The Greatest Books of All Time on Classics

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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
8407 Lira Dos Vinte Anos Álvares De Azevedo 1853 Brazilian Portuguese
8434 Morte E Vida Severina João Cabral de Melo Neto 1955 Brazilian Portuguese
8458 Vestido De Noiva Nelson Rodrigues 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8468 Textermination Christine Brooke-Rose 1992 British English
8497 The Grass Harp Truman Capote 1956 American English
8505 Crônica Da Casa Assassinada Lúcio Cardoso 1959 Brazilian Portuguese
8536 Romanceiro Da Inconfidência Cecília Meireles 1953 Brazilian Portuguese
8538 Life Studies Robert Lowell 1967 American English
8554 The Sad End Of Policarpo Quaresma Lima Barreto 1911 Brazilian Portuguese
8594 The Girl In The Photograph Lygia Fagundes Telles 1973 Brazilian Portuguese
8603 Lyrical And Critical Essays Albert Camus 1968 French French
8643 The Raj Quartet Paul Scott 1976 British English
8664 Brás, Bexiga E Barra Funda Antônio De Alcântara Machado 1927 Brazilian Portuguese
8677 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
8692 It's Me, Eddie Eduard Limonov 1978 Russian Russian
8707 A Alma Encantadora Das Ruas João Do Rio 1908 Brazilian Portuguese
8732 Marília De Dirceu Tomás Antônio Gonzaga 1792 Brazilian Portuguese
8744 Claro Enigma Carlos Drummond de Andrade 1951 Brazilian Portuguese
8767 O Pagador De Promessas Dias Gomes 1962 Brazilian Portuguese
8778 Noite Na Taverna Álvares De Azevedo 1855 Brazilian Portuguese
8796 Ann Veronica H. G. Wells 1909 British English
8796 The Valley Of The Moon Jack London 1913 American English
8796 World Light Halldor Laxness 1937 Icelandic Icelandic
8810 Cartas Chilenas Tomás Antônio Gonzaga 1792 Brazilian Portuguese
8830 Memórias Sentimentais De João Miramar Oswald De Andrade 1924 Brazilian Portuguese
8839 Espumas Flutuantes Castro Alves 1870 Brazilian Portuguese
8856 Lucíola José de Alencar 1862 Brazilian Portuguese
8863 O Ateneu Raul Pompéia 1888 Brazilian Portuguese
8871 Fogo Morto José Lins Do Rego 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8872 April Morning Howard Fast 1961 American English
8878 Měsíc Nad řekou Fráňa Šrámek 2006 Czech Czech
8882 The Violent Land Jorge Amado 1943 Brazilian Portuguese
8899 O Encontro Marcado Fernando Sabino 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
8902 A Moreninha Joaquim Manuel De Macedo 1844 Brazilian Portuguese
8912 O Picapau Amarelo Monteiro Lobato 1939 Brazilian Portuguese
8917 Bagagem Adélia Prado 1976 Brazilian Portuguese
8926 The Slum Aluísio Azevedo 1890 Brazilian Portuguese
8927 A Escrava Isaura Bernardo Guimarães 1875 Brazilian Portuguese
8928 O Vampiro De Curitiba Dalton Trevisan 1965 Brazilian Portuguese
8929 O Coronel E O Lobisomem José Cândido De Carvalho 1964 Brazilian Portuguese
8933 Os Ratos Dyonélio Machado 1935 Brazilian Portuguese
8948 Eu Augusto Dos Anjos 1912 Brazilian Portuguese
8955 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
8959 Inocência Visconde De Taunay 1872 Brazilian Portuguese
8960 Poesias Olavo Bilac 1888 Brazilian Portuguese
8962 O Uraguai Basílio Da Gama 1769 Brazilian Portuguese
8970 The Dean's December Saul Bellow 1982 American English
8982 Dirty Poem Ferreira Gullar 1976 Brazilian Portuguese
9059 Tigrela And Other Stories Lygia Fagundes Telles 1977 Brazilian Portuguese
9068 Stone Upon Stone Wiesław Myśliwski 1984 Polish Polish
9130 Raised From The Ground José Saramago 1980 Portuguese Portuguese
9155 Haiku Stephen Addiss 2009 Unknown English
9223 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9325 Údolí Včel Vladimír Körner 2009 Czech Czech
9347 That Smell Sonallah Ibrahim 1966 Egyptian Arabic
9367 Moldy Strawberries Caio Fernando Abreu 1982 Brazilian Portuguese
9541 O Analista De Bagé Luis Fernando Verissimo 1983 Brazilian Portuguese
9656 De Architectura Vitruvius 2016 Roman Latin
9707 The Etymologies Isidore of Seville 630 Spanish Latin
