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
15916 Cimarron Edna Ferber 1929 American English
15916 Children Of God Vardis Fisher 1939 American English
15916 Nightrunners Of Bengal John Masters 1951 British English
15916 Above The Dark Circus Hugh Walpole 1931 British English
15916 The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing 1946 American English
15916 The Case Of The Abominable Snowman Nicholas Blake 1941 British English
15916 Childhood, Youth And Exile Alexander Herzen 1852 Russian Russian
15916 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15916 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15916 Father And Son Edmund Gosse 1907 British English
15916 Golden Earth Norman Lewis 1952 British English
15916 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15916 Journal Of Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield 1927 New Zealand English
15916 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15916 A Rose For Winter Laurie Lee 1955 British English
15916 A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain 1880 American English
15916 The Traveller's Tree Patrick Leigh Fermor 1950 British English
15916 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
15916 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15911 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16507 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16606 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16603 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16551 When The Lion Feeds Wilbur Smith 1964 South African English
16624 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16614 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16553 Roman Wall Bryher 1954 British English
16553 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16547 The Fortunate Pilgrim Mario Puzo 1965 American English
16608 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16618 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16600 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16588 Flotsam Erich Maria Remarque 1939 German German
16627 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English
16611 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16619 The Castle Franz Kafka 1926 German German
16639 100 Selected Poems E. E. Cummings 1954 American English
16714 L'italia Del Risorgimento Indro Montanelli 1972 Italian Italian
16769 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16794 Schoolgirl Osamu Dazai 1939 Japanese Japanese
16785 Kādambarī Bānabhaṭṭa 650 Indian Sanskrit
16689 Madonna In A Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali 1943 Turkish Turkish
16790 A Moth To A Flame Stig Dagerman 1948 Swedish Swedish
16725 Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1906 Japanese Japanese
16781 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16648 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
16648 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16735 Sanshirō Natsume Sōseki 1908 Japanese Japanese
16697 Travel Light Naomi Mitchison 1952 British English
16789 Sun And Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
16680 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
16771 Las Confesiones Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 Genevan French
16738 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
16760 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16732 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16629 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
17165 The Broken Cord Michael Dorris 1989 American English
17165 The Content of Our Character Shelby Steele 1990 American English
17165 Newjack Ted Conover 2000 American English
17165 Becoming a Man Paul Monette 1992 American English
17165 England in Particular Sue Clifford, Angela King 2006 British English
17165 Art and Life in America Oliver W. Larkin 1949 American English
17165 The Uprooted Oscar Handlin 1951 American English
16837 Castaways Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 Spanish Spanish
16991 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17165 People of Paradox Michael Kammen 1972 American English
17165 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat 1995 Haitian English
17165 Liberty's Exiles Maya Jasanoff 2011 American English
17165 Snobbery Joseph Epstein 2002 American English
17165 Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1973 American English
17165 Coming into the Country John McPhee 1977 American English
17165 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17165 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17165 Chesapeake James A. Michener 1978 American English
17165 The Almanac of the Dead Leslie Marmon Silko 1991 American English
17165 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17165 The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston 1995 American English
17165 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17165 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17165 Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching Mychal Denzel Smith 2016 American English
17165 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17165 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17165 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
17165 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17165 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17165 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17165 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17165 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17165 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17165 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17165 Dreamers Yuyi Morales 2018 Mexican English
17165 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17165 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
16896 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
17165 Love And Longing In Bombay Vikram Chandra 1997 Indian English
17165 The Devil's Advocate Morris West 1959 Australian English
17165 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17165 Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary 2009 American English
17165 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
17165 Meridian Alice Walker 1976 American English
17165 The Selected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni 2003 American English
17165 Directed By Desire June Jordan 2005 American English
17165 African American Music Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby 2006 American English
17165 The Collected Poems Of Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton 1999 American English
17165 Jerusalem Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011 British English
17165 Playing To The Gallery Grayson Perry 2014 British English
17165 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17165 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17165 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17165 The Science Of The Mind Owen J. Flanagan 1984 American English
17165 Queen Bees And Wannabes, 3rd Edition Rosalind Wiseman 2002 American English
17165 The Art Of The Personal Essay Phillip Lopate 1994 American English
17165 Map Wislawa Szymborska 2016 Polish Polish
17165 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17165 The Art Of Shakespeare’s Sonnets Helen Vendler 1997 American English
17165 Last Kingdom Series Bernard Cornwell 2004 British English
17165 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17165 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17165 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17165 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English