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 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17120 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17120 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
17120 Coffeeshop In An Alternate Universe C.B. Lee Unknown Unknown
17120 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 A Natureza Da Mordida Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17120 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17120 A New Earth Eckhart Tolle 2005 Canadian English
17120 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17120 Awakening The Dreamer Philip M. M. Bromberg 2006 American English
17120 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17120 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17120 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17120 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17120 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17120 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English
17120 A Bird In Winter Louise Doughty 2023 British English
17120 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17120 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17120 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17120 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17120 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17012 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17120 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17120 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17120 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17120 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17120 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17120 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17120 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17120 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17120 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17120 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17120 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17120 Futureface Alex Wagner 2018 American English
17120 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17120 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17120 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17120 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17120 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17120 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17120 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17120 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17120 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17120 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17120 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17120 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17120 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17120 Humans Brandon Stanton 2020 American English
17120 Humans Of New York Brandon Stanton 2015 American English
17120 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17120 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17120 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17120 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17120 Spirit Fighter Jerel Law American Unknown
17120 Earth Girl Janet Edwards Australian English
17120 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17120 Witcher Series 6 Books Set Collection Andrzej Sapkowski 1986 Polish Polish
17120 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17120 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17120 The Immaculate Void Brian Hodge American English
17120 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17120 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English
17120 Divided Allegiance Elizabeth Moon 1988 American English
17120 Ireland In The Medieval World, Ad400–1000 Bhreathnach, Edel Irish English
17120 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English
17120 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Kaoru & Rin Vol. 1 Saka Mikami 2022 Japanese Japanese
17040 Lord Of The Horizon Joan Grant 1969 British English
17120 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17120 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English
17120 The Secret Of The Nagas Amish Tripathi 2011 Indian English
17120 The Oath Of The Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 2013 Indian English
17036 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17120 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17120 How To Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17120 To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars Christopher Paolini 2020 American English
17120 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17120 Made For Love Alissa Nutting 2017 American English
17120 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17120 Strange Practice Vivian Shaw 2017 American English
17120 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17120 Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013 American English
17120 A Empregada Freida McFadden 2022 American English
17120 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17120 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese
17120 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17120 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17120 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
16840 The Heart Of A Dog Mikhail Bulgakov 1925 Russian Russian
17120 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17120 Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire Drusilla Dunjee Houston 1985 American English
17120 Scott Pilgrim The Complete Series Bryan Lee O'Malley 2010 Canadian English
17120 The Dalemark Quartet Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17120 Year Of The King Antony Sher 1985 British English
17120 A Cabeça Do Santo Socorro Acioli 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 Call Me Irresistible Susan Elizabeth Phillips American English
17120 Mistborn Trilogy Tpb Boxed Set Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17120 Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 American English
17120 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
16836 Portrait Of A Lady Henrey James 1881 American English
17120 Doctor Who Russell T. Davies 1996 British Unknown
17120 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Anne Brasheres 2001 American English
17120 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17120 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English
17120 The Half Drowned King Linnea Hartsuyker 2017 American English
17120 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17120 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English
17120 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17120 God And The Chip Stahl, William A. 1999 American English
17120 East Of Eden & Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck American Unknown
16856 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17120 All That Man Is Szalay, David 2016 British English
17120 All The Bright Places Jennifer Niven 2015 American English