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
17171 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17171 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Lost Sons Of Omaha Joe Sexton 2023 Unknown English
17171 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17171 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17171 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17171 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17171 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17171 Easily Slip Into Another World Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards 2023 Unknown English
17171 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17171 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17171 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17171 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17171 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
17171 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
17171 My Father’s Brain Sandeep Jauhar 2023 American English
17171 Gravity And Center Henri Cole 2023 American English
17171 Biting The Hand Julia Lee 2023 Unknown English
17171 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Weeds Katy Simpson Smith 2023 Unknown English
17171 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17171 Girl Juice Benji Nate 2023 Unknown English
17171 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17171 Go Back And Get It Dionne Ford 2023 Unknown English
17171 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Postcard Anne Berest 2023 French French
17171 In The Orchard Eliza Minot 2023 Unknown English
17171 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17171 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17171 Writers And Missionaries Adam Shatz 2023 Unknown English
17171 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17171 Stealing Margaret Verble 2023 American English
17171 Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 American English
17171 To Anyone Who Ever Asks Howard Fishman 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Fawn Magda Szabó 2023 Hungarian Hungarian
17171 Künstlers In Paradise Cathleen Schine 2023 Unknown English
17171 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Best Minds Jonathan Rosen 2023 Unknown English
17171 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17171 Spoiled Anne Mendelson 2023 Unknown Unknown
17171 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17171 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17171 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17171 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17171 Raving McKenzie Wark 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17171 Steady Rollin Fred Noland 2023 Unknown Unknown
17171 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17171 Courting India Nandini Das 2023 Unknown English
17171 Skeletons Deborah Landau 2023 Unknown English
17171 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
17171 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link 2023 American English
17171 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
17171 Siblings Brigitte Reimann 2023 German German
17171 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17171 Spoken Word Joshua Bennett 2023 Unknown English
17171 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17171 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17171 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Absent Moon Luiz Schwarcz 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17171 An Autobiography Of Skin Lakiesha Carr 2023 Unknown English
17171 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17171 The Dog Of The North Elizabeth McKenzie 2023 American English
17171 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17171 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17171 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17171 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17171 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
17171 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17171 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2023 Unknown English
17171 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17171 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17171 Life On Delay John Hendrickson 2023 Unknown English
17171 Brooklyn’s Last Secret Leslie Stein 2023 Unknown English
17171 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
17171 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17171 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17171 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
17171 The Wife Of Bath Marion Turner 2023 Unknown English
17171 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
17171 Why You’ll Never Find The One Sarah Akinterinwa 2023 Unknown English
17171 Skull Water Heinz Insu Fenkl 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Sense Of Wonder Matthew Salesses 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Guest Lecture Martin Riker 2023 Unknown English
17171 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
17171 Pirate Enlightenment David Graeber 2023 Unknown English
17171 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17171 Forbidden Notebook Alba de Céspedes 2023 Italian Italian
17171 Wade In The Water Nyani Nkrumah 2023 Unknown English
17171 Still Pictures Janet Malcolm 2023 American English
17171 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17171 Chrome Valley Mahogany L. Browne 2023 Unknown English
17171 Fair Play Katie Barnes Unknown English
17171 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17171 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 Unknown English
17171 Holding Pattern Jenny Xie 2023 Unknown English
17171 Holler, Child Latoya Watkins 2023 Unknown English
17171 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17171 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17171 Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go Cleo Qian 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Male Gazed Manuel Betancourt 2023 Unknown English
17171 Mott Street Ava Chin 2023 Unknown English
17171 None Of The Above Travis Alabanza 2022 Unknown English
17171 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17171 Owner Of A Lonely Heart Beth Nguyen 2023 Unknown English
17171 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17171 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17171 Thin Skin Jenn Shapland 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Three Of Us Ore Agbaje‑Williams 2023 Unknown English
17171 To Free The Captives Tracy K. Smith 2023 Unknown English
17171 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English