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
17069 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17152 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17152 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17152 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17152 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17152 Tomorrow Never Knows Jeff Apter 2006 Australian English
17152 Dream Brother John Browne 2001 Unknown Unknown
17152 The Sirens' Call Chris Hayes 2025 American English
17152 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17152 Beautiful Days Zach Williams 2024 American English
17152 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17152 Blue Hour Tiffany Clarke Harrison 2023 American English
17152 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English
17152 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17152 Maid Stephanie Land 2019 American English
17152 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17152 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17152 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17152 The World As It Is Ben Rhodes 2018 American English
17152 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17152 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17152 Basketball Shea Serrano 2017 American English
17152 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17152 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17152 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17152 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17152 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17152 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17152 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17152 President Reagan Lou Cannon 1991 American English
17152 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English
17152 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17152 Common Wealth Jeffrey D. Sachs 2008 American English
17152 The Defining Moment Jonathan Alter 2006 American English
17152 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17152 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English
17152 Novels 1896–1899 Henry James American English
17152 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17152 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17152 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17152 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17109 Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
17152 A Voyage For Madmen Peter Nichols 2001 British English
17152 Wilderness Essays John Muir American English
17117 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
16850 Ensayos I Michel de Montaigne 1580 French French
17100 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17152 Dream City Conrad Christiaan Kickert 2019 Unknown Unknown
16904 Cape Cod Henry David Thoreau 1865 American English
17152 The Bronx Nobody Knows William B Helmreich American English
17152 Our Money Kirstin Downey American English
17152 America, The Farewell Tour Chris Hedges 2018 American English
17152 Inner Excellence Jim Murphy 2009 Unknown Unknown
17152 The Four Agreements Companion Book Don Miguel Ruiz American English
17152 Living The 7 Habits Stephen R. Covey American English
17152 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17152 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17152 The Perfect Run Ii Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17152 The Perfect Run Iii Cédric Durand Unknown Unknown
17152 The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft American English
17152 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17152 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17152 Thou Art That Joseph Campbell American English
17152 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17152 Pathways To Bliss Joseph Campbell American English
17152 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17152 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17152 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17152 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17152 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17152 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17152 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17152 The Wander Society Keri Smith 2016 Canadian English
17152 Is Science Western In Origin? C.K. Raju Indian English
17152 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17152 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17152 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17152 Nobody Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17152 The Gita Anant Pai 1999 Indian English
17152 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17152 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17152 The Age Of Kali William Dalrymple 1998 British English
17152 Catapult Your Productivity Damon Zahariades American English
17152 The Art Of Saying No Damon Zahariades 2017 American English
17152 The Circle Of Fire Don Miguel Ruiz 2013 Unknown English
17034 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17152 The Apothecary Diaries Natsu Hyuuga Japanese Japanese
17152 Earth Flight Janet Edwards Unknown Unknown
17152 Earth Star Janet Edwards Unknown Unknown
17152 Spirit Fighter Jerel Law American Unknown
17152 Earth Girl Janet Edwards Australian English
17152 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17152 Waterfall Lisa Tawn Bergren American English
17152 Rising Holly Kelly Unknown Unknown
17152 Cherub Jr Spies In Training Robert Muchamore British English
17152 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17152 Witcher Series 6 Books Set Collection Andrzej Sapkowski 1986 Polish Polish
17152 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
17152 Christ The Conqueror Of Hell Hilarion Alfeyev 2009 Russian Russian
17152 Rytual Chloe Wilson 2025 Unknown Unknown
17152 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17152 Talking At Night Claire Daverley Unknown Unknown
17152 Le Fou Noir Arrigo Boito Italian Unknown
17152 Animal Factory Edward Bunker 1977 American English
16865 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17152 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17106 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17152 The Living Death Stefan Wul French French
17152 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17152 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17134 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17152 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17152 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17152 Anleitung Zum Unglücklichsein Paul Watzlawick 1983 Austrian German
17152 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17152 The Lantern Of Lost Memories Sanaka Hiiragi Japanese Unknown
17152 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17152 Better, Not Bitter Salaam, Yusef American English
17152 Red Rising Saga Pierce Brown 2014 American English
17152 Building The Orange Wave Lavigne, Brad 2013 Canadian English