The Greatest Books of All Time on Human Connection

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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
3621 A Small, Good Thing Raymond Carver 1981 American English
4430 And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like To Meet The Milkman Peter Bichsel 1964 Swiss German
5235 Deep River Shūsaku Endō 1993 Japanese Japanese
5665 Baiyun Oder Die Freundschaftsgesellschaft Adolf Muschg 1980 Swiss German
6147 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
6760 Difficult Loves Italo Calvino 1958 Italian Italian
9032 From A To X John Berger 2008 British English
10163 A River Sutra Gita Mehta 1993 Indian English
12513 Living By Water Brenda Peterson 1991 American English
12513 Mute Phone Calls And Other Stories Ruth Aleksandrovna Zernova 1991 Russian Unknown
12613 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Anna Gavalda 1999 French French
12733 Living, Loving And Learning Leo Buscaglia 1982 American English
14983 The Nature Fix Florence Williams 2017 American English
17114 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17114 Winter Count Barry Lopez 1981 American English
16987 Under The Autumn Star Knut Hamsun 1906 Norwegian Norwegian
17114 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17114 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17114 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17114 Last Night At The Lobster Stewart O'Nan 2007 American English
17114 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17114 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17114 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17114 The Vulnerables Sigrid Nunez 2023 American Unknown
17114 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17114 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17114 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17114 Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind Molly McGhee 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English