The Greatest Books of All Time on Adulthood

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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
1765 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro 1978 Canadian English
4448 Abyssinian Chronicles Moses Isegawa 1998 Dutch English
8899 O Encontro Marcado Fernando Sabino 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
8913 All Grown Up Jami Attenberg 2017 American English
11867 Bad Blood Lorna Sage 2000 British English
13511 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
14492 The Early Stories John Updike 2003 American English
17117 I Was Told There'd Be Cake Sloane Crosley 2008 American English
17117 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English