The Greatest Books of All Time on Guilt

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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
17117 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17117 A Wilderness Station Alice Munro 1996 American English
17117 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17117 Frog Yan Mo 2009 Chinese Chinese
17117 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17117 Hearts In Atlantis Stephen King 1999 American English
17117 Waking Lions Ayelet Gundar-Goshen 2014 Israeli Hebrew
17117 All The Broken Places John Boyne 2022 Irish English
17117 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
16899 Set This House On Fire William Styron 1960 American English
16765 Kamouraska Anne Hébert 1970 Canadian French
17117 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17117 The Killer Patrícia Melo 1995 Brazilian Portuguese
17117 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17117 Five Roundabouts To Heaven John Bingham 1953 British English
17117 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17117 The Tremor Of Forgery Patricia Highsmith 1969 American English
17117 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17117 A Death In The Life Dorothy Salisbury Davis 1976 American English
17117 All On A Summer's Day John Wainwright 1981 British English
17117 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
16947 The Gentle Spirit Fyodor Dostoevsky 1876 Russian Russian
16747 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17117 Devil House John Darnielle 2022 American English
17117 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17117 Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Weight Of Things Marianne Fritz 1978 Austrian German
17117 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2023 French French
17117 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English
17117 Prom Mom Laura Lippman 2023 American English
17117 Judas Jeff Loveness 2018 Unknown English
16836 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17117 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17117 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17117 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17117 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17039 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17117 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17018 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17117 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17117 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17117 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17070 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17117 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17117 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17117 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17117 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
16863 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
17117 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
16872 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17117 Envy Sandra Brown 2001 American English