The Greatest Books of All Time on Identity

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
13566 Butterfly Boy Rigoberto González 2006 American English
13566 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13594 A Family Record Patrick Modiano 1977 French French
13599 A Web of Lace Pascal Lainé 1974 French French
13599 Creezy Félicien Marceau 1969 French French
13599 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13599 Live Fast Brigitte Giraud 2022 French French
13599 A Father's Love Jacques Chessex 1973 Swiss French
13599 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
13599 Die Gasse Der Dunklen Läden Patrick Modiano 1978 French French
13599 La Maison Vide Laurent Mauvignier French French
13599 Enemy Force John Antoine Nau 1903 French French
13599 Les Civilisés Claude Farrère 1905 French French
13599 En France Marius-Ary Leblond 1909 French French
13599 The Call Of The Soil Adrien Bertrand 1916 French French
13599 Jerome Maurice Bedel French French
13599 A Man Scans His Past Maurice Constantin-Weyer French French
13599 Faux Passeports Charles Plisnier 1937 Belgian French
13599 The Long Holiday Francis Ambrière 1946 French English
13599 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13599 The Lost Shore Anna Langfus 1962 French French
13599 L'epervier De Maheux Jean Carrière 1972 French French
13599 Momo Émile Ajar French French
13599 Les Flamboyants Patrick Grainville 1976 French French
13599 Cronus' Children Yves Navarre 1980 French French
13599 Anne Marie Lucien Bodard 1981 French French
13599 The Lost Ones Frédérick Tristan 1983 French French
13599 The Wedding Yann Queffélec 1985 French French
13599 Love And Empire Érik Orsenna 1988 French French
13599 Un Grand Pas Vers Le Bon Dieu Jean Vautrin 1989 French French
13599 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13599 Trading Secrets Paule Constant 1998 French French
13599 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13599 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13599 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
13715 The God Of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007 American English
13715 The Headmaster Ritual Taylor Antrim 2007 American English
13715 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13715 What I Was Meg Rosoff 2007 British English
13715 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
13715 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
13730 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
13741 Darconville's Cat Alexander Theroux 1981 American English
13765 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov 1953 American English
13762 Invisible Ink Patrick Modiano 2019 French French
13771 All Souls Christine Schutt 2008 American English
13771 The Flowers Dagoberto Gilb 2008 American English
13771 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13771 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13771 Likewise Ariel Schrag 2008 American English
13771 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
13771 The Sunken Cathedral Kate Walbert 2015 American English
13795 Turnaround Don Carpenter 1981 American English
13817 The Eunuch Of Constantinople Zülfü Livaneli Turkish Unknown
13878 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13885 Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters 2016 American English
13885 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13885 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
13885 Pygmy Chuck Palahniuk 2009 American English
13885 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
13885 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
13922 Dangerous Visions Harlan Ellison 1967 American English
13923 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 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
14327 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14331 Europa Tim Parks 1997 British English
14342 The Circle Dave Eggers 2013 American English
14347 In America Susan Sontag 2000 American English
14368 The Beloved Vagabond William John Locke 1906 British English
14373 Smoke And Steel Carl Sandburg 1920 American English
14385 The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow 1904 American English
14389 The Collected Stories Richard Yates 2001 American English
14404 Blaue Frau Antje Rávik Strubel 2021 German German
14406 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English