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
16985 Ibn Fadlān And The Land Of Darkness Ahmad ibn Fadlān 921 Unknown Arabic
17151 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16976 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
17151 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English
17151 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
16971 Von Der Kürze Des Lebens · Vom Glücklichen Leben Seneca -49 Roman Latin
17151 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17151 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17003 The Seed Tarjei Vesaas 1940 Norwegian Norwegian
17151 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
16879 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17151 Coffeeshop In An Alternate Universe C.B. Lee Unknown Unknown
17151 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 Tudo é Rio Carla Madeira 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 A Natureza Da Mordida Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17151 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17151 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17151 Saint's Blood Sebastien de Castell 2016 Canadian English
17151 Russka Edward Rutherfurd 1991 British English
17151 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17151 Worldviews Richard DeWitt 2004 Unknown English
17151 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle 2005 Canadian English
17151 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17151 The Lost Children Of Wilder Nina Bernstein 2001 American English
17151 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17151 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17151 Traditional Buddhist Mind Training: Essential Mind Training Thupten Jinpa Tibetan English
17151 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17151 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17151 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17151 A Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics Immanuel Kant German Unknown
17151 Time And Narrative, Volume 3 Paul Ricoeur 1985 French French
17151 Mind And Cosmos Thomas Nagel 2012 American English
17151 Fields Of Sense: A New Realist Ontology Markus Gabriel 2013 German English
17151 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17151 The Primordial Mind In Health And Illness Michael Robbins 2011 American Unknown
17151 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
17151 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17151 The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice And Tribal Wisdom Joan Halifax 1993 American English
16992 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
17151 What Is Existential Anthropology? Michael D. Jackson New Zealand English
17151 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17151 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17151 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17151 Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction Jan Westerhoff 2009 British English
17151 Clarifying The Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual For Mahamudra Dakpo Tashi Namgyal 2004 Tibetan English
17151 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17151 Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism And Human Cognition Mark Siderits, Tom Tillemans, Arindam Chakrabarti American English
17151 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
16840 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17151 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17151 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
17035 The Origins And History Of Consciousness Carl Jung, Franz Neumann, Helen R. Hull 1949 German German
17151 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17151 Soul Boom Rainn Wilson 2023 American English
17151 Practicing The Power Of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 Canadian English
17151 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Steven Hayes 1999 American English
17151 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17014 What The Buddha Taught Walpola Rahula 1959 British English
17151 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17151 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17151 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17151 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17151 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17151 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17151 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17151 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17151 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English
17151 The First Signs Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Canadian English
17151 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17151 The Optimist Colin Coggins American English
17151 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17151 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17151 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17151 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17151 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17151 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17151 Edge Of Honor Brad Thor 2025 American English
17151 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17151 The Ode Less Travelled Stephen Fry 2005 British English
17151 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17151 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17151 The Go Giver Bob Burg 2007 American English
17151 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17151 A Chance Meeting Cohen, Rachel 2004 American English
17151 The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin Alison Goodman 2025 Australian English
17151 Fried Chicken Castañeda Jill Stauffer American Unknown
17151 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17151 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17151 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17151 Computer Programming For Beginners Nathan Clark Unknown English
17151 Sur Le Bord De La Rivière Piedra, Je Me Suis Assise Et J'ai Pleuré Paulo Coelho 1994 Brazilian Portuguese
17151 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17033 Ernestina José Rentes de Carvalho 201 Portuguese Portuguese
17067 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17107 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17151 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17151 Concerning My Daughter Hye-Jin Kim 2017 South Korean Korean
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17151 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17151 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17151 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17151 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17151 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17151 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17151 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17151 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17151 Benedict Arnold Randall, Willard Sterne 2012 American English
17151 Allow Me To Introduce Lon Milo DuQuette American English
17151 The Perfect Run Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17151 Kaiju Matt Dinniman American Unknown
17151 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17151 The Dark Enlightenment Nick Land 2012 British English
17151 O Jardim Dos Animais Com Alma José M. Sánchez Santos Portuguese Unknown
17043 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17151 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English