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 In The Name Of The Father Balla 2011 Slovak English
17010 Boat Number Five Monika Kompaníková 2010 Slovak Slovak
17010 Telegram Stanislav Rakús 2009 Slovak Slovak
17010 Ostrovy Nepamäti Alta Vášová 2008 Slovak Slovak
17010 Teta Anula Milan Zelinka 2007 Slovak Slovak
17010 The Healer Marek Vadas 2006 Slovak Slovak
17010 Čarovný Papagáj A Iné Gýče Pavel Vilikovský 2005 Slovak Slovak
17010 Paradais Fernanda Melchor 2022 Mexican Spanish
17010 Days At The Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa 2010 Japanese Japanese
17010 The Whalebone Theatre Joanna Quinn 2022 Unknown English
17010 Under The North Star 3 Väinö Linna 1962 Finnish Finnish
17010 From Hell To Paradise Olof Lagercrantz 1964 Unknown English
17010 Diwan On The Prince Of Emgion Gunnar Ekelöf 1965 Swedish Swedish
17010 Nye Noveller Johan Borgen 1966 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Flight Of The Eagle Per Olof Sundman 1967 Swedish Swedish
17010 The Legionnaires Per Olov Enquist 1968 Swedish Swedish
17010 Anna, I, Anna Klaus Rifbjerg 1969 Danish Danish
17010 Coast Of Slaves, Ships Of Slaves And Islands Of Slaves Thorkild Hansen 1967 Danish Danish
17010 Sju Ord På Tunnelbanan Karl Vennberg 1971 Swedish Swedish
17010 Kersantin Poika Veijo Meri 1971 Finnish Finnish
17010 Uden Mål – Og Med Villy Sørensen 1974 Danish Danish
17010 Siinä Näkijä Missä Tekijä Hannu Salama 1972 Finnish Finnish
17010 Að Laufferjum And Að Brunnum Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson Icelandic Icelandic
17010 I De Mörka Rummen, I De Ljusa Bo Carpelan 1976 Finnish Swedish
17010 Dalen Portland Kjartan Fløgstad 1977 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Vredens Barn Sara Lidman 1979 Swedish Swedish
17010 Hauströkkrið Yfir Mér Snorri Hjartarson 1979 Icelandic Icelandic
17010 Om Fjorten Dage Peter Seeberg 1981 Danish Danish
17010 A Day In Ostrobothnia Antti Tuuri 1982 Finnish Finnish
17010 Líkasum Rói Patursson 1986 Unknown Faroese
17010 Hudløs Himmel Herbjørg Wassmo 1986 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Justice Undone Thor Vilhjálmsson 1986 Icelandic Icelandic
17010 Roman 1987 Dag Solstad 1987 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 For The Living And The Dead Tomas Tranströmer 1989 Swedish Swedish
17010 The Sun, My Father Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1988 Unknown Sami
17010 Night Watch Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1990 Icelandic Icelandic
17010 Byen Og Verden Peer Hultberg 1992 Danish Danish
17010 Hva Skal Vi Gjøre I Dag Og Andre Noveller Øystein Lønn 1995 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Bang. En Roman Om Herman Bang Dorrit Willumsen 1996 Danish Danish
17010 After Having Spent A Night Among Horses Tua Forsström 1997 Finnish Swedish
17010 Queen's Gate Pia Tafdrup 1999 Danish Danish
17010 Drømmebroer Henrik Nordbrandt 2000 Danish Danish
17010 The Discoverer Jan Kjærstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Revbensstäderna Eva Ström 2002 Swedish Swedish
17010 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17010 The Ocean Göran Sonnevi 2005 Swedish Swedish
17010 I Curse The River Of Time Per Petterson 2008 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Between The Trees Gyrðir Elíasson 2009 Icelandic Icelandic
17010 Days In The History Of Silence Merethe Lindstrøm 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 The Prophets Of Eternal Fjord Kim Leine 2012 Danish Danish
17010 Mirage 38 Kjell Westö 2013 Finnish Swedish
17010 Andvake, Olavs Draumar And Kveldsvævd Jon Fosse 2007 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Songs And Formulae Katarina Frostenson 2015 Swedish Swedish
17010 Memories Of Love Kirsten Thorup 2016 Danish Danish
17010 Hotel Silence Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2016 Icelandic Icelandic
17010 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17010 Who Killed Bambi? Monika Fagerholm 2019 Finnish Swedish
17010 Flower Valley Niviaq Korneliussen Greenlandic Unknown
17010 The Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry John Mark Comer 2019 American English
17010 The Rise And Triumph Of The Modern Self Carl R. Trueman 2020 American English
17010 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17008 La Dama Del Alba Casona, Alejandro 1947 Spanish Spanish
16724 Das Kalte Herz Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
17010 Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Naturals Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17010 Sheepfarmers Daughter Elizabeth Moon 1988 American English
17010 Better Than The Movies Lynn Painter 2021 American English
17010 Bad Blood Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 Unknown English
17010 All In Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 American English
17010 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17010 Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 British English
17010 A Breath Of Life Clarice Lispector 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17010 A Game Of Thrones / A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
17010 A Song Of Ice And Fire George R. R. Martin 2011 American English
17010 Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2008 American English
17010 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17010 What Is All This? Stephen Dixon 2010 American English
17010 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17010 Kingdom Animalia Aracelis Girmay 2011 American English
17010 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17010 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 American English
17010 The Complete Tales Beatrix Potter 1986 British English
17010 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17010 Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney 2007 British English
17010 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17010 Owen Kevin Henkes 1993 American English
17010 Ankomst Gøhril Gabrielsen 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Zero Gine Cornelia Pedersen 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17010 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17010 Ramifications Daniel Saldaña París 2018 Mexican Spanish
17010 The Secret Life Of Insects Bernardo Esquinca 2023 Unknown English
17010 Season Of The Swamp Yuri Herrera 2022 Unknown English
17010 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17010 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17010 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17010 The Gullet Clinton Palanca Philippine English
17010 Memories Of Philippine Kitchens Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan 2006 Philippine English
17010 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17010 Joy Angelo Lacuesta Philippine English
17010 Smaller And Smaller Circles FH Batacan 2002 Philippine English
17010 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17010 Three Elegies For Kosovo Ismail Kadare 1998 Albanian Albanian
17010 The Walnut Mansion Miljenko Jergović 2003 Croatian Croatian
17010 Stork Mountain Miroslav Penkov 2016 Bulgarian English
17010 Dry Season Gabriela Babnik 2012 Unknown Slovene
17010 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17010 Border State Tõnu Õnnepalu 1993 Estonian Estonian
17010 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17010 The Saviour Of Lasnamäe Mari Saat 2009 Estonian Estonian
17010 Flesh Coloured Dominoes Zigmunds Skujiņš 1999 Latvian Latvian
17010 Breathing Into Marble Laura Sintija 2009 Unknown Lithuanian
17010 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17010 Tūla Jurgis Kunčinas 1993 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17010 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17010 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17010 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish