The Greatest Books of All Time on Correspondence

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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
573 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume 1970 American English
590 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 1817 British English
855 A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway 1964 American English
974 The Poems of John Keats John Keats 1817 British English
1359 Illuminations Arthur Rimbaud 1886 French French
1448 Suite Française Irène Némirovsky 2004 French French
1776 Flowering Nettle Harry Martinson 1935 Swedish Swedish
1870 The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Gustave Flaubert 1921 French French
1891 The Journal of Jules Renard Jules Renard 1887 French French
2012 The Habit of Being Flannery O'Connor 1979 American English
2020 Journals André Gide 1948 French French
2411 The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward Bok 1920 American English
2565 Poetry Quintus Lutatius Catulus -89 Roman Latin
2998 Poor Folk Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 Russian Russian
5309 The Adams Jefferson Letters Lester J. Cappon 1959 American English
5445 The Burn Vassily Aksyonov 1975 Russian Russian
8765 John Adams David McCullough 2001 American English
9161 84, Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff 1970 American English
9703 Address Unknown Kathrine Kressmann Taylor 1938 American English
9906 The Oxford Book Of Letters Frank Kermode, Anita Kermode 1995 British English
11939 A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1921 American English
11939 Barrett Wendell and His Letters M. A. Dewolfe Howe 1924 American English
11939 Memoirs George F. Kennan 1967 American English
13359 Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850 British English
13532 A Life In Letters Anton Chekhov 1973 Russian Russian
15897 Holmes Laski Letters Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 1953 American English
17117 Gardening For Love Elizabeth Lawrence 1981 American English
17117 The Lyttelton Hart Davis Letters George Lyttelton 1978 British English
17117 The Element Of Lavishness William Maxwell 2000 American English