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 759 '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
17113 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17152 Easypeasy Method Hackauthor² Unknown Unknown
17152 Your Brain On Porn Gary Wilson 2014 American English
17152 The Starless Crown James Rollins 2022 American English
17152 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17152 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17152 The Ocean Of Life Callum Roberts 2012 British English
17152 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17152 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17152 House To House David Bellavia 2007 American English
17152 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17152 The Fifth Agreement Don Miguel Ruiz 2010 Mexican English
17152 Framed Ink Marcos Mateu-Mestre 2010 Unknown English
17152 House Of Correction Paul French Unknown Unknown
17152 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17152 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17152 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17152 I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf Grant Snider 2020 American English
17152 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17152 The Cellist Daniel Silva 2021 American English
17152 The Book Of Lies Brad Meltzer 2008 American English
17152 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17152 Dragons Of Summer Flame Margaret Weis 1995 American English
17152 Soulsmith Will Wight 2016 American English
17152 Ghostwater Will Wight 2018 American English
17152 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17152 The Lake Of Lost Girls Katherine Greene Unknown Unknown
17152 Hot Blooded Lisa Jackson 2001 American English
17152 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17152 Blackflame Will Wight 2017 American English
17152 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb 1995 American English
17152 Love, Mom Iliana Xander Unknown Unknown
17152 The Lions Of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002 American English
17152 Knight's Shadow Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17152 Wintersteel Will Wight 2020 American English
17152 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17152 Blood Ties Kay Hooper 2007 American English
17152 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17152 Tyrant's Throne Sebastien de Castell 2017 Canadian English
17152 The Silent Girl Tess Gerritsen 2011 American English
17152 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17152 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17152 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17152 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17152 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17152 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17152 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17152 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17152 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17152 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17152 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17152 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17152 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17152 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer 2022 British English
17152 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17152 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17152 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17152 Elegy For April John Banville 1993 Irish English
17152 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17152 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17152 One Shot Harry Gary Phillips 2022 Unknown English
17152 A Talent For Murder Peter Swanson 2024 Unknown English
17152 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17152 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17152 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17152 Far From The Tree Robin Benway 2017 American English
17152 Queer City Peter Ackroyd 2017 British English
17152 James Dean Paul Alexander 1994 Unknown English
17152 The Way Of The Superior An David Deida 1997 American English
17152 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17152 As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh 2022 Unknown English
17152 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17152 Doctor De Soto William Steig 1982 American English
17152 Homestuck Andrew Hussie 2009 American English
17152 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17152 Journey From Peppermint Street Meindert DeJong 1967 American English
17152 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17152 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17152 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17152 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17152 Bert Breen's Barn Walter D. Edmonds 1975 American English
17152 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17152 The View From The Oak Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl 1977 Unknown English
17152 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17152 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17152 Oh, Boy! Babies Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali 1980 Unknown English
17152 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17152 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17152 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English
17152 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17152 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17152 Marked By Fire Joyce Carol Thomas 1982 American English
17152 Chimney Sweeps James Cross Giblin 1982 Unknown English
17152 A House Is A House For Me Mary Ann Hoberman 1978 American English
17152 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17152 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17152 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17152 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17152 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17152 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17152 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17152 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17152 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17152 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17152 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17152 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17152 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17152 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German
17152 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17152 The Ten Thousand Leaves Robert Lyons Danly 1981 Unknown English
17152 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17152 Mushoku Tensei Magonote, Rifujin Na 2014 Japanese Japanese
17152 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17152 The Wool Trilogy Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17152 Supergirl Tom King 2021 American English
17152 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17152 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17152 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17152 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French