The Greatest Books of All Time on Home

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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
136 The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 1908 British English
146 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
340 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
3638 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home Emily Post 1922 American English
4608 Here Richard McGuire 2014 American English
5458 The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 2019 American English
5499 The Trip To Panama Janosch 1978 German German
6286 Visitation Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 German German
6766 The American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine E. Beecher 1869 American English
8849 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore 2023 American English
10286 I Was Born There, I Was Born Here Mourid Barghouti 2011 Palestinian Arabic
12300 Languages Of Home John Edgar Wideman 2025 American English
14170 A Child's Garden Of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson 1885 American English
14232 The Life Changing Magic Of Tidying Up Marie Kondo 2011 Japanese Japanese
15795 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15875 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
16729 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
17117 Home Witold Rybczynski 1986 Canadian English
17117 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17117 Kurashi At Home Marie Kondo 2022 Japanese Japanese
17117 Family Values Wendy Cope 2011 British English
17117 The Kitchen Diaries, Volume I + Ii Nigel Slater 2005 British English
17117 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17117 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17117 I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times Taylor Byas 2023 Unknown English
17117 A Simplified Life Emily Ley 2017 American English
17117 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17117 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17117 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English