The Greatest Books of All Time on Forgiveness

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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
40 Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1862 French French
74 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English
87 The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
211 The Tempest William Shakespeare 1623 British English
265 Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948 South African English
338 Effi Briest Theodor Fontane 1895 German German
352 The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1766 British English
353 Go Tell it on the Mountain James Baldwin 1953 American English
446 Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann 1933 German German
475 Gilead Marilynne Robinson 2004 American English
852 The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1867 British English
892 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 Afghan English
1652 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1798 British English
1830 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Anne Tyler 1982 American English
1876 Home Marilynne Robinson 2008 American English
1921 Anglo Saxon Attitudes Angus Wilson 1956 British English
1998 Ben-Hur Lew Wallace 1880 American English
2071 The Assistant Bernard Malamud 1957 American English
2233 Resurrection Leo Tolstoy 1899 Russian Russian
2387 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler 1988 American English
2537 Clear Light of Day Anita Desai 1980 Indian English
2562 Gospels Unknown 70 Multiple Greek
2611 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2909 Ruth Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 British English
2972 Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 1997 American English
3318 Shantaram Gregory David Roberts 2003 Australian English
3638 The Marquise Of O Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
4524 Falconer John Cheever 1977 American English
4629 De Profundis Oscar Wilde 1905 British English
5098 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese 2009 American English
5256 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5623 The Richard Trilogy Paul Horgan 1970 American Unknown
6133 Country Of My Skull Antjie Krog 1998 South African Afrikaans
6537 Deliver Me From Eva Paul Bailey 2007 British Unknown
7099 The Dutch House Ann Patchett 2019 American English
7139 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan 1991 American English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7215 Cinna Pierre Corneille 1641 French French
7215 Short Novels Leo Tolstoy 1900 Russian Russian
7579 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
7587 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7890 Love Toni Morrison 2003 American English
8075 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8301 The Secret Life Of Bees Sue Monk Kidd 2001 American English
8305 The Native Air Sarah Woodhouse 1987 British English
8666 The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom 1971 Dutch English
8966 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
9127 My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout 2016 American English
9171 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9181 By The Sea Abdulrazak Gurnah 2001 British English
9312 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9656 The Story Of The Just Casper And Fair Annie Clemens Brentano German German
9911 Your House Will Pay Steph Cha 2019 American English
9941 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9984 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 1998 American English
10234 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10378 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10429 I'll Give You The Sun Jandy Nelson 2014 American English
10634 The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom 2003 American English
10830 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10936 The 57 Bus Dashka Slater 2017 American English
10999 Friend Of My Youth Alice Munro 1990 Canadian English
11360 Évangile Des égarés Georgina Tacou Unknown French
11626 May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes 2012 American English
11660 The Moons Of Jupiter Alice Munro 1982 Canadian English
12410 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12832 Fortunate Lives Robb Forman Dew 1992 American English
12832 Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells 1992 American English
12973 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
13048 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13276 Idaho Emily Ruskovich 2017 American English
13266 Two Old Women Velma Wallis 1993 American English
13511 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13592 We Were The Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates 1996 American English
13593 The Book Of Joe Jonathan Tropper 2004 American English
13599 The Mercy Of God Jean Cau 1961 French French
13771 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
13814 The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak 2006 Turkish English
13941 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand 2010 American English
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13941 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
14107 The Game That Ended Us Fe Esperanza Trampe Filipino Filipino
14122 The Choice Dr. Edith Eva Eger 2017 American English
14232 LaRose Louise Erdrich 2016 American English
14232 Because Of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo 2000 American English
14425 The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes Tatiana Țîbuleac 2016 Moldovan Romanian
14454 The Shepherd Of The Hills Harold Bell Wright 1907 American English
14649 The Green Knight Iris Murdoch 1993 British English
14950 Crimes Of The Heart Beth Henley 1978 American English
14983 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
14983 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt 2007 American English
14983 All My Rage Sabaa Tahir 2022 American English
14983 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
15581 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15798 The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
15804 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15897 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15897 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15897 The Feud Amelia Bean 1952 Unknown English
16718 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16709 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
17117 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells 1996 American English
17117 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17117 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17117 The Book Of Joy Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho 2016 Tibetan English
17117 Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford 2021 American English
17117 Frozen Bryony Lavery 1998 British English
17117 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17117 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17117 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
17117 Nights In Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks 2002 American English
17117 Dogside Story Patricia Grace 2001 New Zealand English
17117 Hearts On A Wire Abdel-Salam Ajili 1974 Syrian Unknown
17117 Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott 1999 American English
17117 Change Of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008 American English
17117 The Flicker Of Old Dreams Susan Henderson 2018 American English
17117 Bitter And Sweet Rhonda McKnight 2024 Unknown English
17117 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17117 The House On Calle Sombra Marga Ortigas 2021 Philippine English
17117 Believing Christ Stephen E. Robinson 1992 American English