9715 Laxdæla Saga Unknown 1245 Icelandic Old norse
9763 The Reign Of Greed José Rizal 1891 Filipino Spanish
9856 The Falcon John Tanner 1965 Unknown Unknown
9856 The Delicate Prey Paul Bowles 1950 American English
9902 A Broken Mirror Merce Rodoreda 1974 Spanish Catalan
10062 In The Café Of Lost Youth Patrick Modiano 2007 French French
10212 Hersenschimmen J. Bernlef 1984 Dutch Dutch
10214 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10217 Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood 1977 English English
10356 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10398 Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa? Lualhati Bautista 1983 Filipino Filipino
10493 Dekada '70 Lualhati Bautista 1984 Filipino Filipino
10530 Mediaeval Latin Lyrics Helen Waddell 1929 Unknown English
10762 Close Quarters William Golding 1987 British English
10778 Act Of The Damned António Lobo Antunes 1985 Portuguese Portuguese
10810 ‘Gapô Lualhati Bautista 1988 Filipino Filipino
11058 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11061 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11061 Fire Down Below William Golding 1989 British English
11485 I Shall Not Be Moved Maya Angelou 1990 American English
11505 Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin 1984 American English
11543 Hildegard Of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen 1152 German Latin
11544 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen 1966 Canadian English
11544 The Ten Thousand Things Maria Dermoût 1955 Dutch Dutch
11573 The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 1925 British English
11660 Last Stories William Trevor 2018 Irish English
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12392 Little Lazarus Michael Bible 2025 American English
12556 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12910 Jane Austen's Bookshelf Rebecca Romney 2025 Unknown English
13003 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13054 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13359 The Sarashina Diary Sugawara no Takasue no Musume 1050 Japanese Classical japanese
13359 Letters Of A Peruvian Woman Françoise de Graffigny 1747 French French
13359 Voyage Around My Room Xavier de Maistre 1794 French French
13359 Delphine Madame de Staël 1802 French French
13359 The Wild Geese Ōgai Mori 1911 Japanese Japanese
13359 A Riot Of Goldfish Kanoko Okamoto 1937 Japanese Japanese
13359 Child Of All Nations Irmgard Keun 1938 German German
13359 The Book Of Lamentations Rosario Castellanos 1962 Mexican Spanish
13359 Iza's Ballad Magda Szabó 1963 Hungarian Hungarian
13359 The Doctor's Wife Sawako Ariyoshi 1966 Japanese Japanese
13359 The Duel And Other Stories Anton Chekhov 1891 Russian Russian
13359 The Gate Natsume Sōseki 1910 Japanese Japanese
13359 The Time Regulation Institute Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1954 Turkish Turkish
13359 The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer 1962 Polish Yiddish
13359 The Unpossessed Tess Slesinger 1934 American English
13359 Night Shift Maritta Wolff 1942 American English
13359 The Rocket Man Ray Bradbury 1951 American English
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13599 Captain Conan Roger Vercel 1934 French English
13599 A Fine Of Two Hundred Francs Elsa Triolet 1944 French English
13599 The Rise Of Simon Lachaume Maurice Druon 1948 French English
13599 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13599 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13715 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13758 The Art Of Loving Erich Fromm 1956 Unknown German
13921 Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez 2004 Spanish Spanish
13986 I'm Dying Laughing Christina Stead 1986 Australian English
14023 Generation Of Vipers Philip Wylie 1942 American English
14122 Lais Of Marie De France Marie de France 2010 French Anglo-norman