The Greatest Books of All Time on Identity

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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
12242 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12249 Sister Citizen Melissa Harris-Perry 2011 American English
12251 Getting In Jennifer Finney Boylan 1998 American English
12251 Needles Andie Dominick 1998 American English
12251 Almost A Woman Esmeralda Santiago 1998 American English
12251 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12291 All Russians Love Birch Trees Olga Grjasnowa 2012 German German
12298 Troublemaker Carla Kaplan 2025 American English
12301 Languages Of Home John Edgar Wideman 2025 American English
12318 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
12323 Worsted Garielle Lutz 2025 American English
12378 Haunted Chuck Palahniuk 2005 American English
12326 The Collected Stories Of Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant 1996 Canadian English
12380 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12385 Selected Poems Rita Dove 1993 American English
12384 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12412 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12412 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
12412 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12412 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12412 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12412 As Good A Woman As Ever Broke Bread Alex McInnis Unknown English
12438 Imani All Mine Connie Rose Porter 1999 American English
12450 Changó, The Biggest Badass Manuel Zapata Olivella 1983 Colombian Spanish
12459 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12474 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12470 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12496 The Mind's I Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett 1981 American English
12496 This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga 2018 Zimbabwean English
12551 Minimosca Gustavo Faverón Patriau 2024 Peruvian Spanish; castilian
12588 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu 2007 American English
12588 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12588 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12588 Sunday You Learn How To Box Bil Wright 2000 American English
12588 Potential Ariel Schrag 2000 American English
12588 Counting Coup Larry Colton 2000 American English
12588 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12657 The Complete Letters Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 2000 Irish English
12657 Collected Poems Geoffrey Hill 2013 British English
12657 Selected Poems Adunis 2000 Syrian Arabic
12657 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12740 Small Country Gaël Faye 2016 French French
12756 Maidenhair Mikhail Shishkin 2005 Russian Russian
12769 Mon Vrai Nom Est Elisabeth Adèle Yon French French
12773 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
12795 The Red Star Anthoninthasan Jesuthasan Unknown Unknown
12796 Exit Zero Marie-Helene Bertino 2025 Unknown Unknown
12834 A Woman's Civil War Cornelia Peake McDonald 1992 American English
12904 Ilaria, Or The Conquest Of Disobedience Gabriella Zalapi Unknown Unknown
12957 Clown Town Mick Herron 2025 British Unknown
12972 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
12973 When We Were Real Daryl Gregory 2025 American Unknown
12974 Once Was Willem M. R. Carey 2025 Unknown Unknown
12975 Fundamentally Nussaibah Younis 2025 Unknown Unknown
12976 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
12977 Boustany Sami Tamimi 2025 Unknown Unknown
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13006 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13050 The Words Of Dr. L Karen E. Bender 2025 American English
13055 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13057 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13061 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13063 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13074 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13075 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13076 Sacrament Susan Straight 2025 American English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13078 Thrilled To Death Lynne Tillman 2025 American English
13093 How To Cook A Coyote Betty Fussell 2025 American English
13102 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13131 Peruvali Sukumaran Unknown Unknown
13104 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13152 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13153 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13157 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13166 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13214 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13220 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13220 10th Grade Joe Weisberg 2002 American English
13220 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13220 One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry 2002 American English
13238 The Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard 1988 British English
13259 The True Account Howard Frank Mosher 2003 American English
13259 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13259 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13259 True Notebooks Mark Salzman 2003 American English
13259 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic
13304 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13306 The Final Reflection John M. Ford 1984 American English
13321 Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh 1981 American English
13321 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13340 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13340 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
13340 Name All The Animals Alison Smith 2004 American English
13340 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13353 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13354 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13362 Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb 1807 British English
13362 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13362 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13362 The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1821 American English
13362 The Duel And Other Stories Anton Chekhov 1891 Russian Russian
13362 The Time Regulation Institute Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1954 Turkish Turkish
13362 The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer 1962 Polish Yiddish
13362 First Love And Other Sorrows Harold Brodkey 1957 American English
13362 The Nowhere City Alison Lurie 1965 American English
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13362 The Spice Box Of Earth Leonard Cohen 1961 Canadian English
13362 The First Folio Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 English Early modern english
13362 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13513 As Simple As Snow Gregory Galloway 2005 American English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13513 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13513 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13513 Jesus Land Julia Scheeres 2005 American English
13513 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13520 Travels with Charley John Steinbeck 1962 American English
13560 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman 1997 American English