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
15897 Christ In Concrete Pietro di Donato 1939 American English
15897 Native Planters In Old Hawaii Elizabeth Hand, E. C. S. Handy 1940 American English
15897 North Star Country Meridel Le Sueur 1945 American English
15897 America Is In The Heart Carlos Bulosan 1946 Filipino English
15897 Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town Stephen Leacock 1912 Canadian English
15897 Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Betty MacDonald 1947 American English
15897 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
15897 Montage Of A Dream Deferred Langston Hughes 1951 American English
15897 The Exodus Konrad Bercovici 1920 Unknown English
15897 The Tentmaker Julius Berstl 1935 Unknown German
15897 Bedford Village Hervey Allen 1944 American English
15897 In The Hands Of The Senecas Walter D. Edmonds 1950 American English
15897 Roanoke Hundred Inglis Fletcher 1948 American English
15897 Plymouth Adventure Ernest Gebler 1952 Irish English
15897 Drums Along The Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds 1936 American English
15897 Children Of God Vardis Fisher 1939 American English
15897 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
16522 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16586 Salka Valka Halldor Laxness 1931 Icelandic Icelandic
16568 Anne Of Avonlea L. M. Montgomery 1909 Canadian English
16530 Akenfield Ronald Blythe 1969 American English
16530 Torregreca Ann Cornelisen 1969 Torregreca English
16530 Roman Wall Bryher 1954 British English
16527 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16655 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
16661 De Witte Ernest Claes 1920 Belgian Dutch
16685 The Complete Tales And Poems Of Winnie The Pooh A. A. Milne 1926 British English
16613 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
17117 Sent for You Yesterday John Edgar Wideman 1983 American English
17117 Mrs. Ted Bliss Stanley Elkin 1995 American English
17117 The Worst Hard Time Timothy Egan 2006 American English
17117 Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 2003 American English
17117 England in Particular Sue Clifford, Angela King 2006 British English
17117 The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall 2007 British English
17117 The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul 1973 Trinidadian English
17117 Docherty William McIlvanney 1975 Scottish English
17117 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17117 Paul Revere and the World He Lived In Esther Forbes 1942 American English
17117 The Uprooted Oscar Handlin 1951 American English
16947 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17117 Puritan Village Sumner Chilton Powell 1963 American English
17117 Kaaterskill Falls Allegra Goodman 1998 American English
17117 Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin 1985 American English
17117 Go in Beauty William Eastlake 1956 American English
17117 The Bronc People William Eastlake 1958 American English
17117 Billy Phelan's Greatest Game William Kennedy 1978 American English
17117 Recollected Essays Wendell Berry 1981 American English
17117 The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy 1972 American English
17117 Coming into the Country John McPhee 1977 American English
17117 Tisha Robert Specht 1976 American English
17117 Christy Catherine Marshall 1967 American English
17117 The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston 1995 American English
17117 The Wine of Astonishment Earl Lovelace 1982 Trinidadian English
17117 The Integral Trees Larry Niven 1984 American English
17117 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17117 Lifelode Jo Walton 2009 British English
17117 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17117 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17117 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17117 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? Alan Duff 1996 New Zealander English
17117 Hip Hop Family Tree Ed Piskor 2013 American English
17117 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17117 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17117 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17117 A Crime In The Neighborhood Suzanne Berne 1997 American English
17117 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
16883 Kanthapura Raja Rao 1938 Indian English
17117 Tales From Bective Bridge Mary Lavin 1942 Irish English
17117 You Don’t Have To Live Like This Benjamin Markovits 2015 American English
17117 Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor 2017 British English
17117 Suburban Nation Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk 2000 American English
17117 Meridian Alice Walker 1976 American English
17117 Home Girls Barbara Smith 1983 American English
17117 Linden Hills Gloria Naylor 1985 American English
17117 Blacks Gwendolyn Brooks 1987 American English
17117 The Selected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni 2003 American English
17117 Black Picket Fences Mary Pattillo-McCoy 1999 American English
17117 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17117 Directed By Desire June Jordan 2005 American English
17117 African American Music Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby 2006 American English
17117 Blue Chip Black Karyn R. Lacy 2007 American English
17117 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17117 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17117 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17117 Oath Of Fealty Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1981 American English
17117 Nation Of Fools Balraj Khanna 1984 Indian English
17117 The Snapper Roddy Doyle 1990 Irish English
17117 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17117 The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen 2014 British English
17117 Radio Golf August Wilson 2007 American English
17117 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17117 Love! Valour! Compassion! Terrence McNally 1995 American English
17117 Jitney August Wilson 1982 American English
17056 Balm In Gilead Lanford Wilson 1965 American English
17117 The Mysteries Tony Harrison 1985 British English
17117 The Normal Heart Larry Kramer 1985 American English
17117 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
17117 Nerilka's Story Anne McCaffrey 1986 Irish English
17117 Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey 1988 American English
17117 Renegades Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1989 American English
17117 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
17117 The Chronicles Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1993 Irish English
17117 Pacific Tom Drury 2013 American English
17117 The End Of Vandalism Tom Drury 1994 American English
17117 The Fates Will Find Their Way Hannah Pittard 2011 American English
17117 Winter’s Child Dea Trier Morch 1976 Danish Danish
17117 A Window In Thrums J. M. Barrie 1889 Scottish English
17117 Scenes Of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 British English
17117 Duncton Wood William Horwood 1980 British English
17117 The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams 2021 British English
17117 Midworld Alan Dean Foster 1975 American English
17117 A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski 1986 American English
17117 Brontomek! Michael G. Coney 1976 British English
17117 A Painted House John Grisham 2001 American English
17117 The Last Juror John Grisham 2004 American English
17117 The Higher Power Of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 American English
17050 Little Town On The Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder 1941 American English
17117 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17117 Covered With Night Nicole Eustace 2021 American English
17117 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French