The Greatest Books of All Time on Career

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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
392 Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis 1954 British English
641 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding 1996 British English
709 The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan 1963 American English
772 The Group Mary McCarthy 1963 American English
899 Stoner John Williams 1965 American English
1604 Phineas Finn Anthony Trollope 1869 British English
1622 Fortress Besieged Qian Zhongshu 1947 Chinese Chinese
1630 Halbzeit Martin Walser 1960 German German
2000 Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
2490 The Millstone Margaret Drabble 1965 British English
2532 The Anatomy Lesson Philip Roth 1983 American English
2545 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Winifred Watson 1938 British English
2677 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2694 Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan 1992 American English
3235 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi 2016 American English
3236 The Radiant Way Margaret Drabble 1987 British English
3505 Heavy Wings Jie Zhang 1981 Chinese Chinese
3950 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
4543 A New Life Bernard Malamud 1961 American English
5637 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5696 A Married Man Piers Paul Read 1979 British English
5722 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
6645 It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden 2003 British English
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6821 The Pat Hobby Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1962 American English
7216 H. M. Pulham, Esquire John P. Marquand 1941 American English
7692 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7772 The Name Above the Title Frank Capra 1971 American English
8917 All Grown Up Jami Attenberg 2017 American English
8990 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9136 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9342 Suzy Zeus Gets Organized Maggie Robbins 2000 American English
9577 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9783 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
10093 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
10308 The Odd Woman Gail Godwin 1974 American English
10773 Career And Family Claudia Goldin 2021 American English
10925 Women Don’t Ask Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever 2003 American English
10996 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11036 My Life And The Beautiful Game Pele 1977 Brazilian English
11194 Rules Of Civility Amor Towles 2011 American English
11318 Private Citizens Tony Tulathimutte 2016 American English
11437 Man And Boy Tony Parsons 1999 British English
11663 Penelope Fitzgerald Hermione Lee 2013 British English
11663 The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010 American English
12013 Paying For The Party Laura Hamilton, Elizabeth A. Armstrong 2013 American English
12084 Composing A Life Mary Catherine Bateson 1989 American English
12084 Disappearing Acts Terry McMillan 1989 American English
12188 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American English
12195 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12250 The Golden Gate Vikram Seth 1986 Indian English
12313 Yes Please Amy Poehler 2014 American English
12515 Changes Ama Ata Aidoo 1991 Ghanaian English
13362 The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit Sloan Wilson 1955 American English
13565 The Young Newcomer In The Organizational Department Wang Meng 1980 Chinese Chinese
13986 Scenes From Provincial Life William Cooper 1950 British English
14113 The Tragic Muse Henry James 1890 British English
14232 The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman 2010 British English
14399 Writers & Lovers Lily King 2020 American English
14520 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14548 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14618 The Story Of Hay Bo Yi Shu 1988 Chinese Unknown
14788 Instead Of A Letter Diana Athill 1963 British English
14985 Cash Johnny Cash 1997 American English
14985 The Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein 1989 American English
14985 Uncommon Women And Others Wendy Wasserstein 1977 American English
14985 How To Be A Woman Caitlin Moran 2011 British English
14985 Bossypants Tina Fey 2011 American English
14985 Blood, Bones, And Butter Gabrielle Hamilton 2011 American English
14985 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
15765 Kitty Foyle Christopher Morley 1939 American English
15773 The Best Of Everything Rona Jaffe 1958 American English
15916 A Personal Record Joseph Conrad 1912 American English
16549 Notes On A Cowardly Lion John Lahr 1969 American English
17162 The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005 American English
17162 Comfort Me with Apples Ruth Reichl 2001 American English
17162 Larry's Party Carol Shields 1997 Canadian English
17162 Things I Should Have Told My Daughter Pearl Cleage 2014 American English
17162 And Away… Bob Mortimer 2021 British English
17162 Pele Pele 2006 Brazilian English
17162 Tall Tales And Wee Stories Bill Connolly 2019 Scottish English
17162 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17162 Singin’ Swingin’ And Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Maya Angelou 1976 American English
17162 Slow Getting Up Nate Jackson 2013 American English
17162 Vision In White Nora Roberts 2009 American English
17162 Are You Somebody? Nuala O'Faolain 1996 Irish English
17162 Advice To A Young Scientist Peter B. Medawar 1979 British English
17162 Superior Women Alice Adams 1984 American English
17162 Dating Dr. Dil Nisha Sharma 2022 American English
17162 Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher 2014 American English
17162 Still Alice Lisa Genova 2007 American English
17162 My Adventures As An Illustrator Norman Rockwell 1995 American English
17162 The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman 2010 American English
17162 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17162 Joe Di Maggio Richard Ben Cramer 2000 American English
17162 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17162 The Girls’ Guide To Hunting And Fishing Melissa Banks 1999 Unknown English
17162 The Men Can't Be Saved Ben Purkert 2023 Unknown English
17162 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English