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
17117 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever James Tiptree Jr. 1990 American English
17117 Our Final Century Martin Rees 2003 British English
17117 The Social Conquest Of Earth E. O. Wilson 2012 American English
17117 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17117 Beirut Nightmares Ghada Samman 1977 Syrian Arabic
17117 The Lodging House Khairy Shalaby 1999 Egyptian Arabic
17117 Rubaiyyat Bahari Mohamed Gibreel Unknown Unknown
17117 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17117 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17117 The Days Of Ashes Mohammad Ezzeddine Tazi 1982 Moroccan Unknown
17117 The Flowers Of War Yan Geling 2006 Chinese Chinese
17117 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17117 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17117 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17117 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17117 Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson 2015 American English
17117 Fox 8 George Saunders 2013 American English
17117 The Dog Stars Peter Heller 2012 American English
17117 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17117 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
17117 What Technology Wants Kevin Kelly 2010 American English
16871 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
16956 Buddha Osamu Tezuka 1972 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17117 Hansen’s Children Ognjen Spahić 2004 Montenegrin Montenegrin
17117 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17117 The Day The World Came To Town Jim DeFede 2002 American English
17117 The Twelve Justin Cronin 2012 American English
17117 Lights Out Navessa Allen Unknown Unknown
17117 Life As No One Knows It Sara Imari Walker 2024 Unknown English
17117 Cosmic Connections Charles Taylor 2024 Unknown English
17117 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17117 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17117 It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Robert Fulghum 1989 American English
17117 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17117 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17117 Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman 2023 Unknown English
17080 Pied Piper Nevil Shute 1942 British English
17117 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17117 Out Of Mesopotamia Salar Abdoh 2020 Iranian English
16793 Yama Aleksandr Kuprin 1909 Russian Russian
17117 Daybreak In Gaza Mahmoud Muna, Matthew Teller Unknown English
17117 If Cats Disappeared From The World Genki Kawamura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Future Naomi Alderman British Unknown
17117 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers 2019 American English
17117 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
17117 The Ecological Thought Timothy Morton 2010 British English
17117 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 3 Hayao Miyazaki 1984 Japanese Japanese
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 4 Hayao Miyazaki 1990 Japanese Japanese
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 2 Hayao Miyazaki 1983 Japanese Japanese
17117 An Elemental Thing Eliot Weinberger 2007 American English
17117 Intelligence And Spirit Reza Negarestani 2018 Unknown English
16921 Dievų Miškas Balys Sruoga 1957 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17117 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
16764 And Walk In Love Henrietta Buckmaster 1956 American English
17117 Man Of Nazareth Anthony Burgess 1979 British English
17117 Destiny Of Fire Zoe Oldenbourg 1960 French English
17117 Cities Of The Flesh Zoe Oldenbourg 1961 French French
17117 Surveyor Turman Nelson Unknown Unknown
17117 When The War Is Over Stephen Becker 1968 Unknown English
17117 The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika Lennart Hagerfors 1992 Swedish Swedish
17117 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17117 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17117 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17117 Archangel Andrea Barrett 2013 American English
17117 The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 2023 American English
17117 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17117 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17117 Ice Amy Brady 2023 Unknown English
17117 Astrotopia Mary-Jane Rubenstein 2023 Unknown English
17117 Artificial Amy Kurzweil 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Burning Of The World Scott W. Berg 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17117 How To Be Adam Nicolson 2023 British English
17117 The Philosopher Of Palo Alto John Tinnell 2023 Unknown English
17117 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17117 Tiger Work Ben Okri 2023 British English
17117 We’re All In This Together...So Make Some Room Tom Papa 2023 American English
17117 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17117 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Nature Book Tom Comitta 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17117 The Tree And The River Aaron Becker 2023 Unknown English
17117 Straw Dogs Of The Universe Ye Chun 2023 Unknown English
17117 The People’s Hospital Ricardo Nuila 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Secret Gate Mitchell Zuckoff 2023 American English
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 7 Hayao Miyazaki 1995 Japanese Japanese
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 6 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17117 Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, Vol. 5 Hayao Miyazaki 1994 Japanese Japanese
17117 Judas Jeff Loveness 2018 Unknown English
17117 Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind Molly McGhee 2023 Unknown English
17117 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17117 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17117 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17117 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17117 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17117 Caballo De Troya J.J. Benítez 1984 Spanish Spanish
17117 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17117 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17117 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17117 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17117 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17117 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
16986 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17117 What Is A Doctor? Dr Phil Whitaker 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17117 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17117 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17117 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17117 Three Body Problem Boxed Set Liu Cixin 2006 Chinese Chinese
17117 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17117 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English