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 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17010 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17010 The Parrot And The Igloo David Lipsky 2023 American English
17010 Hope Andrew Ridker 2023 American English
17010 Dykette Jenny Fran Davis 2023 Unknown English
17010 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17010 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17010 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17010 Rhythm Man Stephanie Stein Crease 2023 Unknown English
17010 Grand Delusion Steven Simon 2023 Unknown English
17010 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17010 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17010 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17010 Ninth Building Zou Jingzhi 2023 Chinese Chinese
17010 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 Unknown English
17010 How To Love Your Daughter Hila Blum 2023 Unknown Hebrew
17010 So To Speak Terrance Hayes 2023 American English
17010 Snow Road Station Elizabeth Hay 2023 Canadian English
17010 Elsewhere Yan Ge 2023 Chinese English
17010 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17010 Tabula Rasa John McPhee 2023 Unknown English
17010 Fires In The Dark Kay Redfield Jamison 2023 Unknown English
17010 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17010 Wasteland Oliver Franklin‑Wallis 2023 Unknown English
17010 Natural Light Julian Bell 2023 British English
17010 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Lost Sons Of Omaha Joe Sexton 2023 Unknown English
17010 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17010 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17010 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17010 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17010 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17010 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17010 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17010 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17010 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17010 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17010 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17010 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17010 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17010 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17010 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17010 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17010 Samuel Barber Howard Pollack 2023 Unknown English
17010 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
17010 We’re All In This Together...So Make Some Room Tom Papa 2023 American English
17010 Monsters Claire Dederer 2023 Unknown English
17010 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
17010 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17010 The Plot To Save South Africa Justice Malala 2023 South African English
17010 Mozart In Motion Patrick Mackie 2023 Unknown English
17010 My Father’s Brain Sandeep Jauhar 2023 American English
17010 Gravity And Center Henri Cole 2023 American English
17010 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17010 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17010 Biting The Hand Julia Lee 2023 Unknown English
17010 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17010 Carmageddon Daniel Knowles 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17010 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17010 Actual Malice Samantha Barbas 2023 Unknown English
17010 Girl Juice Benji Nate 2023 Unknown English
17010 Holding The Note David Remnick 2023 American English
17010 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17010 Go Back And Get It Dionne Ford 2023 Unknown English
17010 We The Scientists Amy Dockser Marcus 2023 Unknown English
17010 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17010 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17010 In The Orchard Eliza Minot 2023 Unknown English
17010 Camera Girl Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2023 Unknown English
17010 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17010 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17010 Waco Jeff Guinn 2023 American English
17010 Waco Rising Kevin Cook 2023 Unknown English
17010 Writers And Missionaries Adam Shatz 2023 Unknown English
17010 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17010 Stealing Margaret Verble 2023 American English
17010 Skip To The Fun Parts Dana Jeri Maier 2023 Unknown English
17010 Nothing Stays Put Willard Spiegelman 2023 Unknown English
17010 Still Life With Bones Alexa Hagerty 2023 Unknown English
17010 Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 American English
17010 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Fawn Magda Szabó 2023 Hungarian Hungarian
17010 We Should Not Be Friends Will Schwalbe 2023 American English
17010 Künstlers In Paradise Cathleen Schine 2023 Unknown English
17010 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
17010 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17010 Spoiled Anne Mendelson 2023 Unknown Unknown
17010 The Cult Of Creativity Samuel W. Franklin 2023 Unknown English
17010 Psychonauts Mike Jay 2023 Unknown English
17010 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17010 Spring Rain Marc Hamer 2023 British English
17010 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17010 Tenacious Beasts Christopher J. Preston 2023 Unknown English
17010 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17010 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17010 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17010 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17010 Steady Rollin Fred Noland 2023 Unknown Unknown
17010 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17010 Courting India Nandini Das 2023 Unknown English
17010 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17010 There Will Be Fire Rory Carroll 2023 Unknown English
17010 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
17010 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link 2023 American English
17010 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
17010 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17010 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17010 How Data Happened Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 2023 Unknown English
17010 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17010 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17010 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English