The Greatest Books of All Time on Body
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3542 | Her Body and Other Parties | Carmen Maria Machado | 2017 | American | English | |
| 3845 | Written on the Body | Jeanette Winterson | 1992 | British | English | |
| 4936 | Exile And Pride | Eli Clare | 1999 | American | English | |
| 4947 | The Breast | Philip Roth | 1972 | American | English | |
| 6375 | The Feeling Of What Happens | Antonio Damasio | 1999 | Portuguese | English | |
| 6575 | Phenomenology Of Perception | Maurice Merleau-Ponty | 1945 | French | French | |
| 7717 | Selected Writings | Antonin Artaud | 1947 | French | French | |
| 8977 | Clavícula | Marta Sanz | 2015 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 9329 | René’S Flesh | Virgilio Piñera | 1988 | Cuban | Spanish | |
| 10189 | Winter Journal | Paul Auster | 2012 | American | English | |
| 11036 | This Sex Which Is Not One | Luce Irigary | 1977 | French | French | |
| 11582 | Plaintext | Nancy Mairs | 1986 | American | English | |
| 11653 | Mammoth | Eva Baltasar | 2022 | Catalan | Catalan | |
| 11826 | The Wax Child | Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken | 2023 | Danish | English | |
| 13103 | Art Work | Sally Mann | 2025 | American | English | |
| 13360 | Period Power | Maisie Hill | 2019 | British | English | |
| 13933 | The Body | William Sansom | 1949 | British | English | |
| 14649 | Wetlands | Charlotte Roche | 2008 | German | German | |
| 14985 | The Body | Yasuo Yuasa | 1987 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 15667 | Oculus | Sally Wen Mao | 2019 | American | English | |
| 16506 | Sun & Steel | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 16787 | Sun And Steel | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17162 | Endure | Alex Hutchinson | 2018 | Canadian | English | |
| 17162 | Thin Skin | Jenn Shapland | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17162 | Flesh In The Age Of Reason | Roy Porter | 2003 | British | English | |
| 17162 | The Final Voicemails | Max Ritvo | American | English |