The Greatest Unknown 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
4154 Like A Tear In The Ocean Manès Sperber 1961 Unknown German
4889 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
6005 Madame Edwarda Unknown 1941 Unknown French
6005 Quai Des Grands Augustins Jean Rhys 1930 Unknown French
6427 Le Pays Où Tout Est Permis Sophie Podolski 1979 Unknown French
8144 Society Without The Father Unknown 1998 Unknown German
8203 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8552 Coffee Boy Austin Chant 2016 Unknown English
8581 In Thrall Jane DeLynn 1982 Unknown English
8818 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
9055 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9108 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9194 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9194 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9194 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9286 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9578 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9732 Wait Five Minutes Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins 2019 Unknown English
9785 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9785 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9811 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9974 Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran 2022 Unknown English
10019 Qu’elle Aille Au Diable Meryl Streep Rachid El-Daïf 2007 Unknown French
10294 Mandela Et Moi Lewis Nkosi 2009 Unknown French
10397 Sea Of Tranquillity Paul Russell 1994 Unknown English
10613 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
10639 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10711 Black Folk Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 Unknown English
10713 The Dress Diary Kate Strasdin 2023 Unknown English
10701 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
10732 Black Butterflies Priscilla Morris 2022 Unknown English
10783 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10796 Lilas Rouge Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker 2012 Unknown French
10853 Strange Pictures Uketsu 2022 Unknown Unknown
10921 Guerre Et Pluie Velibor Čolić 2014 Unknown French
11068 Manila Envelope James Fenton Unknown Unknown
11075 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11086 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11190 How Did I Get Here Ben Brown Unknown English
11232 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11310 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11317 Bad Art Mother Edwina Preston 2022 Unknown English
11366 Où Sont Ils Maintenant. Anthologie Personnelle Laura Kasischke Unknown French
11366 The Dead Man Unknown Unknown Unknown
11366 The Lantern Bearers Robert Louis Stevenson Unknown Unknown
11366 Échappée Agnès Dargent Unknown Unknown
11366 Évangile Des égarés Georgina Tacou Unknown French
11389 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11500 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11500 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11515 Le Recensement Des Intellos De Gauche Giacomo Papi 2019 Unknown French
11601 The Dissertation R. M. Koster 1975 Unknown English
11640 On The Calculation Of Volume Ii Solvej Balle 2020 Unknown Danish
11644 Paradise Estate Max Easton 2021 Unknown English
11644 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
11663 No Ashes In The Fire C. L. Moore 2018 Unknown English
11812 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11850 Of All Sizes Her Boydan Unknown Unknown
11884 Root And Branch Eda Gunaydin 2022 Unknown English
11884 Losing Face George Haddad 2022 Unknown English
11884 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11884 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
12050 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
12123 Songs For The Dead And The Living Sara M. Saleh 2023 Unknown English
12137 Mandragon R. M. Koster 1979 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12242 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12384 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12412 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12412 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
12412 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12412 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12412 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12412 As Good A Woman As Ever Broke Bread Alex McInnis Unknown English
12588 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12795 The Red Star Anthoninthasan Jesuthasan Unknown Unknown
12796 Exit Zero Marie-Helene Bertino 2025 Unknown Unknown
12904 Ilaria, Or The Conquest Of Disobedience Gabriella Zalapi Unknown Unknown
12972 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
12974 Once Was Willem M. R. Carey 2025 Unknown Unknown
12975 Fundamentally Nussaibah Younis 2025 Unknown Unknown
12976 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
12977 Boustany Sami Tamimi 2025 Unknown Unknown
12979 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13055 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13131 Peruvali Sukumaran Unknown Unknown
13157 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13513 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13600 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13772 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13772 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13886 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
14328 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14493 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14732 The Death Of Rex Nhongo C. B. George 2015 Unknown English
14827 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14986 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14986 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
14986 Of Boys And Men Richard Reeves 2022 Unknown English
14986 Rosarita Anita Desai 2024 Unknown English
14986 Held Anne Michaels 2023 Unknown English
14986 The Vegan Andrew Lipstein 2023 Unknown English
14986 Harold Steven Wright 2023 Unknown English
14986 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
14986 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
14986 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15688 The Human Agenda Roderic Gorney Unknown English
15800 The Family Nina Fedorova 1940 Unknown English
15918 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15918 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
15918 The Exodus Konrad Bercovici 1920 Unknown English
15918 The Tentmaker Julius Berstl 1935 Unknown German
15918 High Are The Mountains Hannah Closs 1945 Unknown English
15918 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15918 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15918 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15918 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15918 The Feud Amelia Bean 1952 Unknown English
16652 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English