The Greatest Books of All Time on Anxiety

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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
1168 The Diaries Franz Kafka 1948 Czech German
1238 The Age of Anxiety W. H. Auden 1947 British English
1854 The Courage to Be Paul Tillich 1952 German English
4711 Umgang Mit Der Angst Horst-Eberhard Richter 1968 German German
6002 The Burrow Franz Kafka 1924 Austrian German
6183 The Second Tree From The Corner E. B. White 1954 American English
7831 Elling Ingvar Ambjørnsen 1996 Norwegian Norwegian
8048 The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi 2008 New Zealand English
8201 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
9558 Zuckerman Unbound Philip Roth 1981 American English
9752 The Denial of Death Ernest Becker 1973 American English
10449 Crudo Olivia Laing 2018 British English
10739 Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett 2016 American English
10990 Love And Will Rollo May 1969 American English
11269 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
13211 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13576 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
14122 Turtles All The Way Down John Green 2017 American English
14553 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14784 Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
15897 Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety Sigmund Freud 1926 Austrian German
15897 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
17119 10% Happier Dan Harris 2014 American English
16769 Our Inner Conflicts Karen Horney 1945 German English
17119 Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 2021 British English
17119 Atlas Of An Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr 2016 Austrian German
17119 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17119 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17119 The Mood Cure Julia Ross 2002 Unknown English
17119 I Must Be Dreaming Roz Chast 2023 American English
17119 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17119 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17119 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17119 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17119 Hyperbole And A Half & Solutions And Other Problems By Allie Brosh 2 Books Collection Set Allie Brosh 2013 American English
17119 How Did You Get This Number Sloane Crosley 2010 American English