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
4802 Brand Henrik Ibsen 1866 Norwegian Norwegian
4801 The Confessions Of Lady Nijo Lady Nijo 1307 Japanese Japanese
4803 Dictee Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 1982 American English
4804 The Wolf Of Masada John Fredman 1978 Unknown English
4805 The Dybbuk S. Ansky 1914 Russian Yiddish
4806 Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay Elena Ferrante 2013 Italian Italian
4807 The Burden of Southern History C. Vann Woodward 1960 American English
4809 Oktana Andreas Embiricos 1975 Greek Greek
4808 Slow Days, Fast Company Eve Babitz 1977 American English
4809 Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Pământeni Marin Preda 1980 Romanian Romanian
4811 Gaia James Lovelock 1979 British English
4812 Slave Old Man Patrick Chamoiseau 1997 French French
4813 Happy Moscow Andrey Platonov 1991 Russian Russian
4814 Dreamland Sam Quinones 2015 American English
4815 A Dram Of Poison Charlotte Armstrong 1956 American English
4816 The New Oxford Book Of English Verse Helen Gardner 1972 British English
4818 Cat Of Many Tails Ellery Queen 1949 American English
4817 Ozma Of Oz L. Frank Baum 1907 American English
4819 The Malacia Tapestry Brian Aldiss 1976 British English
4819 Hotel De Dream Emma Tennant 1976 British English
4821 The Poet And The Lunatics G. K. Chesterton 1929 British English
4823 He, She and It Marge Piercy 1991 American English
4822 Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields Will R. Bird 1931 Canadian English
4825 The Hollow Needle Maurice Leblanc 1909 French French
4824 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4826 Red Soil Felix Perry 1926 Canadian English
4827 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
4828 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4829 Cataract Mykhaylo Osadchy 1976 Ukrainian Ukrainian
4829 Patterns of Childhood Christa Wolf 1976 German German
4829 Blaming Elizabeth Taylor 1976 British English
4829 Cutter and Bone Newton Thornburg 1976 American English
4833 Entwined Destinies Rosalind Welles 1979 American English
4835 Black Magic Marjorie Bowen 1909 British English
4835 The Water Of The Wondrous Isles William Morris 1897 British English
4835 The Uninhabited House Mrs. Joseph H. Riddell 1875 British English
4835 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4835 The Cream Of The Jest James Branch Cabell 1917 American English
4835 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4835 One Of Cleopatra's Nights Théophile Gautier 1838 French French
4835 Thirteen O'clock Stephen Vincent Benét 1937 American English
4835 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4835 A Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain Charles Dickens 1848 British English
4834 Other Halves Sue McCauley 1983 New Zealand English
4845 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
4846 The World's Wife Carol Ann Duffy 1999 British English
4847 A Season In Sinji J. L. Carr 1967 British English
4848 Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Lillian Schiessel 1982 American English
4849 The Strange Death of Liberal England George Dangerfield 1935 British English
4850 Peking Story David Kidd 1960 American English
4851 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows Melanie Joy 2010 American English
4852 The American Political Tradition Richard Hofstadter 1948 American English
4853 Melbourne David Cecil 1939 British English
4854 Ernesto Umberto Saba 1975 Italian Italian
4855 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
4856 Best of Simple Langston Hughes 1961 American English
4856 The Biology Of Human Behavior Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1970 German German
4856 Zettels Traum Arno Schmidt 1970 German German
4856 Der Tod Im Reisfeld Peter Scholl-Latour 1970 German German
4856 The Gift Horse Hildegard Knef 1970 German German
4861 Het Leven Is Verrukkulluk Remco Campert 1961 Dutch Dutch
4862 The Snowman Raymond Briggs 1978 British English
4864 The Foundations Of Arithmetic Gottlob Frege 1884 German German
4863 What Is Cinema? André Bazin 1967 French French
4864 Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers Max Planck 1922 German German
4866 The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Dubois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 American English
4867 Grid Systems In Graphic Design Josef Müller-Brockmann 1981 Swiss German
4869 Human Action Ludwig von Mises 1949 Austrian English
4868 The Ego And Its Own Max Stirner 1844 German German
4870 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
4871 Wartime Lies Louis Begley 1991 American English
4872 Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1975 Indian English
4873 Βιοτεχνία Υαλικών Menis Koumandareas 1976 Greek Greek
4873 Animale Bolnave Nicolae Breban 1981 Romanian Romanian
4873 Tache De Catifea Ștefan Agopian 1981 Romanian Romanian
4876 The Earl of Louisiana A. J. Liebling 1961 American English
4877 The Golden String Bede Griffiths 1954 British English
4878 Apoutsiak, Le Petit Flocon De Neige Paul-Émile Victor 1948 French French
4878 To The End Of The World Blaise Cendrars 1957 French French
4878 Heroes And Tombs Ernesto Sábato 1961 Argentinian Spanish
4878 L'instant Fatal Raymond Queneau 1948 French French
4878 Massâlik Al Jinân Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba 1895 Senegalese Arabic
4878 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
4878 The Little Black Fish Samad Behrangi 1968 Iranian Persian
4878 The Wound Malick Fall 1967 Senegalese French
4886 The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber 2002 British English
4887 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
4888 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
4889 The Book of Salt Monique Truong 2003 American English
4889 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4891 Nearer To Thee Gerard Reve 1966 Dutch Dutch
4892 The Short Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1886 Russian Russian
4893 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4894 Influence Robert B. Cialdini 1984 American English
4895 Abel Alone Áron Tamási 1932 Hungarian Hungarian
4897 The Book Of Fame Lloyd Jones 2000 New Zealand English
4896 The Emissary Yoko Tawada 2014 Japanese Japanese
4898 Potiki Patricia Grave 1986 New Zealand English
4899 Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare 1594 British English
4899 The Theory Of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith 1759 Scottish English
4899 Leaf By Niggle J. R. R. Tolkien 1945 British English
4899 The Tragedy Of Mariam Elizabeth Cary 1613 British English
4899 The Last Man Mary Shelley 1826 British English
4899 The Redeemed Captive John Williams 1707 American English
4899 On Occult Philosophy Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1531 German Latin
4899 The Poetry Of Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet 1867 American English
4899 The Teachings Of Ptahhotep Ptahhotep -2400 Unknown Ancient egyptian
4899 Enūma Eliš Unknown -1100 Unknown Akkadian
4899 The Poetry Of Enheduanna Enheduanna -2300 Unknown Sumerian
4899 The Discovery Of Freedom Rose Wilder Lane 1943 American English
4899 Lord Of The World Robert Hugh Benson 1907 British English
4899 The Foxes Of Harrow Frank Yerby 1946 American English
4899 Rules Of Civility And Decent Behavior In Company And Conversation George Washington 1748 American English
4899 Winter In Moscow Malcolm Muggeridge 1934 British English
4899 Judith Unknown -150 Unknown Hebrew
4899 The Gates Ajar Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1868 American English
4899 The Jew Of Malta Christopher Marlowe 1590 English English
4899 Cruising Speed William F. Buckley, Jr 1971 American English
4899 The River War Winston Churchill 1899 British English
4899 The Poems Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English