The Greatest Books of All Time on Class

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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
2956 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2006 Indian English
2985 Tipping The Velvet Sarah Waters 1998 British English
2992 Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1910 British English
3037 Manservant And Maidservant Ivy Compton-Burnett 1947 British English
3047 A World for Julius Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1970 Peruvian Spanish
3080 Flappers And Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3123 Cover Her Face P. D. James 1962 British English
3180 Women And Appletrees Moa Martinson 1933 Swedish Swedish
3212 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
3284 The Door Szabó, Magda 1987 Hungarian Hungarian
3287 Savushun Simin Daneshvar 1969 Iranian Persian
3324 Summer Will Show Sylvia Townsend Warner 1936 British English
3324 The Living and the Dead Patrick White 1941 Australian English
3324 House in the Uplands Erskine Caldwell 1946 American English
3324 The Sound of Waves Yukio Mishima 1954 Japanese Japanese
3374 A Man's Place Annie Ernaux 1983 French French
3391 Los Gozos Y Las Sombras Gonzalo Torrente Ballester 1957 Spanish Spanish
3569 Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng 2017 American English
3613 The Life Of Marianne Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1731 French French
3630 Party Going Henry Green 1939 British English
3638 The Queen's Tiara Carl Jonas Love Almqvist 1834 Swedish Swedish
3638 Letters from an American Farmer J. Crevecoeur 1782 American English
3638 Pack My Bag Henry Green 1940 British English
3638 The Assistant Robert Walser 1908 Swiss German
3638 Les Rougon Macquart Émile Zola 1871 French French
3830 This Above All Eric Knight 1941 British English
3860 This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3922 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3949 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
4167 Miss Julie August Strindberg 1888 Swedish Swedish
4207 Here's to You, Jesusa! Elena Poniatowska 1969 Mexican Spanish
4207 Land Pak Kyongni 1969 Korean Korean
4259 A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Turgenev 1859 Russian Russian
4286 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4296 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4309 The Unbearable Bassington Saki 1912 British English
4309 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4309 The Weather In The Streets Rosamond Lehmann 1936 British English
4309 The Last September Elizabeth Bowen 1929 Irish English
4309 The Odd Women George Gissing 1893 British English
4309 Of Love & Hunger Julian Maclaren-Ross 1947 British English
4309 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4370 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4403 This Sporting Life David Storey 1960 British English
4473 Alias Grace Margaret Atwood 1996 Canadian English
4489 Voyage In The Dark Jean Rhys 1934 British English
4559 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4645 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4658 Lanterns on the Levee William Alexander Percy 1941 American English
4800 Home to Harlem Claude McKay 1928 American English
5443 Egy polgár vallomásai Sandor Marai 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5473 Working Studs Terkel 1974 American English
5742 Taebaek Sanmaek Jo Jung-rae 1986 South Korean Korean
5851 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5896 The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg 1907 Swedish Swedish
5913 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht 1944 German German
5967 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
6002 Travaux Georges Navel 1945 French French
6127 Negroland Margo Jefferson 2015 American English
6222 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6233 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6306 Hatter's Castle A. J. Cronin 1931 British English
6455 The Needle's Eye Margaret Drabble 1972 British English
6478 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6557 Prep Curtis Sittenfeld 2005 American English
6567 Nice Work David Lodge 1988 British English
6601 Collected Stories Elizabeth Bowen 1980 Irish English
6603 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance 2016 American English
6627 Csárdás Diane Pearson 1975 British English
6698 The Little Stranger Sarah Waters 2009 British English
6716 The Son of a Servant August Strindberg 1886 Swedish Swedish
6815 The Little Minister J. M. Barrie 1891 Scottish English
6915 Other Fires Maxim Gorky 1900 Russian Unknown
6921 São Bernardo Graciliano Ramos 1934 Brazilian Portuguese
6957 There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald 2018 American English
7004 The Collected Plays Of Noel Coward Noel Coward 1979 British English
7005 The Girl With The Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 1999 British English
7215 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7215 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7215 Plays Oscar Wilde 1900 Irish English
7215 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7215 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7215 Short Novels And Tales Henry James 1891 American English
7215 Some Versions Of Pastoral William Empson 1935 British English
7215 The Rise Of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 1917 American English
7215 The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
7215 The Years Virginia Woolf 1937 British English
7215 Orient Express Graham Greene 1932 British English
7611 The Short Stories Katherine Mansfield 1945 New Zealander English
7654 A Better World Than This Marie Joseph 1982 British English
7730 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
7811 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7819 Five Novels Ronald Firbank 1949 British English
7857 Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser 1911 American English
7985 The History Of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1849 British English
8008 Still Life A. S. Byatt 1985 British English
8031 London Perceived V. S. Pritchett 1962 British English
8105 Weeds Edith Summers Kelley 1923 Canadian English
8166 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8176 Cards Of Identity Nigel Dennis 1955 British English
8193 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8319 The Living Is Easy Dorothy West 1948 American English
8324 Lush Life Richard Price 2008 American English
8334 The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard 1990 British English
8344 Swing Time Zadie Smith 2016 British English
8345 The Art Of Joy Goliarda Sapienza 1998 Italian Italian
8372 Beyond A Boundary C. L. R. James 1963 British English
8422 Coming Apart Charles Murray 2012 American English
8540 Plays Of John Arden John Arden 1961 British English
8575 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8640 The Fraud Zadie Smith 2023 British English
8645 The Raj Quartet Paul Scott 1976 British English
8790 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8815 Man Gone Down Michael Thomas 2007 American English
8858 Lucíola José de Alencar 1862 Brazilian Portuguese
8867 African Stories Doris May Lessing 1964 British English
8899 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
9055 The Late George Apley John P. Marquand 1937 American English
9090 Consuelo George Sand 1842 French French
9114 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English