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 | |
| 3846 | Written on the Body | Jeanette Winterson | 1992 | British | English | |
| 4933 | Exile And Pride | Eli Clare | 1999 | American | English | |
| 4944 | The Breast | Philip Roth | 1972 | American | English | |
| 6372 | The Feeling Of What Happens | Antonio Damasio | 1999 | Portuguese | English | |
| 6573 | Phenomenology Of Perception | Maurice Merleau-Ponty | 1945 | French | French | |
| 7715 | Selected Writings | Antonin Artaud | 1947 | French | French | |
| 8973 | Clavícula | Marta Sanz | 2015 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 9324 | René’S Flesh | Virgilio Piñera | 1988 | Cuban | Spanish | |
| 10184 | Winter Journal | Paul Auster | 2012 | American | English | |
| 11029 | This Sex Which Is Not One | Luce Irigary | 1977 | French | French | |
| 11579 | Plaintext | Nancy Mairs | 1986 | American | English | |
| 11650 | Mammoth | Eva Baltasar | 2022 | Catalan | Catalan | |
| 11824 | The Wax Child | Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken | 2023 | Danish | English | |
| 13100 | Art Work | Sally Mann | 2025 | American | English | |
| 13357 | Period Power | Maisie Hill | 2019 | British | English | |
| 13933 | The Body | William Sansom | 1949 | British | English | |
| 14648 | Wetlands | Charlotte Roche | 2008 | German | German | |
| 14983 | The Body | Yasuo Yuasa | 1987 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 15659 | Oculus | Sally Wen Mao | 2019 | American | English | |
| 16489 | Sun & Steel | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 16794 | Sun And Steel | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17117 | Endure | Alex Hutchinson | 2018 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | Thin Skin | Jenn Shapland | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Flesh In The Age Of Reason | Roy Porter | 2003 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Final Voicemails | Max Ritvo | American | English |