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
17151 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17151 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17151 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17151 Tomorrow Never Knows Jeff Apter 2006 Australian English
17151 Dream Brother John Browne 2001 Unknown Unknown
17151 The Sirens' Call Chris Hayes 2025 American English
17151 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17151 Beautiful Days Zach Williams 2024 American English
17151 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17151 Blue Hour Tiffany Clarke Harrison 2023 American English
17151 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English
17151 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17151 Maid Stephanie Land 2019 American English
17151 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17151 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17151 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17151 The World As It Is Ben Rhodes 2018 American English
17151 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17151 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17151 Basketball Shea Serrano 2017 American English
17151 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17151 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17151 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17151 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17151 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17151 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17151 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17151 President Reagan Lou Cannon 1991 American English
17151 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English
17151 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17151 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17151 The Defining Moment Jonathan Alter 2006 American English
17151 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17151 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English
17151 Novels 1896–1899 Henry James American English
17151 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17151 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17151 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17151 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17094 Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
17151 A Voyage For Madmen Peter Nichols 2001 British English
17151 Wilderness Essays John Muir American English
17108 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
16852 Ensayos I Michel de Montaigne 1580 French French
17093 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17151 Dream City Conrad Christiaan Kickert 2019 Unknown Unknown
16899 Cape Cod Henry David Thoreau 1865 American English
17151 The Bronx Nobody Knows William B Helmreich American English
17151 Our Money Kirstin Downey American English
17151 America, The Farewell Tour Chris Hedges 2018 American English
17151 Inner Excellence Jim Murphy 2009 Unknown Unknown
17151 The Four Agreements Companion Book Don Miguel Ruiz American English
17151 Living The 7 Habits Stephen R. Covey American English
17151 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17151 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17151 The Perfect Run Ii Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17151 The Perfect Run Iii Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17151 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17151 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17151 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17151 Thou Art That Joseph Campbell American English
17151 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17151 Pathways To Bliss Joseph Campbell American English
17151 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17151 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17151 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17151 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17151 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17151 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17151 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17151 The Wander Society Keri Smith 2016 Canadian English
17151 Is Science Western In Origin? C.K. Raju Indian English
17151 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17151 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17151 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17151 Nobody Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17151 The Gita Anant Pai 1999 Indian English
17151 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17151 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17151 The Age Of Kali William Dalrymple 1998 British English
17151 Catapult Your Productivity Damon Zahariades American English
17151 The Art Of Saying No Damon Zahariades 2017 American English
17151 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
17007 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17151 The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyuuga Japanese Japanese
17151 Earth Flight Janet Edwards Unknown Unknown
17151 Earth Star Janet Edwards Unknown Unknown
17151 Spirit Fighter Jerel Law American Unknown
17151 Earth Girl Janet Edwards Australian English
17151 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17151 Waterfall Lisa Tawn Bergren American English
17151 Rising Holly Kelly Unknown Unknown
17151 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17151 Witcher Series 6 Books Set Collection Andrzej Sapkowski 1986 Polish Polish
17151 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
17151 Christ The Conqueror Of Hell Hilarion Alfeyev 2009 Russian Russian
17151 Rytual Chloe Wilson 2025 Unknown Unknown
17151 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17151 Talking At Night Claire Daverley Unknown Unknown
17151 Le Fou Noir Arrigo Boito Italian Unknown
17151 Animal Factory Edward Bunker 1977 American English
16865 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17151 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17144 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17151 The Living Death Stefan Wul French French
17151 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17151 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17128 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17151 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17151 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17151 Anleitung Zum Unglücklichsein Paul Watzlawick 1983 Austrian German
17151 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17151 The Lantern Of Lost Memories Sanaka Hiiragi Japanese Unknown
17151 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17151 Better, Not Bitter Salaam, Yusef American English
17151 Red Rising Saga Pierce Brown 2014 American English
17151 Building The Orange Wave Lavigne, Brad 2013 Canadian English
17151 Kira Kira Cynthia Kadohata 2004 American English
17151 The Complete Wheel Of Time Robert Jordan 1990 American English
17151 The Brother Karamazov / The Idiot David Fishelson American Unknown