The Greatest Books of All Time on Conformity

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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
50 Brave New World Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
92 The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 1920 American English
150 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
154 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey 1962 American English
169 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark 1961 British, Scottish English
256 Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1922 American English
289 A Room With a View E. M. Forster 1908 British English
293 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
321 We Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 Russian Russian
384 Ferdydurke Witold Gombrowicz 1937 Polish Polish
434 The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 1943 American English
482 Jakob Von Gunten Robert Walser 1909 Swiss German
564 Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1920 American English
611 Revolutionary Road Richard Yates 1961 American English
1071 The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham 1957 British English
1073 The Lottery and Other Stories Shirley Jackson 1948 American English
1599 On the Edge of Reason Miroslav Krleža 1938 Croatian Croatian
1799 The Giver Lois Lowry 1993 American English
1802 Kallocain Karin Boye 1940 Swedish Swedish
2113 House On The Embankment Yuri Trifonov 1976 Russian Russian
2359 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 American English
2412 The Fear Of Freedom Erich Fromm 1941 German English
2421 The Melancholy of Resistance László Krasznahorkai 1989 Hungarian Hungarian
2456 Frost In May Antonia White 1933 British English
2508 Mrs. Bridge Evan S. Connell 1959 American English
2555 Disobedience Alberto Moravia 1948 Italian Italian
2668 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
3230 Growing Up Absurd Paul Goodman 1960 American English
3514 Rhinoceros and Other Plays Eugène Ionesco 1959 Romanian French
3627 Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata 2016 Japanese Japanese
3637 The Thaw Ilya Ehrenburg 1954 Russian Russian
3906 Homo Sociologicus Ralf Dahrendorf 1958 German German
4413 Norma Vladimir Sorokin 1970 Russian Russian
4510 The Aula Hermann Kant 1965 German German
5806 The Child Manuela Christa Winsloe 1933 German German
5939 The Spiral Of Silence Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 1982 German German
6005 The Golden Fruits Nathalie Sarraute 1963 French French
6218 The Origin Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German
6425 The Lonely Crowd David Riesman 1950 American English
7572 The Conformist Alberto Moravia 1951 Italian Italian
7656 The Sunday Of Life Raymond Queneau 1952 French French
7810 Bullet Park John Cheever 1969 American English
7978 Anthem Ayn Rand 1938 American English
8009 Victims Of Duty Eugène Ionesco 1953 French French
8336 The Rebellion Of Yale Marrat Robert H. Rimmer 1964 American English
8874 Yawning Heights Alexander Sinowjew 1976 Russian Russian
9574 Beneath The Wheel Hermann Hesse 1906 German German
11112 A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 1971 American English
11546 A Madman's Diary 狂人日記 Lu Xun 1918 Chinese Chinese
11649 Dead Poets Society N. H. Kleinbaum 1989 American English
12226 Shades Of Grey Jasper Fforde 2009 British English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
14023 Generation Of Vipers Philip Wylie 1942 American English
14180 Facial Justice L. P. Hartley 1960 British English
14411 Kaspar and Other Plays Peter Handke 1967 Austrian German
14520 The Status Seekers Vance Packard 1959 American English
14861 Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego Sigmund Freud 1921 Austrian German
14971 The Stepford Wives Ira Levin 1972 American English
15616 Going All The Way Dan Wakefield 1970 American English
15751 Fahrenheit 451 Tim Hamilton 1953 American English
15753 Brave New World Including Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
15905 H.M. Pulham, Esq. John P. Marquand 1941 American English
16576 Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose 1954 American English
17158 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17158 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
17067 The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 1974 American English
17158 The Fat Years Chan Koonchung 2009 Chinese Chinese
17158 The Unwanteds Lisa McMann 2011 American English
17158 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17158 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
16894 Attack Upon Christendom Soren Kierkegaard 1944 Danish Danish
17158 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17158 Concerning My Daughter Hye-Jin Kim 2017 South Korean Korean
16873 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English