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
17008 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17008 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17008 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17008 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17008 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17008 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17008 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17008 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17008 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17008 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17008 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17008 The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer 2022 British English
17008 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17008 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17008 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17008 Elegy For April John Banville 1993 Irish English
17008 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17008 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17008 One Shot Harry Gary Phillips 2022 Unknown English
17008 A Talent For Murder Peter Swanson 2024 Unknown English
17008 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17008 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17008 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17008 Far From The Tree Robin Benway 2017 American English
17008 Queer City Peter Ackroyd 2017 British English
17008 James Dean Paul Alexander 1994 Unknown English
17008 The Way Of The Superior An David Deida 1997 American English
17008 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17008 As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh 2022 Unknown English
17008 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17008 Doctor De Soto William Steig 1982 American English
17008 Homestuck Andrew Hussie 2009 American English
17008 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17008 Journey From Peppermint Street Meindert DeJong 1967 American English
17008 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17008 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17008 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17008 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17008 Bert Breen's Barn Walter D. Edmonds 1975 American English
17008 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17008 The View From The Oak Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl 1977 Unknown English
17008 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17008 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17008 Oh, Boy! Babies Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali 1980 Unknown English
17008 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17008 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17008 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English
17008 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17008 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17008 Marked By Fire Joyce Carol Thomas 1982 American English
17008 Chimney Sweeps James Cross Giblin 1982 Unknown English
17008 A House Is A House For Me Mary Ann Hoberman 1978 American English
17008 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17008 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17008 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17008 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17008 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17008 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17008 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17008 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17008 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17008 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17008 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17008 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17008 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17008 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17008 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17008 The Ten Thousand Leaves Robert Lyons Danly 1981 Unknown English
17008 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17008 Mushoku Tensei Magonote, Rifujin Na 2014 Japanese Japanese
17008 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17008 The Wool Trilogy Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17008 Supergirl Tom King 2021 American English
17008 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17008 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17008 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17008 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17008 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17008 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17008 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17008 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17008 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17008 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17008 Selected Poems Su Tung–p’o Chinese Chinese
17008 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17008 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17008 The Poet’s Bible David Rosenberg 1991 Unknown English
17008 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17008 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17008 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17008 From The Country Of Eight Islands Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson 1981 Multiple English
17008 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17008 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17008 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17008 The History Of Italy Francesco Guicciardini 1540 Italian Italian
17008 Selected Translations 1948–1968 W. S. Merwin 1969 American English
17008 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
17008 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
16816 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
17008 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
17008 Never Let Go Dan John 2009 Unknown English
17008 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
16794 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17008 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17008 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17008 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17008 Angel & Hannah Ishle Park 2021 Unknown English
17008 The Passions And The Interests Albert Hirschman 1977 American English
17008 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17008 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17008 Scion Of Ikshvaku Amish Tripathi 2015 Indian English
17008 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17008 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17008 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17008 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17008 Dreadgod Will Wight 2022 American English
17008 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17008 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17008 The Eye Of The Bedlam Bride Matt Dinniman Unknown Unknown
17008 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English