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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6695 The Stories Of Breece D'j Pancake Breece D'J Pancake 1983 American English
6799 We Others Steven Millhauser 2011 American English
6821 Tales Of The Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 American English
6821 Collected Stories Of William Saroyan William Saroyan 1943 American English
6974 The Good Life Elsewhere Vladimir Lorchenkov 2008 Russian Russian
6984 Sleeping It Off in Rapid City August Kleinzahler 2008 American English
7003 Le Bonheur De La Nuit Hélène Bessette 1954 French French
7037 Bright Shiny Morning James Frey 2008 American English
7190 The Complete Plays Of Eugene O'neill Eugene O'Neill 1959 American English
7215 Complete Poems Of Alfred De Musset Alfred de Musset 1857 French French
7215 The Chimeras Gerard de Nerval 1854 French French
7215 Sylvie Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
7215 Aurelia Gerard de Nerval 1855 French French
7215 Enamels And Cameos Théophile Gautier 1852 French French
7215 Selected Poems Of Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine 1896 French French
7215 The Collected Writings Of Thomas De Quincey Thomas de Quincey 1889 British English
7215 Poems Of Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1851 British English
7215 Nepenthe George Darley 1835 Irish English
7215 Poems Of Thomas Hood Thomas Hood 1826 British English
7215 Poems And Translations Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1870 British English
7215 Complete Works Lewis Carroll 1939 British English
7215 Poems Of George Meredith George Meredith 1851 British English
7215 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
7215 The Earthly Paradise William Morris 1868 British English
7215 Hymns To The Night Novalis 1800 German German
7215 Selected Poems Of Eduard Mörike Eduard Mörike 1838 German German
7215 Poems Of Theodor Storm Theodor Storm 1852 German German
7215 Poems Of Trumbull Stickney Trumbull Stickney 1905 American English
7215 Orphic Songs Dino Campana 1914 Italian Italian
7215 Selected Poems Federico García Lorca 1928 Spanish Spanish
7215 Poems Of Paul éluard Paul Éluard 1920 French French
7215 Poems Of Max Jacob Max Jacob 1917 French French
7215 Poems Of Pierre Jean Jouve Pierre-Jean Jouve 1925 French French
7215 Poems Of Bejamin Péret Bejamin Péret 1925 French French
7215 Collected Poems Walter de la Mare 1920 British English
7215 Poems And Verse Plays Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1900 Austrian German
7215 Poems Of Georg Trakl Georg Trakl 1913 Austrian German
7215 The Blue Octavo Notebook Franz Kafka 1935 Czech German
7215 The Nightingale Sholem Aleichem 1917 Yiddish Yiddish
7215 The Travels And Adventures Of Benjamin The Third Mendele Mokher Seforim 1878 Israeli Yiddish
7215 Poems Of Mani Leib Mani Leib 1918 Yiddish Yiddish
7215 Poems Of Rubén Dário Rubén Dário 1896 Nicaraguan Spanish
7215 Poems Of Vachel Lindsay Vachel Lindsay 1913 American English
7215 Last Poems Elinor Wylie 1943 American English
7215 Selected Poems Delmore Schwartz 1938 American English
7615 Dirty Havana Trilogy Pedro Juan Gutierrez 1998 Cuban Spanish
7611 Selected Poetry And Prose Stéphane Mallarmé 1945 French French
7628 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7655 The Sunday Of Life Raymond Queneau 1952 French French
7698 La Orilla Oscura José María Merino 1985 Spanish Spanish
7716 The Southpaw Mark Harris 1953 American English
7725 A Worldly Country John Ashbery 2007 American English
7771 Poems Of André Breton André Breton 1948 French French
7771 Collected Poems Robert Graves 1948 British English
7785 The Wig Charles Wright 1966 American English
7790 Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block 1989 American English
7795 Sleepwalking Land Mia Couto 1992 Mozambican Portuguese
7819 Selected Writings Henri Michaux 1949 French French
7830 The Blue Flowers Raymond Queneau 1965 French French
7966 Poems Of W. S. Merwin W. S. Merwin 1952 American English
8003 Play Their Hearts Out George Dohrmann 2010 American English
8008 Poems Of Philippe Jacottet Philippe Jacottet 1953 French French
8008 Collected Poems Conrad Aiken 1953 American English
8075 Selected Poems Ferenc Juhasz 1954 Hungarian Hungarian
8075 Poems Of Léonie Adams Léonie Adams 1954 American English
8096 The Hotel New Hampshire John Irving 1981 American English
8098 Selected Poems Tomas Tranströmer 1981 Swedish Swedish
8105 Early Spring Tove Ditlevsen 1940 Danish Danish
8105 New Islands And Other Stories María Luisa Bombal 1939 Chilean Spanish
8105 Weeds Edith Summers Kelley 1923 Canadian English
8142 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8142 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8175 Cuando Ya No Importe Juan Carlos Onetti 1993 Uruguayan Spanish
8193 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8201 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8223 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8298 Khwabnama Akhtaruzzaman Elias 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali
8353 Libertinagem Manuel Bandeira 1930 Brazilian Portuguese
8366 They Used To Play On Grass Terry Venables, Gordon Williams 1972 British English
8464 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8471 Collected Poems Edwin Muir 1960 Scottish English
8471 Poems Of Anne Hébert Anne Hébert 1960 Canadian French
8512 Bones Of The Moon Jonathan Carroll 1987 American English
8516 Shanghai Nights Juan Marsé 1993 Spanish Unknown
8683 Miss Peabody’s Inheritance Elizabeth Jolley 1983 Australian English
8736 Poems Of Sophia De Mello Breyner Sophia de Mello Breyner 1964 Portuguese Portuguese
8736 Poems Of Alvin Feinman Alvin Feinman 1964 American English
8790 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8798 World Light Halldor Laxness 1937 Icelandic Icelandic
8877 Invenção De Orfeu Jorge De Lima 1952 Brazilian Portuguese
8901 O Encontro Marcado Fernando Sabino 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
8916 As Metamorfoses Murilo Mendes 1938 Brazilian Portuguese
9034 Them Old Cowboy Songs Annie Proulx 2008 American English
9134 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9167 Stars Outside Nathan Alterman Israeli Hebrew
9184 Bruno's Dream Iris Murdoch 1969 British English
9184 Selected Poems Vasko Popa 1969 Serbian Serbian
9226 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9292 Poems Of J. V. Foix J. V. Foix 1970 Catalan Catalan
9292 The Double Dream Of Spring John Ashbery 1970 American English
9356 Selected Poems Jean Garrigue 1971 American English
9375 Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce 1893 American English
9548 The Owl's Insomnia Rafael Alberti 1972 Spanish Spanish
9548 Selected Poems Lars Gustafsson 1972 Swedish Swedish
9640 Tram 83 Fiston Mwanza Mujila 2014 Congolese French
9657 Sebastian Dreaming Georg Trakl Austrian German
9697 The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 1994 American English
9718 Tales of H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft 1997 American English
9720 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 1982 American English
9818 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
9833 Poems Of Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy 1975 French French
9857 Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky Patrick Hamilton 1935 British English
10037 Houseboat Days John Ashbery 1977 American English
10037 Poems Of John Ashbery John Ashbery 1977 American English
10071 Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter 2012 American English
10110 Stradbroke Dreamtime Oodgeroo Noonuccal 1972 Australian English
10136 Selected Poetry Andrea Zanzotto 1978 Italian Italian
10155 The Way West A. B. Guthrie 1949 American English
10232 A Step From Heaven An Na 2001 American English
10302 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English