The Greatest Books of All Time on Humanity

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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
17163 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr. 1990 American English
17163 Our Final Century Martin Rees 2003 British English
17163 The Social Conquest Of Earth E. O. Wilson 2012 American English
17163 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17163 Beirut Nightmares Ghada Samman 1977 Syrian Arabic
17163 The Lodging House Khairy Shalaby 1999 Egyptian Arabic
17163 Rubaiyyat Bahari Mohamed Gibreel Unknown Unknown
17163 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17163 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17163 The Days Of Ashes Mohammad Ezzeddine Tazi 1982 Moroccan Unknown
17163 The Flowers Of War Yan Geling 2006 Chinese Chinese
17163 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17163 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17163 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17163 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17163 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English
17163 Fox 8 George Saunders 2013 American English
17163 The Dog Stars Peter Heller 2012 American English
17163 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17163 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
17163 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
16906 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
16966 Buddha Osamu Tezuka 1972 Japanese Japanese
17163 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17163 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17163 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17163 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17163 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17163 Lights Out Navessa Allen Unknown Unknown
17163 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17163 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17163 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17163 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17163 It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Robert Fulghum 1989 American English
17163 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17163 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17163 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17149 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17163 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17163 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
16802 Yama Aleksandr Kuprin 1909 Russian Russian
17163 Daybreak In Gaza Mahmoud Muna, Matthew Teller Unknown English
17163 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17163 The Future Naomi Alderman British Unknown
17163 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17163 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17163 The Ecological Thought Timothy Morton 2010 British English
17163 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 3 Hayao Miyazaki 1984 Japanese Japanese
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 4 Hayao Miyazaki 1990 Japanese Japanese
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 2 Hayao Miyazaki 1983 Japanese Japanese
17163 An Elemental Thing Eliot Weinberger 2007 American English
17163 Intelligence And Spirit Reza Negarestani 2018 Unknown English
17068 Dievų Miškas Balys Sruoga 1957 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17163 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
16808 And Walk In Love Henrietta Buckmaster 1956 American English
17163 Man Of Nazareth Anthony Burgess 1979 British English
17163 Destiny Of Fire Zoe Oldenbourg 1960 French English
17163 Cities Of The Flesh Zoe Oldenbourg 1961 French French
17163 Surveyor Turman Nelson Unknown Unknown
17163 When The War Is Over Stephen Becker 1968 Unknown English
17163 The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika Lennart Hagerfors 1992 Swedish Swedish
17163 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17163 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17163 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17163 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17163 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17163 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17163 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17163 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17163 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17163 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Burning Of The World Scott W. Berg 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17163 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17163 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17163 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17163 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17163 We’re All In This Together...So Make Some Room Tom Papa 2023 American English
17163 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17163 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17163 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17163 The Tree And The River Aaron Becker 2023 Unknown English
17163 Straw Dogs Of The Universe Ye Chun 2023 Unknown English
17163 The People’s Hospital Ricardo Nuila 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Secret Gate Mitchell Zuckoff 2023 American English
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 7 Hayao Miyazaki 1995 Japanese Japanese
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 6 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17163 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 5 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17163 Judas Jeff Loveness 2018 Unknown English
17163 Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind Molly McGhee 2023 Unknown English
17163 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17163 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17163 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17163 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17163 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17163 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17163 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17163 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17163 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17163 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17163 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17163 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17009 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17163 What Is A Doctor? Dr Phil Whitaker 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17163 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17163 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17163 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17163 Three Body Problem Boxed Set Liu Cixin 2006 Chinese Chinese
17163 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17163 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English