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 A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee 2013 American English
17171 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17171 The Portable Veblen Elizabeth Mckenzie 2016 American English
17171 Calling Invisible Women Jeanne Ray 2012 American English
17171 The Best Of Me David Sedaris 2020 American English
17171 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17171 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17171 Hurricane Girl Marcy Dermansky 2022 American English
17171 2 A.M. In Little America Ken Kalfus 2022 American English
17171 Very Nice Marcy Dermansky 2019 American English
17171 There's No Such Thing As An Easy Job Kikuko Tsumura 2015 Japanese Japanese
17171 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17171 Such Sharp Teeth Rachel Harrison 2022 American English
17171 Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough 2017 British English
17171 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17171 You Again Debra Jo Immergut 2020 American English
17171 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17171 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17171 The Lesser Dead Christopher Buehlman 2014 American English
17171 The Forest Of Enchantments Chitra Divakaruni 2019 Indian English
17171 The Cause Joseph Ellis 2021 American English
17171 T. Singer Dag Solstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
17171 The Folded Earth Anuradha roy 2011 Indian English
17171 Bride Of The Tornado James Kennedy Unknown Unknown
17171 Motherland Paula Ramón 2020 Unknown English
17171 A Nobleman’s Guide To Seducing A Scoundrel KJ Charles 2023 British English
17171 Dear Mothman Robin Gow 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Prince And The Coyote David Bowles 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Path To Paradise Sam Wasson 2023 Unknown English
17171 Lucky Dogs Helen Schulman 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17171 The Magic Kingdom Russell Banks 2022 American English
17171 My Notorious Life Kate Manning 2013 American English
17171 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17165 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17171 Savage Beauty Nancy Milford 2001 American English
16940 Herself, Surprised Joyce Cary 1941 British English
17171 Born Victim Hillary Waugh 1962 American English
17171 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17171 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17171 The Diary Of Alice James Alice James 1982 American English
17171 Flesh In The Age Of Reason Roy Porter 2003 British English
17171 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17171 How Like An Angel Margaret Millar 1962 Canadian English
17171 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17171 The Laxian Key Robert Sheckley 1966 American English
17171 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17171 The Naked Heart Peter Gay 1995 American English
17171 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17171 On Fiji Islands Ronald Wright 1986 Canadian English
17171 On The Narrow Road Lesley Downer 2013 Unknown English
17171 Quiet As A Nun Antonia Fraser 1977 British English
17171 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17171 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17171 The Rose At Ten Marco Denevi Unknown Unknown
17171 Take A Girl Like You Kingsley Amis 1960 British English
17171 Víctimas En Fals Sebastien Japrisot French French
17171 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17171 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17171 Where The Jackals Howl And Other Stories Amos Oz 1965 Israeli Hebrew
17171 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English
17171 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17171 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17171 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English
17171 Amy And Isabelle Elizabeth Strout 1998 American English
17171 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17171 The False Prince Leslie Nielsen Unknown Unknown
17171 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
16908 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English
16930 The Grasshopper Anton Chekhov 1892 Russian Russian
17171 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17171 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17171 A World Without Princes Soman Chainani 2014 American English
16964 Moon Rising Tui T. Sutherland 2014 American English
17171 The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland 2012 American English
17171 The Outcasts John Flanagan 2011 Australian English
17171 Die, My Love Ariana Harwicz 2012 Argentinian Spanish
17171 Voyage Of Slaves Brian Jacques 2006 British English
17171 Blended Sharon M. Draper 2018 American English
17171 Decisive Roy Heath Unknown Unknown
17171 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
16965 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
17171 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17171 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Dominick Dunne 1987 American English
17171 Townie Andre Dubus 2011 American English
17171 Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor 2017 American English
17171 Montpelier Parade Karl Geary 2017 Irish English
17171 The Witches Of New York Ami McKay 2016 Canadian English
17171 Girl In Translation Jean Kwok 2010 American English
17171 The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 1978 American English
17171 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17171 American Spy Lauren Wilkinson 2019 Unknown English
17171 Concealed Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2021 Unknown English
17171 The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum Khan 2023 Unknown English
17171 Big Sky Kate Atkinson 2019 British English
17171 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17171 The Undefeated Kwame Alexander 2019 American English
17171 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17171 The Innkeeper's Song Peter S. Beagle 1993 American English
17171 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17171 The Stranger Times Caimh McDonnell 2021 British English
17171 ‎22 Bahnen Caroline Wahl 2022 German German
17171 Beware Of Chicken 4 CasualFarmer Unknown Unknown
17171 Beware Of Chicken 3 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17171 Beware Of Chicken 2 CasualFarmer 2023 Unknown English
17171 Borderland Anna Reid 1997 British English
17171 Alive At The End Of The World Saeed Jones 2022 American English
17135 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17171 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17171 More Letters Of Note Nikki Usher 2019 Unknown English
17171 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17171 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17171 House Of Correction Paul French Unknown Unknown
17171 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17171 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17171 The Book Of Lies Brad Meltzer 2008 American English
17171 Soulsmith Will Wight 2016 American English
17171 Ghostwater Will Wight 2018 American English
17171 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17171 The Lake Of Lost Girls Katherine Greene Unknown Unknown