The Greatest Books of All Time on Belonging
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17117 | Family Values | Wendy Cope | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Worlds Of Exile And Illusion | Ursula K. Le Guin | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Ruan | Bryher | 1960 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Last Englishman | Hebe Weenolson | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | Solar Plexus | Rustam Ibragimbekov | 1996 | Azerbaijani | English | |
| 17117 | The River Has Roots | Amal El Mohtar | 2025 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Maya & Natasha | Elyse Durham | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | This Is Salvaged | Vauhini Vara | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Emergency | Kathleen Alcott | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Grand Tour | Elisa Gonzalez | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Roman Stories | Jhumpa Lahiri | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | How To Build A Boat | Elaine Feeney | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Berry Pickers | Amanda Peters | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Necessity Of Exile | Shaul Magid | 2023 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Monica | Daniel Clowes | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | This Is Salvaged | Vauhini Vara | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Boy From Kyiv | Marina Harss | 2023 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | This Country | Navied Mahdavian | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Unsettled | Ayana Mathis | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Console | Colin Channer | 2023 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Witness | Jamel Brinkley | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Terrace Story | Hilary Leichter | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Hangman | Maya Binyam | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Temple Folk | Aaliyah Bilal | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Centre | Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Dykette | Jenny Fran Davis | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Fire Rush | Jacqueline Crooks | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Elsewhere | Yan Ge | 2023 | Chinese | English | |
| 17117 | Biting The Hand | Julia Lee | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | When The World Didn’t End | Guinevere Turner | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Postcard | Anne Berest | 2023 | French | French | |
| 17117 | Shy | Max Porter | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Laughter | Sonora Jha | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs | Gulchehra Hoja | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Half Known Life | Pico Iyer | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Daughter In Exile | Bisi Adjapon | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | This Other Eden | Paul Harding | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Sense Of Wonder | Matthew Salesses | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Chrome Valley | Mahogany L. Browne | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Holding Pattern | Jenny Xie | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Holler, Child | Latoya Watkins | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go | Cleo Qian | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | None Of The Above | Travis Alabanza | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Owner Of A Lonely Heart | Beth Nguyen | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Temple Folk | Aaliyah Bilal | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Terrace Story | Hilary Leichter | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | I Will Greet The Sun Again | Khashayar J. Khabushani | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | My Name Is Iris | Brando Skyhorse | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Upside Down World | Benjamin Moser | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | The In Betweens | Davon Loeb | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times | Taylor Byas | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Best Possible Experience | Nishanth Injam | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Company | Shannon Sanders | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | A Country You Can Leave | Asale Angel-Ajani | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | New Waves | Eric Nguyen | 2021 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Motherland | Paula Ramón | 2020 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Dear Mothman | Robin Gow | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Yiddish Policeman's Union | Michael Chabon | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Blended | Sharon M. Draper | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Decisive | Roy Heath | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson | 1978 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years | Shubnum Khan | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | La Bastarda | Trifonia Melibea Obono | 2016 | Equatoguinean | Spanish | |
| 17117 | Fish Soup | Margarita García Robayo | 2018 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 17117 | Far From The Tree | Robin Benway | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Oh, Boy! Babies | Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali | 1980 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Homesick | Jean Fritz | 1982 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A House Is A House For Me | Mary Ann Hoberman | 1978 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Migratory Birds | Mariana Oliver | 2014 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 17117 | A Country For Dying | Abdellah Taïa | 2015 | French | French | |
| 17117 | Angel & Hannah | Ishle Park | 2021 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Gray House | Mariam Petrosyan | 2009 | Armenian | Russian | |
| 17117 | Bright Fear | Mary Jean Chan | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Stirrings | Catherine Taylor | Unknown | English | ||
| 17117 | Coffeeshop In An Alternate Universe | C.B. Lee | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | Seraphina | Rachel Hartman | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Futureface | Alex Wagner | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Certain Dark Things | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2016 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | The Ogress And The Orphans | Kelly Barnhill | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Boy At The Bottom Of The Fountain | Jay Bell | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Coming Home | Sue Gee | 2013 | British | English |