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
17168 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17139 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17168 Weirdo Sara Pascoe 2023 British English
17168 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17168 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17168 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17168 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17168 Why Women Grow Alice Vincent 2023 Unknown English
17168 Games And Rituals Katherine Heiny 2023 American English
17168 All Sorts Of Lives Claire Harman 2023 Unknown English
17168 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
17168 Arrangements In Blue Amy Key 2023 Unknown English
17168 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17168 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17168 Hekate Nikita Gill 2023 British English
17168 Everything/Nothing/Someone Alice Carrière 2023 Unknown English
17168 Look Alive Out There Sloane Crosley 2018 American English
17168 Charon Docks At Daylight Zoe Reed 2013 Unknown English
17168 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17168 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16983 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17168 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
17168 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17168 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17168 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17168 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
17168 Coffeeshop In An Alternate Universe C.B. Lee Unknown Unknown
17168 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17168 A Natureza Da Mordida Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17168 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17168 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17168 Russka Edward Rutherfurd 1991 British English
17168 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17168 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle 2005 Canadian English
17168 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17168 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17168 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17168 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17168 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17168 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17168 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17168 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17168 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17168 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17168 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17168 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17168 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17168 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17168 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17084 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17168 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17168 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17168 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17168 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17168 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17168 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17168 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17168 Shadow Wave Robert Muchamore British English
17168 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17168 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17168 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17168 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17168 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17168 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17168 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17168 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17168 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17168 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17168 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17168 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17168 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17168 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17168 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17168 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17168 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17168 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17168 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17168 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17168 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17168 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17168 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17168 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17168 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17168 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17168 Spirit Fighter Jerel Law American Unknown
17168 Earth Girl Janet Edwards Australian English
17168 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17168 The Fires Of Vengeance Evan Winter 2020 Canadian English
17168 Witcher Series 6 Books Set Collection Andrzej Sapkowski 1986 Polish Polish
17168 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17168 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17168 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17168 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17168 Halo Eric S. Nylund 2001 American English
17168 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English
17168 Divided Allegiance Elizabeth Moon 1988 American English
17168 Ireland In The Medieval World, Ad400–1000 Bhreathnach, Edel Irish English
17168 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English
17168 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17168 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Kaoru & Rin Vol. 1 Saka Mikami 2022 Japanese Japanese
17078 Lord Of The Horizon Joan Grant 1969 British English
17168 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17168 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English
17168 The Secret Of The Nagas Amish Tripathi 2011 Indian English
17168 The Oath Of The Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 2013 Indian English
17034 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17168 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17168 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
17168 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17168 To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars Christopher Paolini 2020 American English
17168 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17168 Made For Love Alissa Nutting 2017 American English
17168 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17168 Strange Practice Vivian Shaw 2017 American English
17168 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17168 Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013 American English
17168 A Empregada Freida McFadden 2022 American English
17168 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17168 Blood On The Tracks, Vol. 1 Shuzo Oshimi 2017 Japanese Japanese
17168 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese