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
15915 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
15915 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15915 The Letter For The King Tonke Dragt 1962 Dutch Dutch
15910 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
15900 The Chain Of Chance Stanislaw Lem 1976 Polish Polish
15908 Mountain Meadow John Buchan 1941 Scottish English
16508 Table Talk William Hazlitt 1822 English English
16542 The Black Stallion Walter Farley 1941 American English
16586 Tous Les Hommes Sont Mortels Simone de Beauvoir 1946 French French
16549 Mga Ibong Mandaragit Amado V. Hernandez 1969 Filipino Filipino
16549 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16537 The Red Laugh Leonid Andreyev 1904 Russian English
16606 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16611 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16623 Flotsam Erich Maria Remarque 1939 German German
16771 The Singing Sands Josephine Tey 1952 British English
16762 To Love And Be Wise Josephine Tey 1950 British English
16784 The Man In The Queue Josephine Tey 1929 British English
16695 De Witte Ernest Claes 1920 Belgian Dutch
16665 Le Journal D'une Femme De Chambre Octave Mirbeau 1900 French French
16674 Lettres Portugaises Gabriel de Guilleragues 1668 French French
16633 La Femme Rompue / L'âge De Discrétion / Monologue Simone de Beauvoir 1967 French French
16648 The Red Thumb Mark R Austin Freeman 1907 British English
16646 Junket Is Nice Dorothy Kunhardt 1933 American English
16642 Curtain Agatha Christie 1975 British English
16648 The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958 American English
16766 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
16712 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
16673 Personal Knowledge Michael Polanyi 1958 British English
16676 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English
16701 The Rambler Samuel Johnson 1784 English English
16887 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17161 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
16801 La edad de oro José Martí 1889 Cuban Spanish
17161 Great Books David Denby 1996 American English
17161 A Classical Education Richard Cobb 2009 American English
17161 A Reader's Delight Noel Perrin 1988 American English
17161 Waiting For The Fear Oğuz Atay 2024 Unknown English
17161 Big Jim And The White Boy David Walker 2024 Unknown English
17161 Odyssey Stephen Fry 2024 Unknown English
17161 Inspector French’s Greatest Case Freeman Wills Crofts 1924 British English
17161 Pax Tom Holland 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Canary Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1927 American English
17161 Overture To Death Ngaio Marsh 1939 New Zealander English
17161 Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie 1976 British English
17135 In This House Of Brede Rumer Godden 1969 British English
17161 The Viaduct Murder Ronald Knox 1925 British English
17161 Summa Contra Gentiles Thomas Aquinas 1992 Italian Latin
17116 Full Of Life John Fante 1952 American English
17161 Appleby's End Michael Innes 1973 British English
16806 The Last Of The Wine Mary Renault 1956 British English
17161 The Benson Murder Case S. S. Van Dine 1926 American English
17161 The Penguin Pool Murder Stuart Palmer 1932 American English
17009 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17161 The Crooked Hinge John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
17161 Death Of A Peer Ngaio Marsh 1996 New Zealand English
16848 A Shilling For Candles Josephine Tey 1953 British English
17161 The Case Of The Velvet Claws Erle Stanley Gardner 1933 American English
17161 The Viceroy Of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin 1980 British English
17064 The Bridal Wreath Sigrid Undset 1920 Norwegian Norwegian
17152 The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood 1969 Canadian English
17161 The Gift Of Asher Lev Chaim Potok 1990 American English
17161 Cuckold Kiran Nagarkar 1999 Indian English
17161 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
16806 Kamouraska Anne Hébert 1970 Canadian French
17161 Lives Of The Saints Nino Ricci 1990 Canadian English
17161 Once And Forever Kenji Miyazawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
17161 The Fall Of The Roman Empire Peter Heather 2005 British English
17161 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17161 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17161 Come In Spinner Dymphna Cusack, Florence James 1951 Australian English
17161 The Timeless Land Eleanor Dark 1941 Australian English
17161 Kings In Grass Castles Mary Durack 1959 Australian English
17161 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17161 Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson 1965 Australian English
17161 The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith Thomas Keneally 1972 Australian English
17161 The Year Of Living Dangerously Christopher Koch 1978 Australian English
17161 The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland 1955 Australian English
17161 On Our Selection Steele Rudd 1976 Australian English
17161 Ash Road Ivan Southall 1965 Australian English
17161 To The Islands Randolph Stow 1958 Australian English
17161 The Nargun And The Stars Patricia Wrightson 1970 Australian English
16883 The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown 1942 American English
17161 Readings In Classical Chinese Philosophy Philip J. Ivanhoe, Bryan W. Van Norden 2001 Chinese English
17161 The Letters Of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, Cristanne Miller, Domhnall Mitchell 2024 American English
17161 The Expressman And The Detective Allan Pinkerton 2004 American English
16806 The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1908 American English
16806 The Old Man In The Corner Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1908 British English
17161 John Thorndyke's Cases R Austin Freeman 1909 British English
17161 813 Maurice Leblanc 1910 French French
17161 At The Villa Rose A. E. W. Mason 1910 British English
17161 The Singing Bone R Austin Freeman 1912 British English
17161 The Silent Bullet Arthur B Reeve 1910 American English
17161 The Lodger Mrs Belloc Lowndes 1913 British English
17161 Max Carrados Ernest Bramah 1914 British English
17161 Limehouse Nights Thomas Burke 1917 British English
17161 The Middle Temple Murder J. S. Fletcher 1919 British English
17161 Call Mr. Fortune H.C. Bailey 1920 British English
17161 The Eight Strokes Of The Clock Maurice Leblanc 1923 French French
17161 The Brooklyn Murders G. D. H. Cole 1923 British English
17161 The House Without A Key Earl Derr Biggers 1925 American English
17161 The Paddington Mystery John Rhode 1925 British English
17161 Payment Deferred C. S. Forester 1926 British English
17161 The Bellamy Trial Frances Noyes Hart 1927 American English
17161 Meet The Tiger Leslie Charteris 1968 British English
17161 The Cape Cod Mystery Phoebe Atwood Taylor 1931 American English
17161 Murder At School James Hilton 1931 British English
17161 The Murder Of My Aunt Richard Hull 1934 British English
17161 No Hero John P. Marquand 1935 American English
17161 The Listening House Mabel Seeley 1938 American English
17161 Death From A Top Hat Clayton Rawson 1938 American English
17161 The So Blue Marble Dorothy B. Hughes 1940 American English
17161 The Norths Meet Murder Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge 1940 American English
17161 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17161 A Taste For Honey H.F. Heard 1941 British English
17161 Rocket To The Morgue Anthony Boucher 1942 American English
17161 The Just And The Unjust James Gould Cozzens 1942 American English
17161 The Adventures Of Sam Spade Dashiell Hammett 1944 American English
17161 The Unsuspected Charlotte Armstrong 1945 American English
17161 Wisteria Cottage Robert M. Coates 1948 American English