The Greatest Books of All Time on Emotions

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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
282 The Sorrows of Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
320 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
846 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne 1768 British English
1061 First Love Ivan Turgenev 1860 Russian Russian
1189 A Writer's Diary Virginia Woolf 1953 British English
1581 The Civilizing Process Norbert Elias 1939 German German
1807 Beware Of Pity Stefan Zweig 1939 Austrian German
1922 Tropisms Nathalie Sarraute 1939 French French
2185 On Love Alain de Botton 1993 British English
2571 Childhood Nathalie Sarraute 1983 French French
2995 Childhood Leo Tolstoy 1852 Russian Russian
4227 Each Day Catches Fire Imants Ziedonis 1978 Latvian Latvian
4309 Invitation To The Waltz Rosamond Lehmann 1932 British English
4460 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 2010 American English
4542 Ingenious Pain Andrew Miller 1997 British English
4898 The Theory Of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith 1759 Scottish English
5632 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5772 Χαιρε Ποτε Kiki Dimoula 1988 Greek Greek
5860 The Grasmere Journal Dorothy Wordsworth 1897 British English
6134 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6359 Во сне ты горько плакал Yuri Kazakov 1995 Russian Russian
6621 A General Theory Of Love Thomas Lewis 2000 American English
6631 Reveries Of The Wild Woman Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
6745 A Matter Of Feeling Janine Boissard 1985 French French
6841 Rapture Carol Ann Duffy 2005 British English
7178 A Book of Luminous Things Czesław Miłosz 1996 Polish English
7215 Retreat From Love Colette 1936 French French
7751 Another Marvelous Thing Laurie Colwin 1986 American English
8201 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
9271 Invisible Reality Juan Ramón Jiménez 1983 Spanish Unknown
9532 Love's End Pascal Rambert 2011 French French
9969 Care of the Soul Thomas Moore 1992 American English
10303 Character Analysis Wilhelm Reich 1945 German German
10496 The Fragility Of Goodness Martha C. Nussbaum 1986 American English
10518 The Suitcase Kid Jacqueline Wilson 1992 British English
10738 Why Is There Salt In The Sea? Brigitte Schwaiger 1977 Austrian German
11271 Seasons On Earth Kenneth Koch 1987 American English
11387 Collected Poems James Schuyler 1988 American English
12025 Girls In Tears Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12513 Mute Phone Calls And Other Stories Ruth Aleksandrovna Zernova 1991 Russian Unknown
12513 The Other Mother Carol Schaefer 1991 American English
12655 Poems Of Nathan Zach Nathan Zach 2020 Israeli Hebrew
12832 Incantations And Other Stories Anjana Appachana 1992 Indian English
13357 Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski 2019 American English
13359 The Diary of Fanny Burney Fanny Burney 1768 British English
13790 The Lovers Alice Ferney 1993 French French
13817 Solitudes Goffredo Parise 1984 Italian Italian
13986 Parenting With Love And Logic Foster Cline 1990 American English
14138 Haiku Mary Dawson Hughes 1970 Unknown English
14519 Awakening Joy James Baraz 2010 American English
14888 What Is Metaphysics? Martin Heidegger 1929 German German
14983 The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Haemin Sunim 2012 Korean Korean
15853 Days With Frog And Toad Arnold Lobel 1979 American English
15897 The Origin and Development of Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud 1910 Austrian German
15897 Function of the Orgasm Wilhelm Reich 1927 Austrian German
15897 The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals Charles Darwin 1872 British English
16758 Schoolgirl Osamu Dazai 1939 Japanese Japanese
17117 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17117 I Hope This Reaches Her In Time r.h. Sin 2017 American English
17117 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17117 She Felt Like Feeling Nothing r.h. Sin 2018 American English
17117 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
17117 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17117 Ramona And Her Father Beverly Cleary 1977 American English
17117 The Upside Of Irrationality Dan Ariely 2010 Israeli English
17117 Talking Like The Rain X. J. Kennedy 1992 American English
17117 Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry 2009 American English
17117 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17117 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17117 Love's Executioner Irvin D. Yalom 1989 American English
17117 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17117 Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman 1995 American English
17117 Healing Back Pain John E. Sarno 1982 American English
17117 Getting Through Grief Christine McArthur Unknown Unknown
17117 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17117 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17117 Your Brain On Art Susan Magsamen 2023 Unknown English
17117 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17117 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17117 Mapping The Darkness Kenneth Miller 2023 Unknown English
17117 Trading In The Zone Mark Douglas 2000 American English
17117 Love, Mom Iliana Xander Unknown Unknown
17117 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
17117 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17117 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English