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
191 Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence 1928 British English
658 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner 1971 American English
868 Heidi Johanna Spyri 1881 Swiss German
1600 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
2182 Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon 2012 American English
2203 The Story of My Life Helen Keller 1903 American English
2294 Family Life Akhil Sharma 2014 Indian English
2446 Blindness Henry Green 1926 British English
3460 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 1944 American English
3923 Wonder R. J. Palacio 2012 American English
4174 The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver 1997 American English
4400 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4933 Exile And Pride Eli Clare 1999 American English
5000 Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness Kenzaburō Ōe 1969 Japanese Japanese
5019 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5769 Whip Hand Dick Francis 1979 British English
6290 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
7135 Slow Man J. M. Coetzee 2005 South African English
7829 Purple America Rick Moody 1997 American English
7831 A Spare Life Lidija Dimkovksa 2012 Macedonian Macedonian
8007 On The Move Oliver Sacks 2015 British English
8377 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8562 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
8845 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
8903 Left Foot, Right Nalo Hopkinson 1996 Canadian Unknown
8943 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9285 A Leg To Stand On Oliver Sacks 1984 British English
9339 Born Twice Giuseppe Pontiggia 2000 Italian Italian
9600 Lenin's Kisses Yan Lianke 2003 Chinese Chinese
9675 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
9918 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
10277 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10388 Human Looking Andy Jackson 2021 Unknown English
10642 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10745 The Fifth Child Doris May Lessing 1988 British English
11117 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11228 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11262 Frida Hayden Herrera 1983 American English
11595 Family Pictures Sue Miller 1986 American English
11595 Plaintext Nancy Mairs 1986 American English
11676 The Boy In The Moon Ian Brown 2009 Canadian English
11676 Fdr Kenneth S. Davis 1972 American English
11853 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
11952 Wolf Bells Leni Zumas 2024 American English
12269 Needles Andie Dominick 1998 American English
12585 Shattered Hanif Kureishi 2024 British English
12631 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12763 Unfit Parent Jessica Slice Unknown English
12912 Articulate Rachel Kolb 2025 American English
12917 We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald 2025 Unknown English
13027 The Quiet Ear Raymond Antrobus British English
13836 Come D'aria Ada D'Adamo 2023 Italian Italian
14032 The Deep Places Ross Douthat 2021 American English
14275 Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan 2017 American English
14275 Neurotribes Steve Silberman 2015 American English
14425 Simple Marie-Aude Murail 2004 French French
14584 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14661 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
15010 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold 1996 American English
14997 All That Fall Samuel Beckett 1957 Irish English
15010 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
15010 The Blue Fox Sjón 2003 Icelandic Icelandic
15773 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
15897 Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation Alfred Adler 1907 Austrian German
15897 How The Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 1932 Russian Russian
15897 My Left Foot Christy Brown 1954 Irish English
16734 The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey 1969 American English
17113 The Broken Cord Michael Dorris 1989 American English
17113 Under the Eye of the Clock Christopher Nolan 1987 Irish English
17113 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17113 Tangerine Edward Bloor 1997 American English
17113 Sister Mine Nalo Hopkinson 2013 Canadian English
16980 The Summer Of The Swans Betsy Cromer Byars 1970 American English
17113 Totto Chan, The Little Girl At The Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17113 Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 American English
17113 Stones From The River Ursula Hegi 1994 German English
17017 Of Mice And Men / Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1937 American English
17113 Madness Antonia Hylton 2024 Unknown English
17113 Brittle Joints Maria Sweeney 2024 Unknown Unknown
17113 See Me Rolling Lottie Jackson 2024 Unknown English
17113 My Beloved Monster Caleb Carr 2024 Unknown English
17113 The Hearing Test Eliza Barry Callahan 2024 Unknown English
17113 My Friend Fox Heidi Everett 2021 Unknown English
17113 Sunrise Nights Jeff Zentner 2024 American English
17113 How To Live Free In A Dangerous World Shayla Lawson 2024 Unknown English
17113 Systemic Layal Liverpool 2024 Unknown English
17113 Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2000 American English
17113 Unmasking Autism Devon Price 2022 Unknown English
17113 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17113 The Body Alone Nina Lohman 2024 Unknown English
17113 Disability Intimacy Alice Wong 2024 Unknown English
17113 Stranger Faces Namwali Serpell 2020 Unknown English
17113 Max Carrados Ernest Bramah 1914 British English
17113 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17113 Leg Greg Marshall 2023 Unknown English
17113 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
17113 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17113 Fdr Jean Edward Smith 2007 American English
17113 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English