The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Hope

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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
14598 Running The Rift Naomi Benaron 2010 American English
14628 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14674 An Orphan World Giuseppe Caputo 2019 Colombian Spanish
14697 Radiance Of Tomorrow Ishmael Beah 2014 American English
14788 For The Term Of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke 1874 Australian English
14832 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14897 When Rain Clouds Gather Bessie Head 1968 Botswana English
14984 A Child Called 'It' Dave Pelzer 1995 American English
14983 Alive Piers Paul Read 1974 British English
14984 Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan 2008 Nigerian English
14975 The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1968 Peruvian Spanish
14984 Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue 2016 Cameroonian English
14984 Everything Inside Edwidge Danticat 2019 Haitian English
14984 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14984 Metro 2033 Dmitri Glukhovsky 2005 Russian Russian
14984 The Cellist Of Sarajevo Steven Galloway 2008 Canadian English
14984 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14984 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins 2010 American English
14979 The Complete Poems Of Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg 1970 American English
14984 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
14984 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14984 The Four Winds Kristin Hannah 2021 American English
14984 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
14984 The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce 2011 American English
14984 All My Rage Sabaa Tahir 2022 American English
15603 The Raft Coningsby Dawson 1920 British English
15673 Children Of Loneliness Anzia Yezierska 1923 American English
15717 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15734 The Bridal Canopy Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1931 Israeli Hebrew
15792 Collected Poems Of T. S. Eliot 1909 1935 T. S. Eliot 1936 American English
15898 The Collected Short Stories of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky 1899 Russian Russian
15898 Happy Days Samuel Beckett 1961 French English
15898 Adventures Of Sanmao The Orphan Zhang Leping 1935 Chinese Chinese
15898 Evening Descends Upon The Hills Anna Maria Ortese 1961 Italian Italian
15898 America Is In The Heart Carlos Bulosan 1946 Filipino English
15898 Montage Of A Dream Deferred Langston Hughes 1951 American English
15898 Mary Shalom Asch 1949 Unknown Yiddish
15898 Not Built With Hands Helen C. White 1936 American English
15875 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
16584 The Diary Of Anne Frank Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich 1955 American English
16585 The Last Leaf O. Henry 1907 American English
16702 The Skin Of Our Teeth Thornton Wilder 1942 American English
16607 Sounder William H. Armstrong 1969 American English
17120 Weapons and Hope Freeman Dyson 1984 American English
17120 Freedom From Fear David M. Kennedy 1999 American English
17120 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17120 Adrift Steven Callahan 1986 American English
17120 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat 1995 Haitian English
17120 Delicious Foods James Hannaham 2015 American English
17120 A Testament of Hope Martin Luther King 1986 American English
17120 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17120 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17120 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
17120 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
16857 The Time Of Your Life William Saroyan 1939 American English
17058 Balm In Gilead Lanford Wilson 1965 American English
17120 The Collected Works Of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley 1988 American English
17120 Aftermath Chuck Wendig 2015 American English
17120 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17120 One Conrad Williams 2009 British English
17120 A Painted House John Grisham 2001 American English
17120 The Choice Nicholas Sparks 2007 American English
17120 Beirut Nightmares Ghada Samman 1977 Syrian Arabic
17120 The Emigration To The North Of The Children Of Hathoot Majid Tubia 1974 Egyptian Unknown
17120 Door To The Courtyard Sahar Khalifeh 1995 Palestinian Arabic
17120 The Blockade Fawzia Rasheed 2017 Unknown Unknown
17120 And My Share Of The Horizon Abdel Qader Ben Shaikh Tunisian Unknown
17120 Wandering Wings Jawad Al-Sidawi Unknown Unknown
17120 The Days Of Ashes Mohammad Ezzeddine Tazi 1982 Moroccan Unknown
17120 Jisr Banat Yacoub Hassan Hamid 2017 Syrian Arabic
17120 Rock Springs Richard Ford 1987 American English
17120 Beijing Coma Ma Jian 2008 Chinese Chinese
17120 Happy Dreams Jia Pingwa 2007 Chinese Chinese
17120 Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey 2012 American English
17019 Of Mice And Men / Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1937 American English
17120 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17120 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17017 Purgatorio Dante Alighieri 1315 Italian Italian
17120 The Comfort Book Matt Haig 2021 British English
17120 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17120 The Dog Stars Peter Heller 2012 American English
17120 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
17120 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
17120 The Battlers Kylie Tennant 1941 Australian English
17120 You Better Be Lightning Andrea Gibson 2021 American English
16862 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
17120 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17120 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17120 Elegy On Toy Piano Dean Young 2005 American English
17120 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17120 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17120 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17120 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17120 Messenger Lois Lowry 2004 American English
16937 The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner 1943 American English
17120 Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption Stephen King 1982 American English
17120 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17120 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17120 The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton 1985 American English
17120 A Boy And A Bear In A Boat Dave Shelton 2012 British English
17120 Strange The Dreamer Laini Taylor 2017 American English
17120 Lights Out Navessa Allen Unknown Unknown
17120 The Lord Of The Rings Brian Sibley British Unknown
16894 Capitães Da Areia Jorge Amado 1937 Brazilian Portuguese
17008 The Fate Of A Man And Early Stories Mikhail Sholokhov 1967 Russian Russian
17120 Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại 2011 American English
17120 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17120 Okay For Now Gary D. Schmidt 2011 American English
17120 The Beast Walter Dean Myers 2003 American English
17120 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17120 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17120 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English
17120 A Chair For My Mother Vera B. Williams 1982 American English
17120 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17120 Audacious Hope Indrajit Roy Unknown English
17120 Daybreak In Gaza Mahmoud Muna, Matthew Teller Unknown English
17120 The Ballad Of Never After Stephanie Garber 2022 American English
17120 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17120 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English