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
17119 Going Solo Roald Dahl 1986 British English
17119 The Jaunt Stephen King 1981 American English
17119 After Dark Haruki Murakami 2004 Japanese Japanese
17119 Paradise Rot Jenny Hval 2009 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17119 The Disaster Artist Greg Sestero 2013 American English
17119 Boy Parts Eliza Clark 2020 British English
17119 Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson 2021 British English
17119 Room To Dream David Lynch 2018 American English
17119 Gender Queer Maia Kobabe 2019 American English
17119 The City Of Ember Jeanne DuPrau 2003 American English
17119 Storm Boy Colin Thiele 1999 Australian English
17119 Piercing Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17119 Selected Stories Of Andre Dubus Andre Dubus 1996 American English
17119 Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro 2007 Argentinian Spanish
17119 Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx 2005 American English
17119 Still Life Sarah Winman 2021 British English
17119 Death In Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh 2020 American English
17119 Panenka Rónán Hession 2021 Irish English
17119 Interior Chinatown Charles Yu 2020 American English
17115 Sexus Henry Miller 1949 American English
17119 Gates Of Fire Steven Pressfield 1998 American English
17119 Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Edmund Morris 1979 American English
17119 Darth Plagueis James Luceno 2012 American English
17119 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17119 Griffin & Sabine Nick Bantock 1991 British English
17119 One Of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus 2017 American English
17119 Invincible Robert Kirkman 2003 American English
17119 Astro City, Vol. 1 Kurt Busiek 1996 American English
17119 Batman Jeph Loeb 1996 American English
17119 We3 Grant Morrison 2004 British English
17119 The Collected Essex County Jeff Lemire 2009 Canadian English
17119 Astonishing X Men, Vol. 1 Joss Whedon 2004 American English
17119 Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 Hiromu Arakawa 2001 Japanese Japanese
17119 Marvels Kurt Busiek 1994 American English
17119 All Star Superman, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2006 British English
17119 Death Neil Gaiman 1993 British English
17119 Kingdom Come Mark Waid 1996 American English
17119 Death Note, Vol. 1 Tsugumi Ohba 2003 Japanese Japanese
17119 Days Gone Bye Robert Kirkman 2004 American English
17119 Edinburgh Alexander Chee 2001 American English
17119 To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara 2022 American English
17119 Let It Snow John Green 2008 American English
17119 Rise Of The Evening Star Brandon Mull 2007 American English
17119 Bliss Peter Carey 1981 Australian English
17119 Forty Stories Donald Barthelme 1981 American English
17119 Once A Runner John L. Parker Jr. 1978 American English
17119 Girl With Curious Hair David Foster Wallace 1988 American English
17119 The Broom Of The System David Foster Wallace 1987 American English
17119 Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine 2010 American English
17119 Women And Men Joseph McElroy 1987 American English
17119 El Viento Conoce Mi Nombre / The Wind Knows My Name Isabel Allende 2023 Chilean Spanish
17119 Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell 2005 American English
17119 Unfamiliar Fishes Sarah Vowell 2011 American English
17119 The Gift Of Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1990 American English
17119 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17119 The 4 Hour Body Timothy Ferriss 2010 American English
17119 A Winter's Promise Christelle Dabos 2013 French French
17013 The Guns Of Avalon Roger Zelazny 1972 American English
17119 Harry Potter Boxset J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17119 Bloody Jack L.A. Meyer 2002 American English
17119 Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney 1985 American English
16808 The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
17119 The Good Neighbor Maxwell King 2018 American English
17119 The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish 2017 American English
17119 Still Me Jojo Moyes 1998 British English
17119 The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen 1986 Danish Danish
17119 Moby Dick Will Eisner 1998 Unknown Unknown
17109 Пикник на обочине. Отель «У погибшего альпиниста». Улитка на склоне Arkady Strugatsky 1972 Russian Russian
17119 Град обреченный / За миллиард лет до конца света Arkady Strugatsky 1984 Russian Russian
17119 Where Rainbows End Cecelia Ahern 2004 Irish English
17119 Tactics Edward de Bono 1985 British English
17119 Французская волчица. Лилия и лев Maurice Druon 1959 French French
16767 Los Venenos De La Corona Maurice Druon 1956 French French
17119 The Winter Queen Boris Akunin 1998 Russian Russian
17023 Понедельник начинается в субботу Arkady Strugatsky 1965 Russian Russian
17119 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17119 Distant Replay Jerry Kramer, Dick Schaap 1985 American English
17119 Cairn Kathleen Jamie 2024 British English
17119 Cold Kitchen Caroline Eden 2024 Unknown English
17119 Storm Pegs Jen Hadfield 2024 British English
17119 The Amendments Niamh Mulvey 2024 Unknown English
17119 And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain Joe Boyd 2024 Unknown English
17119 Your Own Dark Shadow Jack Fennell 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Racket Conor Niland, Gavin Cooney 2024 Unknown English
17119 Obsessed Johnny Sexton 2024 Unknown English
17119 States Of Play Miguel Delaney 2024 Unknown English
17119 My Story Joe Canning, Vincent Hogan 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Hidden Victims Cormac Ó Gráda 2024 Unknown English
17119 Old Romantics Maggie Armstrong 2024 Unknown English
17119 Openings Lucy Caldwell 2024 Unknown English
17119 All The Good Things You Deserve Elaine Feeney 2024 Unknown English
17119 Hotel Lux Maurice Casey 2024 Unknown English
17119 Ghosts Of A Family Edward Burke 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Party Is Always Right Aidan Beatty 2024 Unknown English
17119 Red Menace Joe Thomas 2024 Unknown English
17119 Scattered Aamna Mohdin 2024 Unknown English
17119 Blessings Chukwuebuka Ibeh 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 The Irish In The Resistance Clodagh Finn, John Morgan 2024 Unknown English
17119 Solstice Jen Breach 2024 Unknown English
17119 Fia And The Last Snow Deer Eilish Fisher 2024 Unknown English
17119 The History Of Information Chris Haughton 2024 Unknown English
17119 Tales From Muggleswick Wood Vicky Cowie 2024 Unknown English
17119 My Dear Kabul Afghan women’s writing group 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 Our London Lives Christine Dwyer Hickey 2024 Unknown English
17119 Quickly, While They Still Have Horses Jan Carson 2024 Unknown English
17119 In Writing Hattie Crisell 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Spoiled Heart Sunjeev Sahota 2024 Unknown English
17119 Two Hours Alba Arikha 2024 Unknown English
17119 Crooked Seeds Karen Jennings 2024 Unknown English
17119 Fathers And Fugitives SJ Naudé 2024 Unknown Afrikaans
17119 Glasgow Boys Margaret McDonald 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow 2024 American English
17119 Us In The Before And After Jenny Valentine 2024 British English
17119 When The World Tips Over Jandy Nelson 2024 Unknown English
17119 The Things We Leave Behind Claire Furniss 2024 Unknown English
17119 Songlight Moira Buffini 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 Hagstone Sinéad Gleeson 2024 Unknown English
17119 Hereafter Vona Groarke 2022 Irish English
17119 Woman Of Winter Vona Groarke 2024 Irish English