The Greatest Books of All Time on Escape

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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
174 Rabbit, Run John Updike 1960 American English
314 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2000 American English
330 Dubliners James Joyce 1914 Irish English
611 Revolutionary Road Richard Yates 1961 American English
757 The Adventures of Caleb Williams William Godwin 1794 British English
770 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead 2016 American English
1169 The History of Mr. Polly H. G. Wells 1910 British English
1563 Runaway Alice Munro 2004 Canadian English
2163 A Personal Matter Kenzaburō Ōe 1964 Japanese Japanese
2166 Morvern Callar Alan Warner 1995 Scottish English
2821 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
3458 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 1944 American English
3817 The Beach Alex Garland 1996 British English
3883 The Cellar Richard Laymon 1980 American English
3907 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 1944 British English
3951 Clotel William Wells Brown 1853 American English
4309 The Getaway Jim Thompson 1958 American English
4579 Papillon Henri Charrière 1969 French French
5813 Cyclops Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
6487 The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim 1922 British English
6582 Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls 1982 American English
7205 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
8651 The Abbot Sir Walter Scott 1820 Scottish English
8671 Marabou Stork Nightmares Irvine Welsh 1995 British English
8681 Miss Peabody’s Inheritance Elizabeth Jolley 1983 Australian English
8748 Running Away Jean-Philippe Toussaint 2005 French French
9959 Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien 1978 American English
10052 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10280 A Bag Of Marbles Joseph Joffo 1973 French French
10300 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English
10986 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11360 Échappée Agnès Dargent Unknown Unknown
11793 Felicia's Journey William Trevor 1994 British English
12048 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12204 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13715 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
13750 The Dead Heart Douglas Kennedy 1994 American English
14787 For The Term Of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke 1874 Australian English
14896 The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz 1956 Polish English
14878 No Picnic on Mount Kenya Felice Benuzzi 1947 Italian Italian
14896 We Die Alone David Howarth 1955 British English
14983 Going Native Stephen Wright 1994 American English
14983 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
15897 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce 1890 American English
15897 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Henriette Roosenburg 1957 Dutch English
17114 The Kingdom of Kevin Malone Suzy McKee Charnas 1977 American English
17114 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17114 Vn Madeline Ashby 2012 Canadian English
17114 Flying Colours C. S. Forester 1938 British English
17114 Lamb Bernard MacLaverty 1980 Irish English
17114 Reading Turgenev William Trevor 1991 Irish English
17114 Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 1989 American English
17114 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17114 Turtle Diary Russell Hoban 1975 British English
17114 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
17114 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17114 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17114 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17114 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17114 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17114 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English