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 743 '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
17010 The Joy Of Sports Michael Novak 1976 American English
17010 The Lords Of The Rings Vyv Simson, Andrew Jennings 1992 Unknown English
17010 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17010 Golf In The Kingdom Michael Murphy 1976 American English
17010 Game Misconduct Russ Conway 1995 Unknown English
17010 No Cheering In The Press Box Jerome Holtzman 1974 American English
17010 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
16952 The Harder They Fall Budd Schulberg 1947 American English
17010 The Tumult And The Shouting Grantland Rice 1954 American English
17010 Sports World Robert Lipsyte 1975 American English
17010 The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars And Motor Kings William Brashler 1973 American English
17010 Little Girls In Pretty Boxes Joan Ryan 1995 American English
17010 The Chronicles Of Doom S. H. Fernando 2024 Unknown English
17010 Cuckooland Tom Burgis 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Fall Of Roe Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Last Fire Season Manjula Martin 2024 Unknown English
17010 We Have Never Been Woke Musa Al-Gharbi 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Work Of Art Adam Moss 2024 Unknown English
17010 Rainbow Black Maggie Thrash 2024 Unknown English
17010 All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews 2022 Unknown English
17010 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17010 It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track Ian Penman 2019 British English
17010 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2024 American English
17010 Wild Massive Scotto Moore 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories Jay Rubin 2018 Japanese English
17010 Lonely Castle In The Mirror Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 Japanese Japanese
17010 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17010 Blue Skies T. C. Boyle 2023 American English
17010 The Wonder Paradox Jennifer Michael Hecht 2023 American English
17010 The Asking Jane Hirshfield 2023 American English
17010 The Big Myth Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway 2023 Unknown English
17010 Why We Love Baseball Joe Posnanski 2023 American English
17010 High Art Rubem Fonseca 1983 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 The Republic Of Dreams Nélida Piñon 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 Turbulence Chico Buarque de Hollanda Brazilian Unknown
17010 Uma Varanda Para O Jardim Aramis Ribeiro Costa Brazilian Portuguese
17010 The Killer Patrícia Melo 1995 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 Teresa Deonísio da Silva Brazilian Portuguese
17010 A Delicate Crime Sérgio Sant'Anna 1997 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 The Woman Who Wrote The Bible Moacyr Scliar 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 Showdown Jorge Amado 1984 Brazilian Unknown
17010 On Call Anthony Fauci 2024 Unknown English
17010 Vanishing Treasures Katherine Rundell 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Cleopatras Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2024 Unknown English
17010 A Small Miracle Tessa Venell 2024 Unknown English
17010 Third Millennium Thinking John Campbell, Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun 2024 Unknown English
17010 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17010 House Of Flame And Shadow Sarah J. Maas 2024 American English
17010 Moonbound Robin Sloan 2024 Unknown English
17010 Plastic Scott Guild 2024 Unknown English
17010 Tabitha, Get Up Lee Upton 2024 Unknown English
17010 Miranda In Retrograde Lauren Layne 2024 American English
17010 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17010 Midlife Calculus Britt Kaufmann 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Progressive Parent Kavin Senapathy 2024 Unknown English
17010 Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground Joyeeta Gupta, Barbara Hogenboom, Arthur Rempel, Malin Olofsson 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Well Connected Animal Lee Alan Dugatkin 2024 Unknown English
17010 Why Machines Learn Anil Ananthaswamy 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Hunger Habit Judson Brewer 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17010 Kids’ Field Guide To Birds Daisy Yuhas 2024 Unknown English
17010 A Quantum Love Story Mike Chen 2024 Unknown English
17010 Fowl Play Sally Coulthard 2022 Unknown English
17010 The Great River Boyce Upholt 2024 Unknown English
17010 Attention Is Discovery Anna Von Mertens 2024 Unknown English
17010 Pillars Of Creation Richard Panek 2024 Unknown English
17010 Treekeepers Lauren E. Oakes 2024 Unknown English
17010 These Are The Words Nikita Gill 2022 British English
17010 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17010 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Scandalous Confessions Of Lydia Bennet, Witch Melinda Taub 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 2022 Indian English
17010 Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen Dexter Palmer 2019 American English
17010 Ruin, Blossom John Burnside 2024 British English
17010 A Book About Ray Ellen Levy 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Fair Folk Su Bristow 2024 Unknown English
17010 Finding A Likeness Nicholson Baker 2024 American English
17010 The Long Run Stacey D’Erasmo 2024 Unknown English
17010 The Material Camille Bordas 2024 Unknown English
17010 Paradise Bronx Ian Frazier 2024 Unknown English
17010 Table For Two Amor Towles 2024 American English
17010 The Storm Before The Storm Mike Duncan 2017 American English
16946 Agamemnon Aeschylus -458 Greek Ancient greek
17010 Ego Is The Enemy Ryan Holiday 2016 American English
17010 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17010 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17010 Unerhörte Stimmen Elif Shafak 2021 Unknown German
17010 Family Meal Bryan Washington 2023 American English
17010 Gild Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17010 All Boys Aren’t Blue George Johnson 2020 American English
17010 The Prophets Robert F. Jones 1991 Unknown English
17010 The Penguin Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe American English
17010 The Book Of Koli M. R. Carey 2020 British English
17010 The Crippled God Steven Erikson 2011 Canadian English
17010 Dust Of Dreams Steven Erikson 2009 Canadian English
17010 Toll The Hounds Steven Erikson 2008 Canadian English
17010 Reaper's Gale Steven Erikson 2007 Canadian English
17010 The Bonehunters Steven Erikson 2006 Canadian English
17010 Midnight Tides Steven Erikson 2004 Canadian English
17010 House Of Chains Steven Erikson 2002 Canadian English
17010 Memories Of Ice Steven Erikson 2001 Canadian English
17010 Der Junge Mann Annie Ernaux 2022 French French
17010 The Bullet Journal Method Ryder Carroll 2018 American English
17010 Harry Potter Pottermore Publishing 1997 British English
17010 Rites Of Spring Modris Eksteins 1989 Canadian English
17010 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 Unknown English
17010 Post Growth Tim Jackson 2021 British English
17010 Reasonableness Of Reason Bruce W. Hauptli 2004 Unknown English
17010 Babička Ivana Gibová Slovak Slovak
17010 Dôvod Na Radosť Soňa Uriková Slovak Slovak
17010 Ľútostivosť Stanislav Rakús 2021 Slovak Slovak
17010 Jednorožce Barbora Hrínová 2020 Slovak Slovak
17010 Šeptuchy Alena Sabuchová 2019 Slovak Slovak
17010 Jedenie Ivan Medeši 2018 Slovak Slovak
17010 Scenár Etela Farkašová 2017 Slovak Slovak
17010 Som Paula Ondrej Štefánik 2012 Slovak Slovak
17010 Tantalópolis Peter Macsovszky 2015 Slovak Slovak
17010 Medzerový Plod Veronika Šikulová 2014 Slovak Slovak
17010 First And Last Love Pavel Vilikovský 2005 Slovak Slovak
17010 Kale Topanky Víťo Staviarsky 2012 Slovak Slovak