The Greatest Books of All Time on Existentialism

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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
17114 Insignificance Terry Johnson 1982 British English
17114 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17033 Tujec / Kuga Albert Camus 1942 French French
17114 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17114 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17114 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17114 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17114 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17114 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17114 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17114 A Shining Jon Fosse 2023 Norwegian Unknown
17114 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Énard 2023 French French
17114 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17114 How To Be Multiple Helena de Bres 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 The Pensive Citadel Victor Brombert 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17114 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17114 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17114 Some Unfinished Chaos Arthur Krystal 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17114 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17114 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17114 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17114 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17114 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17114 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17114 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17114 The Guest Lecture Martin Riker 2023 Unknown English
17114 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
16815 Olağanüstü Bir Gece Stefan Zweig 1922 Austrian German
17114 Temporary Hilary Leichter 2020 American English
16860 Attack Upon Christendom Soren Kierkegaard 1944 Danish Danish
17114 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17114 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17114 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17114 T. Singer Dag Solstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
17114 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17114 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
16924 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
17114 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17114 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17114 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17114 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17114 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17114 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17114 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17114 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
16965 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
16982 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17114 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17114 Burning Angel And Other Stories Lawrence Osborne Unknown English
17114 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17114 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
16962 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17114 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
16999 The Seed Tarjei Vesaas 1940 Norwegian Norwegian
16829 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17114 What Is Existential Anthropology? Michael D. Jackson New Zealand English
17114 The Hitchhiker's Trilogy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
17114 Todos Os Contos Clarice Lispector 2015 Brazilian Portuguese
17114 Der Unbewußte Gott. Psychotherapie Und Religion Frankl, Viktor E. 2005 Austrian German