150 Anyone’s Ghost August Thompson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Whoever You Are, Honey Olivia Gatwood 2024 American English
17150 Burn Peter Heller 2024 Unknown English
17150 Like Mother, Like Mother Susan Reiger 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Didion & Babitz Lili Anolik 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Collaborators Michael Idov 2024 Unknown English
17150 Underground Empire Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 2024 Unknown English
17150 To Run The World Sergey Radchenko 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 Freedom From Fear Alan S. Kahan 2024 Unknown English
17150 Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum 2024 Unknown English
17150 Paper Soldiers Saleha Mohsin 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Russian Way Of Deterrence Dmitry Adamsky 2024 Unknown English
17150 Takeover Timothy W. Ryback 2024 Unknown English
17150 Why War? Richard Overy 2024 Unknown English
17150 Where Have All The Democrats Gone? John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira 2024 American English
17150 Ascent To Power David L. Roll 2024 Unknown English
17150 How Not To Be A Politician Rory Stewart 2024 British English
17150 The New Politics Of Poland Jaroslaw Kuisz 2024 Unknown English
17150 Indulging Kleptocracy John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec, Tom Mayne 2024 Unknown English
17150 In The Shadow Of Quetzalcoatl Merilee Grindle 2024 Unknown English
17150 Latino Land Marie Arana 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 American Civil Wars Alan Taylor 2024 American English
17150 A Nasty Little War Anna Reid 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Showman Simon Shuster 2024 Unknown English
17150 Domestic Service In The Soviet Union Alissa Klots 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Ghosts Of Iraq’s Marshes Steve Lonergan, Jassim Al-Asadi, Keith Holmes 2024 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Crooked Timber Of Democracy In Israel Dahlia Scheindlin 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Dragon Roars Back Suisheng Zhao 2024 Unknown English
17150 Japan’s Quiet Leadership Mireya Solís 2024 Unknown English
17150 Shadows At Noon Joya Chatterji 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Last Colony Philippe Sands 2024 Unknown English
17150 The Three Musketeers, The Count Of Monte Cristo, And The Man In The Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas 2006 French French
17150 Quichotte Salman Rushdie 2019 British English
17150 The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp Carter Dickson 1945 British English
17150 Conclave Robert Harris 2016 British English
17150 Inspector French’s Greatest Case Freeman Wills Crofts 1924 British English
17150 Ours Was The Shining Future David Leonhardt 2023 Unknown English
17150 Pax Tom Holland 2024 Unknown English
17150 Democracy Awakening Heather Cox Richardson 2023 American English
17150 The Canary Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1927 American English
17150 Before The Storm Rick Perlstein 2001 American English
17150 Overture To Death Ngaio Marsh 1939 New Zealander English
17150 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17150 Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz 2020 British English
17150 Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie 1976 British English
17150 Hell And Back Craig Johnson 2022 American English
17123 In This House Of Brede Rumer Godden 1969 British English
17150 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham 2020 American English
17150 Maus Ii Art Spiegelman 1992 American English
17150 A Drink Before The War Dennis Lehane 1994 American English
17150 The Viaduct Murder Ronald Knox 1925 British English
17150 A Self Made Man Sidney Blumenthal 2016 American English
17150 The Last Detective Peter Lovesey 1991 British English
17150 Lincoln's Last Trial Dan Abrams 2018 American English
17150 The Jade Peony Wayson Choy 1995 Canadian English
17150 Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Jamie Ford 2009 American English
17150 Niccolò Rising Dorothy Dunnett 1986 British English
17150 Summa Contra Gentiles Thomas Aquinas 1992 Italian Latin
17150 Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller 2001 British English
17150 The Ninth Hour Alice McDermott 2017 American English
17150 Iq Joe Ide 2016 American English
17150 The Moving Target Ross Macdonald 1950 American English
17147 Full Of Life John Fante 1952 American English
17150 The Glass Universe Dava Sobel 2016 American English
17150 The Nest Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 American English
17150 The Language Of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh 2011 American English
17150 Mary Coin Marisa Silver 2013 American English
17150 The World According To Star Wars Cass R. Sunstein 2016 American English
17150 Saga, Volume 4 Brian K. Vaughan 2014 American English
17150 Appleby's End Michael Innes 1973 British English
17150 Lament For A Maker Michael Innes 1938 British English
17150 In The Last Analysis Amanda Cross 1964 American English
17150 Death In A Tenured Position Amanda Cross 1981 American English
16796 The Last Of The Wine Mary Renault 1956 British English
17150 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17150 The Benson Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1926 American English
17150 Death Comes To Pemberley P. D. James 2011 British English
17150 Dreadnought Robert K. Massie 1991 American English
17150 Revolutionary Characters Gordon S. Wood 2006 American English
17150 Lincoln Fred Kaplan 2008 American English
17150 The First American H.W. Brands 2000 American English
17150 Naruto, Vol. 1 Masashi Kishimoto 1999 Japanese Japanese
17150 The Penguin Pool Murder Stuart Palmer 1932 American English
17003 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17150 The Crooked Hinge John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
17150 The Cardinal Sins Andrew M. Greeley 1981 American English
16785 The Man In The Queue Josephine Tey 1929 British English
17150 Death Of A Peer Ngaio Marsh 1996 New Zealand English
17150 When Christ And His Saints Slept Sharon Kay Penman 1995 American English
16836 A Shilling For Candles Josephine Tey 1953 British English
17150 Breakfast With Buddha Roland Merullo 2007 American English