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
17122 Life On The Run Bill Bradley 1976 American English
17122 The Music Of Chance Paul Auster 1990 American English
17122 Deadhouse Gates Steven Erikson 2000 Canadian English
17122 Show Me The Bodies Peter Apps 2022 Unknown English
17122 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
17122 Between Two Fires Joshua Yaffa 2020 Unknown English
17122 Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy 2019 British English
17122 Poverty Safari Darren McGarvey 2017 British English
17122 The Invention Of Russia Aleksandr Ostrovsky 2016 Unknown English
17122 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17122 This Boy Alan Johnson 2013 British English
17122 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17122 A Very British Killing Andrew Williams 2012 British English
17122 Dead Men Risen Toby Harnden 2011 British English
17122 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17122 Keeper Andrea Gillies 2009 British English
17122 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English
17122 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17122 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17122 Moses, Citizen And Me Delia Jarrett-Macauley 2005 British English
17122 The Likes Of Us Michael Collins 2004 British English
17122 The Breaking Of Nations Robert Cooper 2003 British English
17122 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17122 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17122 The Case Of Stephen Lawrence Brian Cathcart 1999 British English
17122 Alexander Solzhenitsyn D. M. Thomas 1998 Unknown English
17122 Jennie Lee Patricia Hollis 1997 British English
17122 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
17122 In Search Of A State Fionnuala O'Connor 1993 Unknown English
17122 The Baltic Revolution Anatol Lieven 1993 British English
17122 The Immortals Of Meluha Amish Tripathi 2010 Indian English
17122 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17122 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17122 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17122 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17122 The Good Life Robert Waldinger 2023 Unknown English
17122 The Rider Tim Krabbé 1978 Dutch Dutch
17122 Secret Wars Jonathan Hickman 2015 American English
17122 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17122 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki 1982 Japanese Japanese
17122 The Sandman, Vol. 7 Neil Gaiman 1994 British English
17122 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English
17122 New X Men, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison 2001 British English
17122 Runaways, Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2003 American English
17122 The Sandman, Vol. 10 Neil Gaiman 1997 British English
17122 The Sandman, Vol. 9 Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
17122 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17122 The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman 2010 American English
17122 Miracle At St. Anna James McBride 2002 American English
17122 Deadwood Pete Dexter 1997 American English
17122 Le Grand Cahier Agota Kristof 1986 French French
17122 Hope Shalom Auslander 2012 American English
17122 Dear Lupin Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer 2011 British English
17122 Stuart Alexander Masters 2005 British English
17122 The Flaneur Edmund White 2001 American English
17122 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17122 I Too Had A Love Story Ravinder Singh 2007 Indian Hindi
17122 Socialite Evenings Shobhaa De 1989 Indian English
16771 India Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Padma Desai 1970 Unknown English
17122 The Idea Of India Sunil Khilnani 1997 Indian English
17122 A Taste Of India Madhur Jaffrey 1985 British English
17122 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17122 Cuckold Kiran Nagarkar 1999 Indian English
17122 Politics In India Rajni Kothari 1982 Indian English
17122 The Spirit Of Indian Painting B. N. Goswamy 2014 Indian English
17122 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17122 Poverty And Famines Amartya Sen 1981 Indian English
17122 Event, Metaphor, Memory Shahid Amin 1995 Unknown English
17122 Elementary Aspects Of Peasant Insurgency In Colonial India Ranajit Guha 1984 Indian English
17122 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
17122 Poems Of Love And War A.K. Ramanujan 1985 Indian Tamil
17122 Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray 1983 Indian English
17122 Indian Food K. T. Achaya 1994 Indian English
17122 Everybody Loves A Good Drought Palagummi Sainath 1996 Indian English
17122 Jungle And Backyard M. Krishnan 1993 Unknown English
17122 The Remembered Village M. N. Srinivas 1978 Indian English
17122 Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight Rujuta Diwekar 2009 Indian English
17122 Women Writing In India Susie Tharu, K. Lalita 1993 Unknown English
17122 The Flaming Feet And Other Essays D. R. Nagaraj 2011 Indian English
17122 Five Point Someone Chetan Bhagat 2004 Indian English
17122 Banaras Diana L. Eck 1982 Unknown English
17122 Jayadeva's Gitagovinda Barbara Stoler Miller 1977 Unknown Sanskrit
17122 Recasting Women Kumkum Sangari, Sudesh Vaid 1990 Unknown English
17122 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17122 King, Warrior, Magician, Lover C. L. Moore 1990 Unknown English
17122 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17122 A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton 2000 Canadian French
17122 Annabel Kathleen Winter 2010 Canadian English
17122 Bone And Bread Saleema Nawaz 2013 Canadian English
17122 Cereus Blooms At Night Shani Mootoo 1996 Canadian English
17122 Certainty Madeleine Thien 2006 Canadian English
17122 Come, Thou Tortoise Jessica Grant 2009 Canadian English
17122 Creation Katherine Govier 2002 Canadian English
17122 Elizabeth And After Matt Cohen 1999 Canadian English
17122 February Lisa Moore 2009 Canadian English
17122 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17122 Galore Michael Crummey 2009 Canadian English
17122 Green Grass, Running Water Thomas King 1993 Canadian English
17122 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17122 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17122 How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired Dany Laferriere 1989 Canadian French
16771 Kamouraska Anne Hébert 1970 Canadian French
17122 Kiss Of The Fur Queen Tomson Highway 1998 Canadian English
17122 Late Nights On Air Elizabeth Hay 2007 Canadian English
17122 Lives Of The Saints Nino Ricci 1990 Canadian English
17122 Lost Girls Andrew Pyper 2000 Canadian English
17122 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17122 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17122 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17122 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17122 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17122 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17122 The Book Of Secrets M.G. Vassanji 1994 Canadian English
17122 The Cure For Death By Lightning Gail Anderson-Dargatz 1996 Canadian English
17122 The Hero's Walk Anita Rau Badami 2000 Canadian English
17122 The Lesser Blessed Richard Van Camp 1996 Canadian English
17122 The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches Gaétan Soucy 1998 Canadian French
17122 The Mistress Of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009 Canadian English
17122 The Orenda Joseph Boyden 2013 Canadian English
17122 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke 2002 Barbadian English