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
17117 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French
17117 Between Two Worlds Miriam Tlali 1985 South African English
17117 Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros 1991 American English
17117 Discerner Of Hearts Olive Senior 1995 Canadian English
17117 The Best Of Albert Wendt’s Short Stories Albert Wendt 1999 New Zealand English
17117 Dogside Story Patricia Grace 2001 New Zealand English
17117 Passing The Time In Ballymenone Henry Glassie 1982 American English
17117 World Of Our Fathers Irving Howe 1976 American English
17117 A Dresser Of Sycamore Trees Garret Keizer 1991 American English
17117 The Undertaking Thomas Lynch 1997 American English
17117 Voices Of The Old Sea Norman Lewis 1984 British English
17117 Dakota Kathleen Norris 1993 American English
17117 The Village Of Waiting George Packer 1988 American English
17117 Holy Land D. J. Waldie 1996 American English
17117 Storia Del Dove Tommaso Maccacaro, Claudio M. Tartari 2017 Italian Unknown
17117 The Crater, Or Vulcan's Peak James Fenimore Cooper 1847 American English
17117 Summer In Williamsburg Daniel Fuchs 1934 American English
17117 The Girl Meridel Le Sueur 1978 American English
17117 Paper Fish Tina de Rosa 1980 American English
17117 The Woman Who Owned The Shadows Paula Gunn Allen 1983 American English
17117 Claire Of The Sea Light Edwidge Danticat 2013 Haitian English
17117 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17117 Blood At The Root Patrick Phillips 2016 British English
17117 The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald 1978 British English
17117 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17117 American Ground William Langewiesche 2002 American English
17117 Harlem Is Nowhere Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts 2011 American English
17016 The Islandman Tomás Ó Crohan 1929 Irish Irish
17117 The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren 2002 American English
17117 No One Sleeps In Alexandria Ibrahim Abdel Meguid 1996 Egyptian Arabic
17117 Najran Under Zero Yaha Yakhlaf 1975 Unknown Unknown
17117 The Lodging House Khairy Shalaby 1999 Egyptian Arabic
17117 The Heron Ibrahim Aslan 1983 Egyptian Arabic
17117 The Seven Days Of Man Abdel-Hakim Qasim 1984 Egyptian Arabic
17117 Ras Beirut Yasin Rifa’ieh 1987 Unknown Unknown
17117 Clamor Of The Lake Mohammed El-Bisatie 1994 Egyptian Arabic
17117 Essential Pillars Elias Farkouh 2002 Jordanian Unknown
17117 English Creek Ivan Doig 1984 American English
17117 Stones From The River Ursula Hegi 1994 German English
17117 Fools Crow James Welch 1986 American English
17019 Friendly Persuasion Jessamyn West 1945 American English
16864 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese
17117 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17117 Accabadora Michela Murgia 2009 Italian Italian
17117 44 Scotland Street Collection Alexander McCall Smith 2005 British English
17117 The Sum Of Our Days Isabel Allende 2008 Chilean Spanish
17117 Us Against You Fredrik Backman 2017 Swedish Swedish
17117 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17117 The Winners Fredrik Backman 2022 Swedish Swedish
17117 Freedomland Richard Price 1998 American English
17117 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17117 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling 2012 British English
17117 The Searcher Tana French 2020 Irish English
17117 The Faggots And Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17117 Chocolat Joanne Harris 1999 British English
17117 Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott 1999 American English
17117 The Collected Essex County Jeff Lemire 2009 Canadian English
17117 Hannah Coulter Wendell Berry 2004 American English
17117 Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2000 American English
17117 The Battlers Kylie Tennant 1941 Australian English
17117 Three Letter Plague Jonny Steinberg 2008 South African English
17117 A Place Called Vatmaar Andrew Henry Martin Scholtz 2000 South African English
17117 How To Be A Good Savage And Other Poems Mikeas Sánchez Unknown Spanish
17117 The Flicker Of Old Dreams Susan Henderson 2018 American English
17117 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17117 Evening Class Maeve Binchy 1996 Irish English
17117 Heaven Is A Playground Rick Telander 1976 American English
17117 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17117 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 American English
17117 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17117 Memories Of Philippine Kitchens Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan 2006 Philippine English
17117 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17117 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17117 The Galaxy, And The Ground Within Becky Chambers 2021 American English
17117 Record Of A Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers 2018 American English
17117 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17117 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17117 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17117 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
17117 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1995 American English
17117 A Gathering Of Days Joan W. Blos 1979 American English
17117 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17117 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17117 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17117 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17117 Library Lion Michelle Knudsen 2006 American English
17117 Savings And Trust Justene Hill Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17117 Habitus Emma Rooksby Unknown Unknown
17117 The Naked Nuns Colin Watson 1975 British English
17117 جای خالی سلوچ Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 1979 Iranian Persian
17117 Dear Church lenny duncan 2019 American English
17117 Goblin Secrets William Alexander 2012 American English
17117 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17117 I Was Called To Dixie Andrew Karl Larson 1961 Unknown English
17117 Quicksand And Cactus Juanita Brooks 1982 American English
17117 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17117 The Identity Trap Yascha Mounk 2023 Unknown English
17117 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17117 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17117 The Bossy Gallito El Gallo De Bodas Lucía M. González 1994 Unknown English
17117 A Chair For My Mother Vera B. Williams 1982 American English
17117 Chato’s Kitchen Gary Soto 1995 American English
17117 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17117 Meet Danitra Brown Nikki Grimes 1984 American English
17117 The Tales Of Uncle Remus Julius Lester 1987 American English
17117 Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears Verna Aardema 1975 American English
17117 Audacious Hope Indrajit Roy Unknown English
17117 Daybreak In Gaza Mahmoud Muna, Matthew Teller Unknown English
17117 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17117 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17117 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17117 Five Carat Soul James McBride 2017 American English
17117 Janesville Amy Goldstein Unknown Unknown
17117 The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer 2005 American English
17117 Last Night At The Lobster Stewart O'Nan 2007 American English
17117 The Drowned Moniro Ravanipour 1989 Unknown Persian
17117 Better Than War Siamak Vossoughi 2015 Unknown English
17117 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17117 The Neighbors Ahmad Mahmoud 1974 Unknown Persian
17117 The Hospital Brian Alexander 2021 Unknown English