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
17113 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17160 Insignificance Terry Johnson 1982 British English
17160 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17048 Tujec / Kuga Albert Camus 1942 French French
17160 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17160 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17160 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17160 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17160 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17160 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17160 My Murder Katie Williams 2023 Unknown English
17160 A Shining Jon Fosse 2023 Norwegian Unknown
17160 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17160 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Énard 2023 French French
17160 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17160 How To Be Multiple Helena de Bres 2023 Unknown Unknown
17160 The Pensive Citadel Victor Brombert 2023 Unknown Unknown
17160 The Body Of The Soul Lyudmila Ulitskaya 2023 Russian Russian
17160 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17160 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17160 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17160 Some Unfinished Chaos Arthur Krystal 2023 Unknown Unknown
17160 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17160 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17160 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17160 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17160 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17160 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17160 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17160 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17160 The Guest Lecture Martin Riker 2023 Unknown English
17160 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
16861 Olağanüstü Bir Gece Stefan Zweig 1922 Austrian German
17160 Temporary Hilary Leichter 2020 American English
16910 Attack Upon Christendom Soren Kierkegaard 1944 Danish Danish
17160 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17160 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17160 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17160 T. Singer Dag Solstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
17160 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17160 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
16990 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
16796 Sun And Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
17160 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17160 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17160 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17160 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17160 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17160 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17160 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17160 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
16956 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
17024 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17160 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17160 Burning Angel And Other Stories Lawrence Osborne Unknown English
17160 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17160 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
16957 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17160 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17013 The Seed Tarjei Vesaas 1940 Norwegian Norwegian
16883 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17160 What Is Existential Anthropology? Michael D. Jackson New Zealand English
17160 De Schopenhauer Kuur Irvin D. Yalom 2005 American English
17160 The Hitchhiker's Trilogy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
17160 La Boutique Del Mistero Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17160 Todos Os Contos Clarice Lispector 2015 Brazilian Portuguese
17160 Der Unbewußte Gott. Psychotherapie Und Religion Frankl, Viktor E. 2005 Austrian German