The Greatest Books of All Time on Community

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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
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
14025 Pigeon English Stephen Kelman 2011 British English
14047 Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown 2017 American English
14051 Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver 1993 American English
14058 The Case Of Dr Sachs Martin Winckler 1998 French French
14076 The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel 2008 American English
14078 Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 American English
14132 Brown Girl, Brownstones Paule Marshall 1959 American English
14138 Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
14172 The Human Comedy William Saroyan 1943 American English
14190 Alas, Babylon Pat Frank 1959 American English
14204 High-Rise J. G. Ballard 1975 British English
14232 The Year of the French Thomas Flanagan 1979 American English
14232 A Year in Provence Peter Mayle 1989 British English
14232 Dart Alice Oswald 2002 British English
14232 LaRose Louise Erdrich 2016 American English
14232 The Postman David Brin 1985 American English
14232 One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia 2010 American English
14232 Sweat Lynn Nottage 2015 American English
14232 Jerusalem Jez Butterworth 2009 British English
14232 Because Of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo 2000 American English
14228 Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien 1971 American English
14232 The Sweet Hereafter Russell Banks 1991 American English
14342 The Man From Glengarry Ralph Connor 1901 Canadian English
14347 Let The Record Show Sarah Schulman 2021 American English
14430 A Small Town Called Hibiscus Gu Hua 1983 Chinese Chinese
14455 The Shepherd Of The Hills Harold Bell Wright 1907 American English
14480 Adventures In Friendship David Grayson 1910 American English
14489 A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1909 American English
14499 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14499 Train Go Sorry Leah Hager Cohen 1994 American English
14549 An Oxcart For Dowry Wang Chen-ho 1988 Taiwanese Chinese
14551 Turbulence Jia Pingwa 1987 Chinese Chinese
14553 The Ancient Ship Zhang Wei 1987 Chinese Chinese
14626 Maria Chapdelaine Louis Hémon 1913 French French
14647 Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter 1913 American English
14667 Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald 1979 British English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14698 Radiance Of Tomorrow Ishmael Beah 2014 American English
14732 Farewell Companions James Plunkett 1977 Irish English
14732 Dissident Gardens Jonathan Lethem 2013 American English
14732 The Secret Of Santa Vittoria Robert Crichton 1966 American English
14766 Millions Of Cats Wanda Gág 1928 American English
14776 Slippy Mc Gee Marie Conway Oemler 1917 American English
14788 Patterns of Culture Ruth Benedict 1934 American English
14833 The Future Of Capitalism Paul Collier 2018 British English
14833 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14833 Identity Francis Fukuyama 2018 American English
14851 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14830 The Great Hunger Johan Bojer 1918 Norwegian Norwegian
14856 All Of A Kind Family Sydney Taylor 1951 American English
14899 The Harp In The South Ruth Park 1948 Australian English
14899 When Rain Clouds Gather Bessie Head 1968 Botswana English
14871 Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1903 American English
14932 Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 1935 American English
14943 The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder 1940 American English
14961 On The Banks Of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder 1937 American English
14985 If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor 2002 British English
14985 Born to Run Chris McDougall 2009 American English
14985 Binocular Vision Edith Pearlman 2011 American English
14985 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14985 The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson 2009 British English
14985 Digger, Vols.1-6 Ursula Vernon 2005 American English
14985 Iron Council China Miéville 2004 British English
14985 Hawkeye Matt Fraction 2012 American English
14985 Last Stop On Market Street Matt de la Peña 2015 American English
14985 Tales From Firozsha Baag Rohinton Mistry 1987 Indian English
14985 Engine Summer John Crowley 1979 American English
14985 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14985 Clybourne Park Bruce Norris 2010 American English
14985 Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout 2019 American English
14985 Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall 2020 American English
14985 Metro 2033 Dmitri Glukhovsky 2005 Russian Russian
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14985 The City We Became N. K. Jemisin 2020 American English
14985 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
14985 Salt Earl Lovelace 1996 Trinidadian English
14984 The Milagro Beanfield War John Nichols 1974 American English
14985 The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines 1971 American English
14985 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14985 The Heart Of Redness Zakes Mda 2000 South African English
14985 The Four Winds Kristin Hannah 2021 American English
14985 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
14985 The Glass Sided Ants’ Nest Peter Dickinson 1968 British English
14985 Strega Nona Tomie dePaola 1975 American English
14985 Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 1991 American English
14985 The End Of Drum Time Hanna Pylväinen 2023 Unknown English
14985 Above Ground Clint Smith 2023 American English
14985 The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 2020 American English
15567 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15605 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15615 The Cathedral Hugh Walpole 1922 British English
15616 Here Comes Everybody Clay Shirky 2008 American English
15616 The Greening Of America Charles A. Reich 1970 American English
15616 Going All The Way Dan Wakefield 1970 American English
15633 Vandemark's Folly Herbert Quick 1922 American English
15640 舊址 Li Rui 1998 Chinese Chinese
15642 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15642 Stray City Chelsey Johnson 2018 American English
15652 The Covered Wagon Emerson Hough 1922 American English
15712 Doctor Nye Of North Ostable Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1936 American English
15725 The Diary Of A Parish Clerk Steen Steensen Blicher 1824 Danish Danish
15741 The Bridal Canopy Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1931 Israeli Hebrew
15803 Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck 1954 American English
15769 Oh, Promised Land James Street 1940 American English
15791 A Sea Island Lady Francis Griswold 1939 American Unknown
15838 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15813 Fielding's Folly Frances Parkinson Keyes 1940 American English
15916 A Walker in the City Alfred Kazin 1951 American English
15916 The Black Woman Toni Cade Bambara 1970 American English
15916 We A Badd Ddd People Sonia Sanchez 1970 American English
15916 Purgatory In Ingolstadt Marieluise Fleißer 1924 German German
15916 Pioneers In Ingolstadt Marieluise Fleißer 1928 German German
15916 Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku Watsuji Tetsuro 1937 Japanese Japanese
15916 Letters Of A Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart 1914 American English
15916 The Hills Is Lonely Lillian Beckwith 1959 British English
15916 A Fortunate Man John Berger 1967 American English
15916 Kilverts Diary, 1870 1879 Francis Kilvert 1938 British English
15916 Village School Miss Read 1955 British English
15916 Small Talk At Wreyland Cecil Torr 1918 British English