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
17007 O Monge Que Vendeu O Seu Ferrari Kriti Sharma 1997 Unknown English
17007 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17007 The False Prince Leslie Nielsen Unknown Unknown
17007 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
16756 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English
16797 The Grasshopper Anton Chekhov 1892 Russian Russian
17007 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17007 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17007 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17007 恶意 Keigo Higashino 1996 Japanese Japanese
16721 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17007 Superfudge Judy Blume 1980 American English
17007 A World Without Princes Soman Chainani 2014 American English
16964 Moon Rising Tui T. Sutherland 2014 American English
17007 The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland 2012 American English
17007 Source Code Bill Gates 2025 Unknown Unknown
17007 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17007 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17007 Die, My Love Ariana Harwicz 2012 Argentinian Spanish
16742 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17007 Voyage Of Slaves Brian Jacques 2006 British English
17007 The Bitcoin Standard Saifedean Ammous 2018 Unknown English
17007 Blended Sharon M. Draper 2018 American English
17007 No Easy Day Mark Owen 2012 American English
17007 Competitive Strategy Michael E. Porter 1980 American English
17007 Decisive Roy Heath Unknown Unknown
16908 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17007 Doing Time Jodi Taylor 2019 British English
17007 How To Stay Married Harrison Scott Key 2023 American English
17007 Rocket Men Robert Kurson 2018 American English
17007 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
16815 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
17007 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17007 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17007 Running With Sherman Chris McDougall 2019 American English
17007 The Art Of Possibility Rosamund Stone Zander 2000 American English
17007 Townie Andre Dubus 2011 American English
17007 A Simplified Life Emily Ley 2017 American English
17007 Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor 2017 American English
17007 Montpelier Parade Karl Geary 2017 Irish English
17007 The Witches Of New York Ami McKay 2016 Canadian English
17007 Girl In Translation Jean Kwok 2010 American English
17007 The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 1978 American English
The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17007 The Price Of Peace Zachary D. Carter 2020 American English
17007 American Spy Lauren Wilkinson 2019 Unknown English
17007 Concealed Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2021 Unknown English
17007 The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum Khan 2023 Unknown English
17007 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17007 Deep Freeze Lisa Jackson 2005 American English
17007 Left To Die Lisa Jackson 2008 American English
17007 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17007 The Wife, The Maid, And The Mistress Ariel Lawhon 2014 American English
17007 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17007 The Undefeated Kwame Alexander 2019 American English
17007 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17007 The Innkeeper's Song Peter S. Beagle 1993 American English
17007 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17007 The Ohlone Way Phillip Margolin 1978 Unknown English
17007 A Drop Of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett Unknown Unknown
17007 Emily Wilde's Compendium Of Lost Tales Heather Fawcett 2023 Unknown English
17007 The Stranger Times Caimh McDonnell 2021 British English
17007 Never Finished David Goggins 2022 American English
17007 ‎22 Bahnen Caroline Wahl 2022 German German
17007 Beware Of Chicken 4 CasualFarmer Unknown Unknown
17007 Beware Of Chicken 3 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17007 A History Of The World In Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins Unknown Unknown
17007 Beware Of Chicken 2 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17007 Borderland Anna Reid 1997 British English
17007 The Russia House John le Carré 1989 British English
17007 Alive At The End Of The World Saeed Jones 2022 American English
17007 The Hero Code William H. McRaven 2021 American English
16645 Sun And Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
16958 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17007 Easypeasy Method Hackauthor² Unknown Unknown
17007 Your Brain On Porn Gary Wilson 2014 American English
17007 The Starless Crown James Rollins 2022 American English
17007 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17007 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17007 The Ocean Of Life Callum Roberts 2012 British English
17007 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17007 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17007 House To House David Bellavia 2007 American English
17007 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17007 The Fifth Agreement Don Miguel Ruiz 2010 Mexican English
17007 Framed Ink Marcos Mateu-Mestre 2010 Unknown English
17007 House Of Correction Paul French Unknown Unknown
17007 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17007 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17007 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17007 I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf Grant Snider 2020 American English
17007 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17007 The Cellist Daniel Silva 2021 American English
17007 The Book Of Lies Brad Meltzer 2008 American English
17007 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17007 Dragons Of Summer Flame Margaret Weis 1995 American English
17007 Soulsmith Will Wight 2016 American English
17007 Ghostwater Will Wight 2018 American English
17007 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17007 The Lake Of Lost Girls Katherine Greene Unknown Unknown
17007 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17007 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17007 Blackflame Will Wight 2017 American English
17007 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb 1995 American English
17007 Love, Mom Iliana Xander Unknown Unknown
17007 The Lions Of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002 American English
17007 Knight's Shadow Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17007 Wintersteel Will Wight 2020 American English
17007 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17007 Blood Ties Kay Hooper 2007 American English
17007 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17007 Tyrant's Throne Sebastien de Castell 2017 Canadian English
17007 The Silent Girl Tess Gerritsen 2011 American English
17007 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17007 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17007 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17007 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17007 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17007 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17007 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish