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
17164 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb 1995 American English
17164 Love, Mom Iliana Xander Unknown Unknown
17164 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17164 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17164 The Silent Girl Tess Gerritsen 2011 American English
17164 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17164 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17164 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17164 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17164 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17164 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17164 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17164 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17164 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17164 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17164 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17164 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17164 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17164 The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer 2022 British English
17164 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17164 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17164 Elegy For April John Banville 1993 Irish English
17164 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17164 The Hunting Accident David Carlson 2017 Unknown English
17164 Far From The Tree Robin Benway 2017 American English
17164 Queer City Peter Ackroyd 2017 British English
17164 James Dean Paul Alexander 1994 Unknown English
17164 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17164 I Fell In Love With Hope Lancali 2022 Unknown English
17164 All That’s Left In The World Erik J. Brown 2022 Unknown English
17164 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17164 Homestuck Andrew Hussie 2009 American English
17164 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17164 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17164 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17164 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17164 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17164 Oh, Boy! Babies Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali 1980 Unknown English
17164 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17164 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17164 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17164 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17164 Marked By Fire Joyce Carol Thomas 1982 American English
17164 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17164 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17164 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17164 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17164 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17164 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17164 A First Time For Everything Dan Santat 2023 American English
17164 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17164 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17164 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17164 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17164 Supergirl Tom King 2021 American English
17164 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17164 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17164 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17164 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17164 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17164 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17164 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17164 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17164 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17164 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17164 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17164 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17164 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17164 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17164 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17164 Modern Russian Poetry Vladimir Markov, Merrill Sparks 1967 Unknown English
17164 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17164 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17164 Angel & Hannah Ishle Park 2021 Unknown English
17164 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17164 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17164 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17164 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17164 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17164 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17164 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17164 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17164 The Eye Of The Bedlam Bride Matt Dinniman Unknown Unknown
17164 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English
17164 All Things Left Wild James Wade 2020 American English
17164 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17012 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17086 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17164 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17164 Apprentice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Black River Orchard Chuck Wendig 2023 American English
17164 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
17164 A Taste Of Gold And Iron Ingrid D. Rowland 2022 Unknown English
17164 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17164 Smell Nagabe Unknown Unknown
17164 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17164 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17164 Accomplice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17164 Vargarna Från Evighetens Skog Karl Ove Knausgård 2021 Norwegian Swedish
17164 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17164 A "Working Life" Eileen Myles 2023 American English
17164 Sonic Life Thurston Moore 2023 American English
17164 Our Secret Society Tanisha Ford 2023 Unknown English
17164 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17164 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17164 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17164 A Northern Wind David Kynaston 2022 Unknown English
17164 Watford Forever Elton John, John Preston Unknown English
17164 Matrescence Lucy Jones 2023 Unknown English
17164 Burning Angel And Other Stories Lawrence Osborne Unknown English
17164 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17164 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17164 Your Wish Is My Command Deena Mohamed 2022 Unknown English
17164 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17164 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17164 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17164 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17164 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17157 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17164 Weirdo Sara Pascoe 2023 British English