The Greatest Books of All Time on Heritage

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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
260 Song of Solomon Toni Morrison 1977 American English
788 Roots Alex Haley 1976 American English
854 Cane Jean Toomer 1923 American English
1129 The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 American English
1702 Oreo Fran Ross 1974 American English
1714 Go Down, Moses William Faulkner 1942 American English
1797 Texaco Patrick Chamoiseau 1992 Martinican French
2144 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
2206 Dreams from My Father Barack Obama 1995 American English
2336 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2470 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2502 Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 2016 Ghanaian English
2695 Dalva Jim Harrison 1988 American English
2885 Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 American English
2901 Waverley Sir Walter Scott 1814 British English
3068 Caramelo Sandra Cisneros 2002 American English
3073 Patrimony Philip Roth 1991 American English
3625 The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood Alistair MacLeod 1976 Canadian English
3631 I And My Chimney Herman Melville 1856 American English
3861 Amal'eZulu B. W. Vilakazi 1945 South African Zulu
3861 Ethiopia Unbound J. E. Casely Hayford 1911 Ghanaian English
4078 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4133 The Cathedral Oles Honchar 1968 Ukrainian Ukrainian
4265 Ancestral Voices Etienne van Heerden 1986 South African Afrikaans
4412 The Iron Candlestick Dimitar Talev 1952 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4465 Samuels bok Sven Delblanc 1981 Swedish Swedish
4566 No Great Mischief Alistair MacLeod 1999 Canadian English
4722 The Negro Caravan Sterling Allen Brown, Arthur Paul Davis, Ulysses Lee 1941 American English
5344 The Bells Of Prespa Dimitar Talev 1966 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5413 Kard és Kasza Albert Wass 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5485 Dark symphony James A. Emanuel (Comp), Theodore L. Gross 1968 American English
5923 In Search Of Our Mother’s Gardens Alice Walker 1983 American English
6002 A Woman Named Solitude André Schwarz-Bart 1972 French French
6258 Give Me Back My Mountains Albert Wass 1971 Hungarian Hungarian
6340 The Lost Country Luminița Cioabă 2002 Romanian Unknown
6453 The Arrivants Kamau Brathwaite 1973 Barbadian English
6551 The Quilts Of Gee's Bend William Arnett, Alvia Wardlaw, Jane Livingston, John Beardsley 2002 American English
6732 Jubilee Margaret Walker 1966 American English
7177 The Last Harmattan Of Alusine Dunbar Syl Cheney-Choker 1990 Sierra Leonean English
7215 The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn 1928 American English
7215 The Short Fiction Charles W. Chesnutt 1899 American English
7215 The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
8067 All That She Carried Tiya Miles 2021 American English
8105 The Moccasin Maker E. Pauline Johnson 1913 Canadian English
8401 The Art Of Losing Alice Zeniter 2017 French French
8403 Meek Heritage Frans Eemil Sillanpää 1919 Finnish Finnish
8579 The Last Of The Vikings Johan Bojer 1921 Norwegian Norwegian
8598 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
9284 The Lost And Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 2020 American English
9289 A River Called Time Mia Couto 2002 Mozambican Portuguese
9511 Joe Turner's Come And Gone August Wilson 1984 American English
9545 Poems Of Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Guillén 1972 Cuban Spanish
9696 The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 1994 American English
9941 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
10214 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10656 Louisiana Maurice Denuzière 1977 French French
10841 Shadowshaper Daniel José Older 2015 American English
10887 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
11046 The Roots Of Ticasuk Ticasuk Brown 1981 American English
11250 From The Lanai And Other Hawaii Stories Jessica Saiki 1983 American English
11250 Praisesong For The Widow Paule Marshall 1983 American English
11339 Rituals Of Survival Nicholasa Mohr 1984 American English
11360 The Lantern Bearers Robert Louis Stevenson Unknown Unknown
11496 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11579 Getting Home Alive Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales 1986 American English
11641 Arsonists City Hala Alyan 2021 American English
11899 Pride Of Family Carole Ione 1988 American English
12083 Tahuri Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 1989 New Zealand English
12417 Desert J. M. G. Le Clezio 1980 French French
12513 All But The Waltz Mary Clearman Blew 1991 American English
12513 Child Of Her People Anne Cameron 1991 Canadian English
12832 Claiming Breath Diane Glancy 1992 American English
12832 Talking Indian Anna Lee Walters 1992 American English
13163 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13266 Ganado Red Susan Lowell 1993 American English
13359 Anne Of Geierstein Sir Walter Scott 1829 Scottish English
13359 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13805 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
13817 The Forests Of Norbio Giuseppe Dessì 1965 Italian Italian
14232 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
14385 The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow 1904 American English
14982 M.C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton 1974 American English
14983 A Yellow Raft In Blue Water Michael Dorris 1987 American English
14983 Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 1991 American English
15641 Up Stream Ludwig Lewisohn 1922 American English
15897 The House Of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton 1968 American English
15897 High Are The Mountains Hannah Closs 1945 Unknown English
15897 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15897 The Crossing Winston Churchill 1904 American English
17117 England in Particular Sue Clifford, Angela King 2006 British English
17117 The Lost Leader Mick Imlah 2008 British English
17117 The Uprooted Oscar Handlin 1951 American English
17117 The Bronc People William Eastlake 1958 American English
17117 The Names N. Scott Momaday 1976 American English
17117 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17117 The Piano Lesson August Wilson 1987 American English
17117 All The Weyrs Of Pern Anne McCaffrey 1991 American English
17117 La Charte Du Mandé Et Autres Traditions Du Mali Aboubakar Fofana, Jean-Louis Sagot 2003 French Unknown
17117 The Best Of Albert Wendt’s Short Stories Albert Wendt 1999 New Zealand English
17117 Dogside Story Patricia Grace 2001 New Zealand English
17117 This House Of Sky Ivan Doig 1978 American English
16765 The Dead Of The House Hannah Green 1971 American English
17117 The Grandissimes, A Story Of Creole Life George Washington Cable 1880 American English
17117 The Woman Who Owned The Shadows Paula Gunn Allen 1983 American English
17117 Return To Dar Al Basha Ḥasan Naṣr 1994 Tunisian Unknown
17117 Al Wasmiya Abdel-aziz Mishri Unknown Unknown
17117 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17117 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17117 Kings In Grass Castles Mary Durack 1959 Australian English
17117 Provenance Ann Leckie 2017 American English
17117 Quicksand And Cactus Juanita Brooks 1982 American English
17117 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17117 Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans 2021 American English
17117 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17117 Station Island Seamus Heaney 1984 Irish English
17117 The Right Of Cerdic Alfred Duggan 1965 British English
17117 The Lion Of England Margaret Butler Unknown English
17117 The Last Englishman Hebe Weenolson Unknown Unknown
17117 Toward The Morning Hervey Allen 1978 American English
17117 Monmouth Charles Flood 1977 Unknown English