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
17120 The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer 2022 British English
17120 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17120 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17120 Elegy For April John Banville 1993 Irish English
17120 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17120 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17120 Far From The Tree Robin Benway 2017 American English
17120 Queer City Peter Ackroyd 2017 British English
17120 James Dean Paul Alexander 1994 Unknown English
17120 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17120 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17120 Homestuck Andrew Hussie 2009 American English
17120 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17120 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17120 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17120 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17120 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17120 Oh, Boy! Babies Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali 1980 Unknown English
17120 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17120 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17120 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17120 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17120 Marked By Fire Joyce Carol Thomas 1982 American English
17120 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17120 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17120 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17120 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17120 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17120 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17120 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17120 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17120 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17120 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17120 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17120 Supergirl Tom King 2021 American English
17120 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17120 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17120 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17120 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17120 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17120 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17120 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17120 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17120 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17120 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17120 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17120 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17120 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17120 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17120 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17120 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
17120 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17120 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17120 Angel & Hannah Ishle Park 2021 Unknown English
17120 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17120 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17120 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17120 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 The Eye Of The Bedlam Bride Matt Dinniman Unknown Unknown
17120 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English
17120 All Things Left Wild James Wade 2020 American English
17120 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17007 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17041 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17120 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17120 Apprentice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17120 Black River Orchard Chuck Wendig 2023 American English
17120 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
16909 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17120 A Taste Of Gold And Iron Ingrid D. Rowland 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17120 Smell Nagabe Unknown Unknown
17120 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17120 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17120 Accomplice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17120 A "Working Life" Eileen Myles 2023 American English
17120 Sonic Life Thurston Moore 2023 American English
17120 Our Secret Society Tanisha Ford 2023 Unknown English
17120 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17120 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17120 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17120 A Northern Wind David Kynaston 2022 Unknown English
17120 Watford Forever Elton John, John Preston Unknown English
17120 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17120 Burning Angel And Other Stories Lawrence Osborne Unknown English
17120 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17120 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17120 Your Wish Is My Command Deena Mohamed 2022 Unknown English
17120 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17120 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17120 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17120 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17120 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17084 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17120 Weirdo Sara Pascoe 2023 British English
17120 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17120 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17120 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17120 Why Women Grow Alice Vincent 2023 Unknown English
17120 Games And Rituals Katherine Heiny 2023 American English
17120 All Sorts Of Lives Claire Harman 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
17120 Arrangements In Blue Amy Key 2023 Unknown English
17120 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17120 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17120 Hekate Nikita Gill 2023 British English
17120 Everything/Nothing/Someone Alice Carrière 2023 Unknown English
17120 Look Alive Out There Sloane Crosley 2018 American English
17120 Charon Docks At Daylight Zoe Reed 2013 Unknown English
17120 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17120 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16968 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
17120 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German