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
2958 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2006 Indian English
2987 Tipping The Velvet Sarah Waters 1998 British English
2994 Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1910 British English
3040 Manservant And Maidservant Ivy Compton-Burnett 1947 British English
3050 A World for Julius Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1970 Peruvian Spanish
3082 Flappers And Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3124 Cover Her Face P. D. James 1962 British English
3181 Women And Appletrees Moa Martinson 1933 Swedish Swedish
3213 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
3285 The Door Szabó, Magda 1987 Hungarian Hungarian
3288 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
3828 This Above All Eric Knight 1941 British English
3859 This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3921 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3950 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
4168 Miss Julie August Strindberg 1888 Swedish Swedish
4208 Here's to You, Jesusa! Elena Poniatowska 1969 Mexican Spanish
4208 Land Pak Kyongni 1969 Korean Korean
4260 A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Turgenev 1859 Russian Russian
4287 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4297 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4310 The Unbearable Bassington Saki 1912 British English
4310 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4310 The Weather In The Streets Rosamond Lehmann 1936 British English
4310 The Last September Elizabeth Bowen 1929 Irish English
4310 The Odd Women George Gissing 1893 British English
4310 Of Love & Hunger Julian Maclaren-Ross 1947 British English
4310 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4371 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
4404 This Sporting Life David Storey 1960 British English
4474 Alias Grace Margaret Atwood 1996 Canadian English
4491 Voyage In The Dark Jean Rhys 1934 British English
4560 Star Of The Sea Joseph O'Connor 2003 Irish English
4646 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4659 Lanterns on the Levee William Alexander Percy 1941 American English
4801 Home to Harlem Claude McKay 1928 American English
5445 Egy polgár vallomásai Sandor Marai 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5475 Working Studs Terkel 1974 American English
5745 Taebaek Sanmaek Jo Jung-rae 1986 South Korean Korean
5854 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5899 The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg 1907 Swedish Swedish
5916 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht 1944 German German
5970 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
6005 Travaux Georges Navel 1945 French French
6130 Negroland Margo Jefferson 2015 American English
6226 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6237 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6309 Hatter's Castle A. J. Cronin 1931 British English
6457 The Needle's Eye Margaret Drabble 1972 British English
6480 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6559 Prep Curtis Sittenfeld 2005 American English
6569 Nice Work David Lodge 1988 British English
6603 Collected Stories Elizabeth Bowen 1980 Irish English
6605 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance 2016 American English
6629 Csárdás Diane Pearson 1975 British English
6699 The Little Stranger Sarah Waters 2009 British English
6717 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
7216 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7216 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7216 Plays Oscar Wilde 1900 Irish English
7216 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7216 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7216 Short Novels And Tales Henry James 1891 American English
7216 Some Versions Of Pastoral William Empson 1935 British English
7216 The Rise Of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 1917 American English
7216 The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
7216 The Years Virginia Woolf 1937 British English
7216 Orient Express Graham Greene 1932 British English
7612 The Short Stories Katherine Mansfield 1945 New Zealander English
7655 A Better World Than This Marie Joseph 1982 British English
7731 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
7812 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7820 Five Novels Ronald Firbank 1949 British English
7858 Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser 1911 American English
7986 The History Of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1849 British English
8009 Still Life A. S. Byatt 1985 British English
8032 London Perceived V. S. Pritchett 1962 British English
8107 Weeds Edith Summers Kelley 1923 Canadian English
8168 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8178 Cards Of Identity Nigel Dennis 1955 British English
8195 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8321 The Living Is Easy Dorothy West 1948 American English
8326 Lush Life Richard Price 2008 American English
8336 The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard 1990 British English
8346 Swing Time Zadie Smith 2016 British English
8347 The Art Of Joy Goliarda Sapienza 1998 Italian Italian
8374 Beyond A Boundary C. L. R. James 1963 British English
8424 Coming Apart Charles Murray 2012 American English
8542 Plays Of John Arden John Arden 1961 British English
8577 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8642 The Fraud Zadie Smith 2023 British English
8647 The Raj Quartet Paul Scott 1976 British English
8793 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8818 Man Gone Down Michael Thomas 2007 American English
8860 Lucíola José de Alencar 1862 Brazilian Portuguese
8869 African Stories Doris May Lessing 1964 British English
8901 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
9057 The Late George Apley John P. Marquand 1937 American English
9092 Consuelo George Sand 1842 French French
9116 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English