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
15898 The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing 1946 American English
15898 The Case Of The Abominable Snowman Nicholas Blake 1941 British English
15898 Childhood, Youth And Exile Alexander Herzen 1852 Russian Russian
15898 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15898 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15898 Father And Son Edmund Gosse 1907 British English
15898 Golden Earth Norman Lewis 1952 British English
15898 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15898 Journal Of Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield 1927 New Zealand English
15898 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15898 A Rose For Winter Laurie Lee 1955 British English
15898 A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain 1880 American English
15898 The Traveller's Tree Patrick Leigh Fermor 1950 British English
15898 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
15898 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15897 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16491 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16492 Random Harvest James Hilton 1941 British English
16574 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16592 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16583 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16532 Roman Wall Bryher 1954 British English
16532 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16517 H.M. Pulham, Esq. John P. Marquand 1941 American English
16528 The Fortunate Pilgrim Mario Puzo 1965 American English
16580 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16582 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16593 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16605 100 Selected Poems E. E. Cummings 1954 American English
16672 L'italia Del Risorgimento Indro Montanelli 1972 Italian Italian
16730 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16799 Schoolgirl Osamu Dazai 1939 Japanese Japanese
16745 Kādambarī Bānabhaṭṭa 650 Indian Sanskrit
16657 Madonna In A Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali 1943 Turkish Turkish
16685 Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1906 Japanese Japanese
16652 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
16614 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
16614 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16710 Sanshirō Natsume Sōseki 1908 Japanese Japanese
16731 Travel Light Naomi Mitchison 1952 British English
16728 Las Confesiones Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 Genevan French
16705 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
16724 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16713 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16599 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
16806 Flotsam Erich Maria Remarque 1939 German German
17120 The Broken Cord Michael Dorris 1989 American English
17120 The Content of Our Character Shelby Steele 1990 American English
17120 Newjack Ted Conover 2000 American English
17120 Becoming a Man Paul Monette 1992 American English
17120 England in Particular Sue Clifford, Angela King 2006 British English
17120 Art and Life in America Oliver W. Larkin 1949 American English
17120 The Uprooted Oscar Handlin 1951 American English
16798 Castaways Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 Spanish Spanish
16948 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17120 People of Paradox Michael Kammen 1972 American English
17120 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat 1995 Haitian English
17120 Liberty's Exiles Maya Jasanoff 2011 American English
17120 Snobbery Joseph Epstein 2002 American English
17120 Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1973 American English
17120 Coming into the Country John McPhee 1977 American English
17120 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17120 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17120 Chesapeake James A. Michener 1978 American English
17120 The Almanac of the Dead Leslie Marmon Silko 1991 American English
17120 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17120 The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston 1995 American English
17120 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17120 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17120 Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching Mychal Denzel Smith 2016 American English
17120 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17120 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17120 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
17120 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17120 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17120 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17120 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17120 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17120 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17120 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17120 Dreamers Yuyi Morales 2018 Mexican English
17120 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17120 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
16854 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
17120 Love And Longing In Bombay Vikram Chandra 1997 Indian English
17120 The Devil's Advocate Morris West 1959 Australian English
17120 Inventing Ourselves Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2018 British English
17120 Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary 2009 American English
17120 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
17120 Meridian Alice Walker 1976 American English
17120 The Selected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni 2003 American English
17120 Directed By Desire June Jordan 2005 American English
17120 African American Music Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby 2006 American English
17120 The Collected Poems Of Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton 1999 American English
17120 Jerusalem Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011 British English
17120 Playing To The Gallery Grayson Perry 2014 British English
17120 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17120 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17120 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17120 The Science Of The Mind Owen J. Flanagan 1984 American English
17120 Queen Bees And Wannabes, 3rd Edition Rosalind Wiseman 2002 American English
17120 The Art Of The Personal Essay Phillip Lopate 1994 American English
17120 Map Wislawa Szymborska 2016 Polish Polish
17120 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17120 The Art Of Shakespeare’s Sonnets Helen Vendler 1997 American English
17120 Last Kingdom Series Bernard Cornwell 2004 British English
17120 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17120 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17120 My Broken Language Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021 American English
17120 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English
17120 Stick Out Your Tongue Ma Jian 1987 Chinese Chinese
17120 Please Don’t Call Me Human Wang Shuo 1991 Chinese Chinese
17120 Ocean Of Words Ha Jin 1996 American English
17120 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17120 Beijing Coma Ma Jian 2008 Chinese Chinese
17120 Wolf Totem Jiang Rong 2004 Chinese Chinese
17120 Happy Dreams Jia Pingwa 2007 Chinese Chinese
17120 The Fat Years Chan Koonchung 2009 Chinese Chinese
17120 Lotus Lijia Zhang 2017 Chinese English
17120 Permafrost Eva Baltasar 2018 Spanish Catalan