The Greatest Books of All Time on Dreams

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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
35 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
45 Fictions Jorge Luis Borges 1944 Argentinian Spanish
170 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 1937 American English
177 The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1899 Austrian German
200 The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa 1982 Portuguese Portuguese
244 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith 1943 American English
250 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
253 Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe 1929 American English
257 Finnegans Wake James Joyce 1939 Irish English
311 Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson 1919 American English
312 Labyrinths Jorge Luis Borges 1962 Argentinian Spanish
314 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2000 American English
340 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
347 The Day of the Locust Nathanael West 1939 American English
389 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 Brazilian Portuguese
394 Nadja André Breton 1928 French French
396 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz 2007 Dominican English
428 Death Of A Salesman Arthur Miller 1949 American English
446 Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann 1933 German German
473 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
478 Alcools Guillaume Apollinaire 1913 French French
484 Dream of the Red Chamber Cao Xueqin 1754 Chinese Chinese
529 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
547 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 British English
572 Three Sisters Anton Chekhov 1901 Russian Russian
584 Poet in New York Federico García Lorca 1940 Spanish Spanish
604 The Blind Owl Ṣādiq Hidāyat 1937 Iranian Persian
611 Revolutionary Road Richard Yates 1961 American English
626 Promise at Dawn Romain Gary 1960 French French
651 Manhattan Transfer John Dos Passos 1925 American English
662 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
685 Them Joyce Carol Oates 1969 American English
721 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1795 German German
727 The Street of Crocodiles Bruno Schulz 1934 Polish Polish
744 Moscow to the End of the Line Venedikt Yerofeev 1970 Russian Russian
809 Poems by Machado Antonio Machado 1907 Spanish Spanish
817 Rickshaw Boy Lao She 1936 Chinese Chinese
824 Rhymes And Legends Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 1871 Spanish Spanish
847 Only Yesterday Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1945 Israeli Hebrew
882 The Hour of the Star Clarice Lispector 1977 Brazilian Portuguese
891 Golem Gustav Meyrink 1915 Austrian German
933 Lives of Girls and Women Alice Munro 1971 Canadian English
942 Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1945 American English
964 Paroles Jacques Prévert 1946 French French
974 The Poems of John Keats John Keats 1817 British English
1058 Memories, Dreams, Reflections Carl Jung 1963 Swiss German
1119 The Street Ann Petry 1946 American English
1152 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever 1957 American English
1166 Lanark Alasdair Gray 1981 Scottish English
1168 The Diaries Franz Kafka 1948 Czech German
1171 Residence on Earth Pablo Neruda 1933 Chilean Spanish
1182 Poems of Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca 1921 Spanish Spanish
1201 Kafka On The Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Japanese Japanese
1216 Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse 1959 British English
1262 Maud Martha Gwendolyn Brooks 1953 American English
1290 Lilith George MacDonald 1895 Scottish English
1304 Collected Poems Stéphane Mallarmé 1887 French French
1348 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1359 Illuminations Arthur Rimbaud 1886 French French
1397 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
1420 The October Country Ray Bradbury 1955 American English
1423 Out Of Space And Time Clark Ashton Smith 1942 American English
1495 Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo 2012 American English
1505 The Famished Road Ben Okri 1991 Nigerian English
1507 Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya 1972 American English
1508 Surrealist Manifesto André Breton 1924 French French
1508 The Tower William Butler Yeats 1928 Irish English
1514 Pelle The Conqueror Martin Andersen Nexø 1906 Danish Danish
1516 The Alberta Trilogy Cora Sandel 1926 Norwegian Norwegian
1516 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
1533 Dreamtigers Jorge Luis Borges 1960 Argentinian Spanish
1619 Nostalgia Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 Romanian Romanian
1634 The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 1984 American English
1661 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
1670 The Emigrants Vilhelm Moberg 1949 Swedish Swedish
1729 Requiem for a Dream Hubert Selby 1978 American English
1769 Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas 1954 British English
1878 East Goes West Younghill Kang 1937 American English
1933 Capital of Pain Paul Éluard 1926 French French
1936 Ask The Dust John Fante 1939 American English
1963 The Quest Frederik van Eeden 1887 Dutch Dutch
1994 Fancies And Goodnights John Collier 1951 British English
2066 The Infernal Desire Machines Of Doctor Hoffman Angela Carter 1972 British English
2071 The Assistant Bernard Malamud 1957 American English
2081 Στροφή George Seferis 1931 Greek Greek
2113 The Luminous Novel Mario Levrero 2005 Uruguayan Spanish
2116 Siebenkäs Jean Paul 1796 German German
2126 Life In The Folds Henri Michaux 1949 French French
2175 Paris Spleen Charles Baudelaire 1869 French French
2195 Portrait Of Jennie Robert Nathan 1940 American English
2209 Sub Rosa Robert Aickman 1968 British English
2241 Collected Poems Arthur Rimbaud 1898 French French
2247 Roman De La Rose Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun 1237 French Old french
2260 The Iceman Cometh Eugene O'Neill 1946 American English
2278 One of Ours Willa Cather 1922 American English
2311 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
2372 The Tales Of Hoffmann E. T. A. Hoffmann 1814 German German
2393 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls 2005 American English
2394 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos 1989 American English
2430 The Call Of Cthulhu H. P. Lovecraft 1928 American English
2435 Nine Horrors And A Dream Joseph Payne Brennan 1958 American English
2468 The Hill Of Dreams Arthur Machen 1907 British English
2481 Blood and Guts in High School Kathy Acker 1978 American English
2572 A Longing For The Light Vicente Aleixandre 1979 Spanish Spanish
2581 Scenes From The Life Of A Faun Arno Schmidt 1953 German German
2591 Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery 1923 Canadian English
2606 Poems And Prose Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1797 British English
2636 The Lament Of The Linnet Anna Maria Ortese 1997 Italian Italian
2661 Daughters of Fire Gerard de Nerval 1854 French French
2687 Blinding Mircea Cărtărescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
2690 Childhood Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
2738 My Friend Flicka Mary O'Hara 1941 American English
2746 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2768 Amsterdam Stories Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
2786 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
2829 A Contract With God Will Eisner 1978 American English
2830 The Room In The Tower E. F. Benson 1912 British English
2845 Things Georges Perec 1965 French French
2875 Palace of the Peacock Wilson Harris 1960 Guyanese English
2937 Beyond The Wall Of Sleep H. P. Lovecraft 1919 American English