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
17161 Virginia Of Virginia Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy 1888 American English
17161 Inside The Bar George Whyte-Melville 1872 British English
17161 Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Danielle Evans 2010 American English
17161 Social Satire And The Modern Novel Paul Rich 1984 Unknown Unknown
17161 In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin 2009 Pakistani English
17161 My Father's Fortune Michael Frayn 2010 British English
17161 Swallow Barn John Pendleton Kennedy 1832 American English
17161 Sheppard Lee Robert Montgomery Bird 1836 American English
17161 The Cliff Dwellers Henry Blake Fuller 1893 American English
17161 Mildred Pierce James M. Cain 1941 American English
17161 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17161 The World Turned Upside Down Christopher Hill 1972 British English
17161 War In The Land Of Egypt Yusuf al-Qa’id 1978 Egyptian Arabic
17161 Only Time Will Tell Jeffrey Archer 2011 British English
17161 Fall Of Giants Ken Follett 2010 British English
17161 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling 2012 British English
17161 An Uneasy Inheritance Polly Toynbee 2023 British English
17161 The Story Of A New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 Italian Italian
17161 Come In Spinner Dymphna Cusack, Florence James 1951 Australian English
17132 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
17161 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17161 The Cat And The King Louis Auchincloss 1981 American English
17161 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17161 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17161 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17161 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17161 Carnegie Hill Jonathan Vatner 2019 American English
17161 Montpelier Parade Karl Geary 2017 Irish English
17161 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17161 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17161 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17161 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17161 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17161 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17161 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17161 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17161 Ember Lane Sheila Kaye-Smith British English
17161 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17161 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English