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
3622 A Small, Good Thing Raymond Carver 1981 American English
4431 And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like To Meet The Milkman Peter Bichsel 1964 Swiss German
5237 Deep River Shūsaku Endō 1993 Japanese Japanese
5668 Baiyun Oder Die Freundschaftsgesellschaft Adolf Muschg 1980 Swiss German
6150 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
6761 Difficult Loves Italo Calvino 1958 Italian Italian
9036 From A To X John Berger 2008 British English
10167 A River Sutra Gita Mehta 1993 Indian English
12515 Living By Water Brenda Peterson 1991 American English
12515 Mute Phone Calls And Other Stories Ruth Aleksandrovna Zernova 1991 Russian Unknown
12615 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Anna Gavalda 1999 French French
12735 Living, Loving And Learning Leo Buscaglia 1982 American English
14985 The Nature Fix Florence Williams 2017 American English
17161 Be Here To Love Me At The End Of The World Sasha Fletcher 2021 American English
17161 Winter Count Barry Lopez 1981 American English
17031 Under The Autumn Star Knut Hamsun 1906 Norwegian Norwegian
17161 Social Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 American English
17161 Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 American English
17161 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17161 Last Night At The Lobster Stewart O'Nan 2007 American English
17161 No One Writes Back Jang Jin-sung 2013 Unknown Korean
17161 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17161 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17161 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17161 The Vulnerables Sigrid Nunez 2023 American Unknown
17161 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17161 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17161 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17161 Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind Molly McGhee 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English