The Greatest Books of All Time on Challenges

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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
815 Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne 1872 French French
2739 My Friend Flicka Mary O'Hara 1941 American English
3041 The Good Companions J. B. Priestley 1929 British English
3546 Five Children And It Edith Nesbit 1902 British English
3637 The Endless Adventure F. S. Oliver 1930 British English
4310 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
5495 All Creatures Great And Small James Herriot 1972 British English
5635 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
6323 Living Up The Street Gary Soto 1985 American English
7067 Adventures Of A Breath Hayam Abbas Al-Homi 1989 Egyptian Unknown
7772 The Name Above the Title Frank Capra 1971 American English
8226 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
9113 Operating Instructions Anne Lamott 1993 American English
9661 The Student Gerber Unknown Unknown Unknown
10385 Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 2021 Australian English
10454 House Tracy Kidder 1985 American English
10454 A Promised Land Barack Obama 2020 American English
10616 Ships Of The Sky Gunnar Gunnarsson 1938 Icelandic Unknown
10748 Farm Hands Tom Rivers 2012 American English
10871 Down The Nile Rosemary Mahoney 2007 American English
11036 My Life And The Beautiful Game Pele 1977 Brazilian English
11506 The White Masai Corinne Hofmann 1998 Swiss German
11536 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11663 Penelope Fitzgerald Hermione Lee 2013 British English
12084 Disappearing Acts Terry McMillan 1989 American English
12195 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12313 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
12515 Black Ice Lorene Cary 1991 American English
12515 Doc Susie Virginia Cornell 1991 American English
12834 Fifty Russian Winters Margaret Wettlin 1992 American English
13220 10th Grade Joe Weisberg 2002 American English
13565 The Young Newcomer In The Organizational Department Wang Meng 1980 Chinese Chinese
13818 Allegri, Gioventù Manlio Cancogni 1959 Italian Italian
14001 Conquest Of The Useless Werner Herzog 2009 German German
14090 Shoe Dog Phil Knight 2016 American English
14232 A Walk In The Woods Bill Bryson 1998 American English
14411 Youth, A Narrative Joseph Conrad 1898 British English
14499 Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Mathews 2009 American English
14833 Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 American English
14981 Full Tilt Dervla Murphy 1965 Irish English
14985 Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson 2013 British English
15616 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15712 Doctor Nye Of North Ostable Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1936 American English
15898 The Great Brain John Dennis Fitzgerald 1967 American English
16598 Anne Of Avonlea L. M. Montgomery 1909 Canadian English
16762 The Keys Of The Kingdom A. J. Cronin 1941 British English
17165 Gipsy Moth Circles the World Francis Chichester 1967 British English
16894 Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1914 American English
17165 Pele Pele 2006 Brazilian English
17165 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making Catherynne M. Valente 2011 American English
17165 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17165 Almost Astronauts Tanya Lee Stone 2009 American English
17165 Heaven Is A Playground Rick Telander 1976 American English
17165 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17165 A City On Mars Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith 2023 Unknown English
17165 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17165 Reach For The Stars Michael Cragg 2023 Unknown English