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
17164 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17164 A Wilderness Station Alice Munro 1996 American English
17164 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17164 Frog Yan Mo 2009 Chinese Chinese
17164 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17164 Hearts In Atlantis Stephen King 1999 American English
17164 Waking Lions Ayelet Gundar-Goshen 2014 Israeli Hebrew
17164 All The Broken Places John Boyne 2022 Irish English
17164 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
16931 Set This House On Fire William Styron 1960 American English
16809 Kamouraska Anne Hébert 1970 Canadian French
17164 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17164 The Killer Patrícia Melo 1995 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17164 Five Roundabouts To Heaven John Bingham 1953 British English
17164 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17164 The Tremor Of Forgery Patricia Highsmith 1969 American English
17164 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17164 A Death In The Life Dorothy Salisbury Davis 1976 American English
17164 All On A Summer's Day John Wainwright 1981 British English
Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1909 American English
17164 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
16967 The Gentle Spirit Fyodor Dostoevsky 1876 Russian Russian
16789 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17164 Devil House John Darnielle 2022 American English
17164 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17164 Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
17164 The Weight Of Things Marianne Fritz 1978 Austrian German
17164 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2023 French French
17164 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English
17164 Prom Mom Laura Lippman 2023 American English
17164 Judas Jeff Loveness 2018 Unknown English
16874 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17164 The Long Drop Denise Mina 2017 Scottish English
17164 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17164 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17164 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17095 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17164 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17164 De Schopenhauer Kuur Irvin D. Yalom 2005 American English
17061 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17164 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17164 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17164 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17151 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17164 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17164 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17164 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17164 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17164 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
16900 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
17164 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
16904 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17134 Oikeusjuttu Franz Kafka 1925 German German
17164 Envy Sandra Brown 2001 American English
17164 You've Found Oliver Dustin Thao 2025 American English