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
16813 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
17010 What Is Existential Anthropology? Michael D. Jackson New Zealand English
17010 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17010 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17010 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17010 Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction Jan Westerhoff 2009 British English
17010 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17010 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17010 Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism And Human Cognition Mark Siderits, Tom Tillemans, Arindam Chakrabarti American English
16699 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17010 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17010 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
16869 The Origins And History Of Consciousness Carl Jung, Franz Neumann, Helen R. Hull 1949 German German
17010 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17010 Soul Boom Rainn Wilson 2023 American English
17010 Practicing The Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
17010 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Steven Hayes 1999 American English
17010 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
16877 What The Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula 1959 British English
17010 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17010 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17010 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17010 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17010 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17010 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17010 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17010 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17010 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English
17010 The First Signs Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Canadian English
17010 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17010 The Optimist Colin Coggins American English
17010 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17010 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17010 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17010 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17010 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17010 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17010 Edge Of Honor Brad Thor 2025 American English
17010 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17010 The Ode Less Travelled Stephen Fry 2005 British English
17010 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17010 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17010 The Go Giver Bob Burg 2007 American English
17010 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17010 A Chance Meeting Cohen, Rachel 2004 American English
17010 The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin Alison Goodman 2025 Australian English
17010 Fried Chicken Castañeda Jill Stauffer American Unknown
17010 The Raj Quartet Paul Scott 1976 British English
16706 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
17010 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17010 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17010 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17010 Computer Programming For Beginners Nathan Clark Unknown English
17010 Sur Le Bord De La Rivière Piedra, Je Me Suis Assise Et J'ai Pleuré Paulo Coelho 1994 Brazilian Portuguese
17010 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
16892 Ernestina José Rentes de Carvalho 201 Portuguese Portuguese
16913 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
16958 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17010 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17010 Concerning My Daughter Hye-Jin Kim 2017 South Korean Korean
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17010 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17010 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17010 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17010 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17010 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17010 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17010 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17010 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17010 Benedict Arnold Randall, Willard Sterne 2012 American English
17010 Allow Me To Introduce Lon Milo DuQuette American English
17010 The Perfect Run Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17010 Kaiju Matt Dinniman American Unknown
17010 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17010 O Jardim Dos Animais Com Alma José M. Sánchez Santos Portuguese Unknown
16900 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17010 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17010 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17010 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17010 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17010 Tomorrow Never Knows Jeff Apter 2006 Australian English
17010 Dream Brother John Browne 2001 Unknown Unknown
17010 The Sirens' Call Chris Hayes 2025 American English
17010 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17010 Beautiful Days Zach Williams 2024 American English
17010 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17010 Blue Hour Tiffany Clarke Harrison 2023 American English
17010 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English
17010 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17010 Maid Stephanie Land 2019 American English
17010 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17010 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17010 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17010 The World As It Is Ben Rhodes 2018 American English
17010 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17010 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17010 Basketball Shea Serrano 2017 American English
17010 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17010 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17010 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17010 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17010 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17010 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17010 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17010 President Reagan Lou Cannon 1991 American English
17010 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English
17010 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17010 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17010 The Defining Moment Jonathan Alter 2006 American English
17010 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17010 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English
17010 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17010 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17010 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17010 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
16989 Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
17010 A Voyage For Madmen Peter Nichols 2001 British English
17010 Wilderness Essays John Muir American English
17005 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
16701 Ensayos I Michel de Montaigne 1580 French French