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
13567 Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2006 American English
13567 Butterfly Boy Rigoberto González 2006 American English
13567 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13595 A Family Record Patrick Modiano 1977 French French
13600 A Web of Lace Pascal Lainé 1974 French French
13600 Creezy Félicien Marceau 1969 French French
13600 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13600 Live Fast Brigitte Giraud 2022 French French
13600 A Father's Love Jacques Chessex 1973 Swiss French
13600 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
13600 Die Gasse Der Dunklen Läden Patrick Modiano 1978 French French
13600 La Maison Vide Laurent Mauvignier French French
13600 Enemy Force John Antoine Nau 1903 French French
13600 Les Civilisés Claude Farrère 1905 French French
13600 En France Marius-Ary Leblond 1909 French French
13600 The Call Of The Soil Adrien Bertrand 1916 French French
13600 Jerome Maurice Bedel French French
13600 A Man Scans His Past Maurice Constantin-Weyer French French
13600 Faux Passeports Charles Plisnier 1937 Belgian French
13600 The Long Holiday Francis Ambrière 1946 French English
13600 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13600 The Lost Shore Anna Langfus 1962 French French
13600 L'epervier De Maheux Jean Carrière 1972 French French
13600 Momo Émile Ajar French French
13600 Les Flamboyants Patrick Grainville 1976 French French
13600 Cronus' Children Yves Navarre 1980 French French
13600 Anne Marie Lucien Bodard 1981 French French
13600 The Lost Ones Frédérick Tristan 1983 French French
13600 The Wedding Yann Queffélec 1985 French French
13600 Love And Empire Érik Orsenna 1988 French French
13600 Un Grand Pas Vers Le Bon Dieu Jean Vautrin 1989 French French
13600 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13600 Trading Secrets Paule Constant 1998 French French
13600 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13600 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13600 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
13716 The God Of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007 American English
13716 The Headmaster Ritual Taylor Antrim 2007 American English
13716 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13716 What I Was Meg Rosoff 2007 British English
13716 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
13716 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
13731 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13742 Darconville's Cat Alexander Theroux 1981 American English
13766 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov 1953 American English
13764 Invisible Ink Patrick Modiano 2019 French French
13772 All Souls Christine Schutt 2008 American English
13772 The Flowers Dagoberto Gilb 2008 American English
13772 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13772 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13772 Likewise Ariel Schrag 2008 American English
13772 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
13772 The Sunken Cathedral Kate Walbert 2015 American English
13796 Turnaround Don Carpenter 1981 American English
13818 The Eunuch Of Constantinople Zülfü Livaneli Turkish Unknown
13879 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13886 Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters 2016 American English
13886 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13886 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
13886 Pygmy Chuck Palahniuk 2009 American English
13886 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
13886 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
13922 Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 American English
13941 The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon 2001 American English
13941 London Peter Ackroyd 2000 British English
13941 A Tale For The Time Being Ruth Ozeki 2013 American English
13940 Daylight Saving Edward Hogan 2012 British English
13971 Hotel World Ali Smith 2001 British English
13971 Anthill E. O. Wilson 2010 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
13986 I'm Dying Laughing Christina Stead 1986 Australian English
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
13971 Book Of Mutter Kate Zambreno 2017 American English
14001 A Chronicle Of Ancient Sunlight Henry Williamson 1951 British English
14011 The Life And Times Of Little Richard Charles White 1984 British English
14011 The Houseguest Thomas Berger 1988 American English
14011 Emperor Of The Air Ethan Canin 1988 American English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14025 Miss New India Bharati Mukherjee 2011 American English
14025 My New American Life Francine Prose 2011 American English
14025 Pigeon English Stephen Kelman 2011 British English
14025 Ardency Kevin Young 2011 American English
14025 Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq 2018 Canadian English
14041 Durcheinandertal Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1989 Swiss German
14051 Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver 1993 American English
14056 Sybil Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 American English
14077 Kavanagh Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1849 American English
14078 Ordinary Girls Jaquira Díaz 2019 American English
14089 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
14107 Sa Aking Henerasyon Kerima Lorena Tariman Filipino Filipino
14107 Kulto Ni Santiago Kristian Cordero Filipino Filipino
14107 The Game That Ended Us Fe Esperanza Trampe Filipino Filipino
14122 The Mask Of Apollo Mary Renault 1966 British English
14132 Brown Girl, Brownstones Paule Marshall 1959 American English
14138 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer 2002 Canadian English
14160 The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come John Fox Jr. 1903 American English
14207 Planet Of The Apes Pierre Boulle 1963 French French
14212 Ender's War Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
14232 The Damned Utd David Peace 2006 British English
14232 Hunger of Memory Richard Rodriguez 1982 American English
14230 The King Must Die Mary Renault 1958 British English
14232 The Clash of Civilizations Samuel P. Huntington 1996 American English
14232 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
14232 We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2014 Nigerian English
14232 Disoriental Négar Djavadi 2016 French French
14232 View With A Grain Of Sand Wislawa Szymborska 1995 Polish Polish
14232 Last Night At The Telegraph Club Malinda Lo 2021 American English
14232 Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan 2000 American English
14232 Where Is The Green Sheep? Mem Fox 2004 Australian English
14328 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14332 Europa Tim Parks 1997 British English
14343 The Circle Dave Eggers 2013 American English
14348 In America Susan Sontag 2000 American English
14369 The Beloved Vagabond William John Locke 1906 British English
14374 Smoke And Steel Carl Sandburg 1920 American English
14386 The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow 1904 American English
14390 The Collected Stories Richard Yates 2001 American English
14405 Blaue Frau Antje Rávik Strubel 2021 German German
14407 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English