The Greatest Books of All Time on Disability

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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
151 Molloy Samuel Beckett 1951 Irish French
170 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 1937 American English
196 Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence 1928 British English
658 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner 1971 American English
867 Heidi Johanna Spyri 1881 Swiss German
1601 Studies in the Psychology of Sex Havelock Ellis 1897 British English
1807 Beware Of Pity Stefan Zweig 1939 Austrian German
2164 A Personal Matter Kenzaburō Ōe 1964 Japanese Japanese
2183 Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon 2012 American English
2204 The Story of My Life Helen Keller 1903 American English
2295 Family Life Akhil Sharma 2014 Indian English
2448 Blindness Henry Green 1926 British English
3458 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 1944 American English
3921 Wonder R. J. Palacio 2012 American English
4172 The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver 1997 American English
4399 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4935 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
5001 Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness Kenzaburō Ōe 1969 Japanese Japanese
5020 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5771 Whip Hand Dick Francis 1979 British English
6291 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
7134 Slow Man J. M. Coetzee 2005 South African English
7830 Purple America Rick Moody 1997 American English
7832 A Spare Life Lidija Dimkovksa 2012 Macedonian Macedonian
8006 On The Move Oliver Sacks 2015 British English
8377 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8564 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
8847 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
8905 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8945 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9288 A Leg To Stand On Oliver Sacks 1984 British English
9342 Born Twice Giuseppe Pontiggia 2000 Italian Italian
9604 Lenin's Kisses Yan Lianke 2003 Chinese Chinese
9676 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9728 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
9727 실격당한 자들을 위한 변론 김원영 2018 Korean Korean
9914 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
10273 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10384 Human Looking Andy Jackson 2021 Unknown English
10638 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10741 The Fifth Child Doris May Lessing 1988 British English
11112 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11222 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11256 Frida Hayden Herrera 1983 American English
11581 Family Pictures Sue Miller 1986 American English
11581 Plaintext Nancy Mairs 1986 American English
11662 The Boy In The Moon Ian Brown 2009 Canadian English
11662 Fdr Kenneth S. Davis 1972 American English
11837 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11936 Wolf Bells Leni Zumas 2024 American English
12251 Needles Andie Dominick 1998 American English
12567 Shattered Hanif Kureishi 2024 British English
12613 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12745 Unfit Parent Jessica Slice Unknown English
12893 Articulate Rachel Kolb 2025 American English
12898 We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald 2025 Unknown English
13009 The Quiet Ear Raymond Antrobus British English
13818 Come D'aria Ada D'Adamo 2023 Italian Italian
14010 The Deep Places Ross Douthat 2021 American English
14232 Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan 2017 American English
14232 Neurotribes Steve Silberman 2015 American English
14383 Simple Marie-Aude Murail 2004 French French
14550 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14629 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14985 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold 1996 American English
14972 All That Fall Samuel Beckett 1957 Irish English
14985 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
14985 The Blue Fox Sjón 2003 Icelandic Icelandic
15768 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
15914 Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation Alfred Adler 1907 Austrian German
15914 How The Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 1932 Russian Russian
15914 My Left Foot Christy Brown 1954 Irish English
16776 The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey 1969 American English
17159 The Broken Cord Michael Dorris 1989 American English
17159 Under the Eye of the Clock Christopher Nolan 1987 Irish English
17159 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17159 Tangerine Edward Bloor 1997 American English
17159 Sister Mine Nalo Hopkinson 2013 Canadian English
17025 The Summer Of The Swans Betsy Cromer Byars 1970 American English
17159 Totto Chan, The Little Girl At The Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17159 Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 American English
17159 Stones From The River Ursula Hegi 1994 German English
17069 Of Mice And Men / Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1937 American English
17159 Madness Antonia Hylton 2024 Unknown English
17159 Brittle Joints Maria Sweeney 2024 Unknown Unknown
17159 See Me Rolling Lottie Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17159 My Beloved Monster Caleb Carr 2024 Unknown English
17159 The Hearing Test Eliza Barry Callahan 2024 Unknown English
17159 My Friend Fox Heidi Everett 2021 Unknown English
17159 Sunrise Nights Jeff Zentner 2024 American English
17159 How To Live Free In A Dangerous World Shayla Lawson 2024 Unknown English
17159 Systemic Layal Liverpool 2024 Unknown English
17159 Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2000 American English
17159 Unmasking Autism Devon Price 2022 Unknown English
17159 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17159 The Body Alone Nina Lohman 2024 Unknown English
17159 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17159 Stranger Faces Namwali Serpell 2020 Unknown English
17159 Max Carrados Ernest Bramah 1914 British English
17159 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17159 Leg Greg Marshall 2023 Unknown English
17159 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
17159 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17159 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17159 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English