The Greatest Books of All Time on Authorship
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318 | If on a Winter's Night a Traveller | Italo Calvino | 1979 | Italian | Italian | |
| 2029 | The Land Of Laughs | Jonathan Carroll | 1980 | American | English | |
| 3186 | The Quest For Corvo | A. J. A. Symons | 1934 | British | English | |
| 6266 | Thank You For Not Reading | Dubravka Ugrešić | 2001 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 7216 | On The Historical Novel | Alessandro Manzoni | 1800 | Italian | Italian | |
| 7628 | The Mysterious William Shakespeare | Charlton Ogburn | 1984 | American | English | |
| 8402 | About The Author | John Colapinto | 2001 | American | English | |
| 9917 | The Messiah Of Stockholm | Cynthia Ozick | 1987 | American | English | |
| 11167 | Foe | J. M. Coetzee | 1986 | South African | English | |
| 15812 | A World I Never Made | James T. Farrell | 1936 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Who Wrote The Bible? | Richard Elliott Friedman | 1987 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Big Fiction | Dan Sinykin | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17161 | The Twist Of The Knife | Anthony Horowitz | 2019 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Melvill | Rodrigo Fresán | 2022 | Argentine | Spanish |