The Greatest Books Since 1967

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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
2417 Bright Lights, Big City Jay McInerney 1984 American English
2420 The Melancholy of Resistance László Krasznahorkai 1989 Hungarian Hungarian
2424 Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 1997 American English
2425 Platform Michel Houellebecq 2001 French French
2426 Soul Mountain Xingjian Gao 1990 Chinese Chinese
2427 The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr 1968 British English
2429 The Intuitionist Colson Whitehead 1999 American English
2432 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany 1967 American English
2433 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 American English
2435 Modern Times Paul Johnson 1983 British English
2438 The Crow Road Iain Banks 1992 British English
2446 The Map And The Territory Michel Houellebecq 2010 French French
2451 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2464 The Silent Duchess Dacia Maraini 1990 Italian Italian
2467 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Alice Munro 2001 Canadian English
2468 On Beauty Zadie Smith 2005 British English
2470 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2471 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2472 Roll, Jordan, Roll Eugene Genovese 1974 American English
2473 Fall On Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald 1996 Canadian English
2478 L'acacia Claude Simon 1989 French French
2482 Blood and Guts in High School Kathy Acker 1978 American English
2483 The Cider House Rules John Irving 1985 American English
2484 The Firm John Grisham 1991 American English
2485 The Good War Studs Terkel 1984 American English
2486 Small Island Andrea Levy 2004 British English
2487 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
2488 Measuring the World Daniel Kehlmann 2005 German German
2492 A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines 1993 American English
2493 All Souls Javier Marias 1989 Spanish Spanish
2494 Miramar Naguib Mahfouz 1967 Egyptian Arabic
2497 Mortals Norman Rush 2003 American English
2498 Room Emma Donoghue 2010 Irish English
2502 Popol Vuh Dennis Tedlock 1985 Mayan K'iche'
2503 Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 2016 Ghanaian English
2505 Pastoralia George Saunders 2000 American English
2508 The Abyss Marguerite Yourcenar 1968 French French
2512 On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin 1982 British English
2514 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison 1975 American English
2515 The New Sorrows of Young W. Ulrich Plenzdorf 1972 German German
2516 L.A. Confidential James Ellroy 1990 American English
2518 Rites of Passage William Golding 1980 British English
2520 A Flight Of Curlews Maarten 't Hart 1978 Dutch Dutch
2523 The Passage Of Power Robert Caro 2012 American English
2524 Old Filth Jane Gardam 2004 British English
2527 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong 2019 American English
2531 The Anatomy Lesson Philip Roth 1983 American English
2534 A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
2535 Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 1996 American English
2537 Jazz Toni Morrison 1992 American English
2538 Clear Light of Day Anita Desai 1980 Indian English
2540 Journal, 1935 44 Mihail Sebastian 1996 Romanian Romanian
2562 Segu Maryse Condé 1984 French French
2572 Childhood Nathalie Sarraute 1983 French French
2573 A Longing For The Light Vicente Aleixandre 1979 Spanish Spanish
2580 A Cup Of Rage Raduan Nassar 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
2583 Good Behaviour Molly Keane 1981 Irish English
2584 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
2587 Empire Falls Richard Russo 2001 American English
2586 A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn 1980 American English
2588 Red Shift Alan Garner 1973 British English
2589 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 2020 Irish English
2591 The Trick Is to Keep Breathing Janice Galloway 1989 British English
2595 Bid Time Return Richard Matheson 1975 American English
2596 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson 2011 British English
2599 The Witness Juan José Saer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
2597 Possessing the Secret of Joy Alice Walker 1992 American English
2598 A Fringe Of Leaves Patrick White 1976 Australian English
2600 Almost Transparent Blue Ryū Murakami 1976 Japanese Japanese
2602 Darkness Visible William Styron 1990 American English
2603 Regarding the Pain of Others Susan Sontag 2003 American English
2604 The Wars Timothy Findley 1977 Canadian English
2605 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer 1974 South African English
2606 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
2608 Heavy Kiese Laymon 2018 American English
2610 Whatever Michel Houellebecq 1994 French French
2611 What It Takes Richard Ben Cramer 1992 American English
2617 The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman Andrzej Szczypiorski 1986 Polish Polish
2618 The Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante 2011 Italian Italian
2619 The Mezzanine Nicholson Baker 1988 American English
2620 To Live Yu Hua 1993 Chinese Chinese
2627 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty 2013 French French
2628 Selected Plays of George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw 1976 Irish English
2630 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
2632 Old Glory Jonathan Raban 1981 British English
2634 Tripmaster Monkey Maxine Hong Kingston 1989 American English
2636 An American Marriage Tayari Jones 2018 American English
2637 The Lament Of The Linnet Anna Maria Ortese 1997 Italian Italian
2638 The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 1997 American English
2639 Fatherland Robert Harris 1992 British English
2640 The Child in Time Ian McEwan 1987 British English
2641 The Palm At The End Of The Mind Wallace Stevens 1971 American English
2642 The Power Naomi Alderman 2016 British English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2649 Gemini Michel Tournier 1975 French French
2650 The House of Scorta Laurent Gaudé 2004 French French
2651 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2652 Circe Madeline Miller 2018 American English
2653 Sleepless Nights Elizabeth Hardwick 1979 American English
2658 The Daughter Pavlos Matesis 1990 Greek Greek
2659 Boys on the Bus Timothy Crouse 1973 American English
2660 The Women's Room Marilyn French 1977 American English
2661 The Years with Laura Diaz Carlos Fuentes 1999 Mexican Spanish
2663 Early Autumn Robert B. Parker 1980 American English
2666 The Mismeasure of Man Stephen Jay Gould 1981 American English
2667 The Songlines Bruce Chatwin 1987 British English
2670 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff 1989 American English
2679 H Is For Hawk Helen MacDonald 2014 British English
2680 Generation X Douglas Coupland 1991 Canadian English
2681 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
2682 The Czar's Madman Jaan Kross 1978 Estonian Estonian
2683 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
2688 Blinding Mircea Cărtărescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
2689 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
2690 Dependency Tove Ditlevsen 1971 Danish Danish
2691 Childhood Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
2694 Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan 1992 American English
2695 Pet Sematary Stephen King 1983 American English
2696 Dalva Jim Harrison 1988 American English
2697 Wise Children Angela Carter 1991 British English