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
16973 Ibn Fadlān And The Land Of Darkness Ahmad ibn Fadlān 921 Unknown Arabic
17152 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17152 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16997 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
17152 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English
17152 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
16985 Von Der Kürze Des Lebens · Vom Glücklichen Leben Seneca -49 Roman Latin
17152 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17152 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17025 The Seed Tarjei Vesaas 1940 Norwegian Norwegian
17152 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
16880 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17152 Coffeeshop In An Alternate Universe C.B. Lee Unknown Unknown
17152 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 Tudo é Rio Carla Madeira 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 A Natureza Da Mordida Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17152 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17152 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17152 Saint's Blood Sebastien de Castell 2016 Canadian English
17152 Russka Edward Rutherfurd 1991 British English
17152 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17152 Worldviews Richard DeWitt 2004 Unknown English
17152 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle 2005 Canadian English
17152 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17152 The Lost Children Of Wilder Nina Bernstein 2001 American English
17152 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17152 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17152 Traditional Buddhist Mind Training: Essential Mind Training Thupten Jinpa Tibetan English
17152 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17152 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17152 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17152 A Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics Immanuel Kant German Unknown
17152 Time And Narrative, Volume 3 Paul Ricoeur 1985 French French
17152 Mind And Cosmos Thomas Nagel 2012 American English
17152 Fields Of Sense: A New Realist Ontology Markus Gabriel 2013 German English
17152 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17152 The Primordial Mind In Health And Illness Michael Robbins 2011 American Unknown
17152 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
17152 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17152 The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice And Tribal Wisdom Joan Halifax 1993 American English
16955 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
17152 What Is Existential Anthropology? Michael D. Jackson New Zealand English
17152 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17152 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17152 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17152 Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction Jan Westerhoff 2009 British English
17152 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17152 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17152 Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism And Human Cognition Mark Siderits, Tom Tillemans, Arindam Chakrabarti American English
17152 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
16841 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17152 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17152 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
17010 The Origins And History Of Consciousness Carl Jung, Franz Neumann, Helen R. Hull 1949 German German
17152 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17152 Soul Boom Rainn Wilson 2023 American English
17152 Practicing The Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
17152 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Steven Hayes 1999 American English
17152 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17023 What The Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula 1959 British English
17152 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17152 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17152 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17152 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17152 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17152 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17152 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17152 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17152 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English
17152 The First Signs Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Canadian English
17152 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17152 The Optimist Colin Coggins American English
17152 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17152 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17152 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17152 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17152 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17152 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17152 Edge Of Honor Brad Thor 2025 American English
17152 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17152 The Ode Less Travelled Stephen Fry 2005 British English
17152 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17152 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17152 The Go Giver Bob Burg 2007 American English
17152 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17152 A Chance Meeting Cohen, Rachel 2004 American English
17152 The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin Alison Goodman 2025 Australian English
17152 Fried Chicken Castañeda Jill Stauffer American Unknown
17152 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17152 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17152 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17152 Computer Programming For Beginners Nathan Clark Unknown English
17152 Sur Le Bord De La Rivière Piedra, Je Me Suis Assise Et J'ai Pleuré Paulo Coelho 1994 Brazilian Portuguese
17152 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17028 Ernestina José Rentes de Carvalho 201 Portuguese Portuguese
17086 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17127 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17152 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17152 Concerning My Daughter Hye-Jin Kim 2017 South Korean Korean
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17152 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17152 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17152 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17152 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17152 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17152 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17152 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17152 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17152 Benedict Arnold Randall, Willard Sterne 2012 American English
17152 Allow Me To Introduce Lon Milo DuQuette American English
17152 The Perfect Run Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17152 Kaiju Matt Dinniman American Unknown
17152 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17152 The Dark Enlightenment Nick Land 2012 British English
17152 O Jardim Dos Animais Com Alma José M. Sánchez Santos Portuguese Unknown
17055 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17152 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English