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
12241 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12248 Sister Citizen Melissa Harris-Perry 2011 American English
12250 Getting In Jennifer Finney Boylan 1998 American English
12250 Needles Andie Dominick 1998 American English
12250 Almost A Woman Esmeralda Santiago 1998 American English
12250 Beautiful People Simon Doonan 2005 British English
12290 All Russians Love Birch Trees Olga Grjasnowa 2012 German German
12297 Troublemaker Carla Kaplan 2025 American English
12300 Languages Of Home John Edgar Wideman 2025 American English
12321 Worsted Garielle Lutz 2025 American English
12376 Haunted Chuck Palahniuk 2005 American English
12324 The Collected Stories Of Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant 1996 Canadian English
12378 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12383 Selected Poems Rita Dove 1993 American English
12382 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12410 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12410 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
12410 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12410 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12410 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12410 As Good A Woman As Ever Broke Bread Alex McInnis Unknown English
12436 Imani All Mine Connie Rose Porter 1999 American English
12448 Changó, The Biggest Badass Manuel Zapata Olivella 1983 Colombian Spanish
12457 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12472 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12468 Figuring Maria Popova 2019 American English
12494 The Mind's I Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett 1981 American English
12494 This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga 2018 Zimbabwean English
12549 Minimosca Gustavo Faverón Patriau 2024 Peruvian Spanish; castilian
12586 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu 2007 American English
12586 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12586 How All This Started Pete Fromm 2000 American English
12586 Sunday You Learn How To Box Bil Wright 2000 American English
12586 Potential Ariel Schrag 2000 American English
12586 Counting Coup Larry Colton 2000 American English
12586 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12655 The Complete Letters Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 2000 Irish English
12655 Collected Poems Geoffrey Hill 2013 British English
12655 Selected Poems Adunis 2000 Syrian Arabic
12655 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12738 Small Country Gaël Faye 2016 French French
12754 Maidenhair Mikhail Shishkin 2005 Russian Russian
12767 Mon Vrai Nom Est Elisabeth Adèle Yon French French
12771 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
12793 The Red Star Anthoninthasan Jesuthasan Unknown Unknown
12794 Exit Zero Marie-Helene Bertino 2025 Unknown Unknown
12832 A Woman's Civil War Cornelia Peake McDonald 1992 American English
12902 Ilaria, Or The Conquest Of Disobedience Gabriella Zalapi Unknown Unknown
12954 Clown Town Mick Herron 2025 British Unknown
12969 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
12970 When We Were Real Daryl Gregory 2025 American Unknown
12971 Once Was Willem M. R. Carey 2025 Unknown Unknown
12972 Fundamentally Nussaibah Younis 2025 Unknown Unknown
12973 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
12974 Boustany Sami Tamimi 2025 Unknown Unknown
12976 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13003 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13047 The Words Of Dr. L Karen E. Bender 2025 American English
13052 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13054 Sons And Daughters Chaim Grade 2025 American Yiddish
13058 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13060 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13071 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13072 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13073 Sacrament Susan Straight 2025 American English
13074 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13075 Thrilled To Death Lynne Tillman 2025 American English
13090 How To Cook A Coyote Betty Fussell 2025 American English
13099 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13128 Peruvali Sukumaran Unknown Unknown
13101 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13149 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13150 The New Carthaginians Nick Makoha 2025 Ugandan English
13154 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13163 This Is Who I Am Rashmi Sirdeshpande 2025 British English
13211 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
13217 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13217 10th Grade Joe Weisberg 2002 American English
13217 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13217 One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry 2002 American English
13235 The Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard 1988 British English
13256 The True Account Howard Frank Mosher 2003 American English
13256 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13256 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13256 True Notebooks Mark Salzman 2003 American English
13256 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic
13301 Maze Of Blood Marly Youmans 2015 American English
13303 The Final Reflection John M. Ford 1984 American English
13318 Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh 1981 American English
13318 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
13318 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13337 Candyfreak Steve Almond 2004 American English
13337 Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks 2011 Australian English
13337 Name All The Animals Alison Smith 2004 American English
13337 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13350 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13351 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13359 Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb 1807 British English
13359 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13359 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13359 The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1821 American English
13359 The Duel And Other Stories Anton Chekhov 1891 Russian Russian
13359 The Time Regulation Institute Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1954 Turkish Turkish
13359 The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer 1962 Polish Yiddish
13359 First Love And Other Sorrows Harold Brodkey 1957 American English
13359 The Nowhere City Alison Lurie 1965 American English
13359 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13359 The Spice Box Of Earth Leonard Cohen 1961 Canadian English
13359 The First Folio Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 English Early modern english
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13511 As Simple As Snow Gregory Galloway 2005 American English
13511 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13511 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13511 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13511 Jesus Land Julia Scheeres 2005 American English
13511 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
13518 Travels with Charley John Steinbeck 1962 American English
13559 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman 1997 American English
13566 Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2006 American English