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
4152 Like A Tear In The Ocean Manès Sperber 1961 Unknown German
4887 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
6004 Madame Edwarda Unknown 1941 Unknown French
6004 Quai Des Grands Augustins Jean Rhys 1930 Unknown French
6426 Le Pays Où Tout Est Permis Sophie Podolski 1979 Unknown French
8143 Society Without The Father Unknown 1998 Unknown German
8202 Insomnia Drawings Louise Bourgeois 2000 Unknown English
8549 Coffee Boy Austin Chant 2016 Unknown English
8578 In Thrall Jane DeLynn 1982 Unknown English
8814 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
9052 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9105 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9191 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9191 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9191 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9283 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9575 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9728 Wait Five Minutes Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins 2019 Unknown English
9781 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9781 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9807 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9969 Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran 2022 Unknown English
10014 Qu’elle Aille Au Diable Meryl Streep Rachid El-Daïf 2007 Unknown French
10290 Mandela Et Moi Lewis Nkosi 2009 Unknown French
10393 Sea Of Tranquillity Paul Russell 1994 Unknown English
10610 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
10635 The Country Of The Blind Andrew Leland 2023 Unknown English
10707 Black Folk Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 Unknown English
10709 The Dress Diary Kate Strasdin 2023 Unknown English
10697 The Great Reclamation Rachel Heng 2023 Unknown English
10728 Black Butterflies Priscilla Morris 2022 Unknown English
10779 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10792 Lilas Rouge Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker 2012 Unknown French
10916 Guerre Et Pluie Velibor Čolić 2014 Unknown French
11064 Manila Envelope James Fenton Unknown Unknown
11071 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11082 Tell Them I Said No Martin Herbert 2017 Unknown English
11186 How Did I Get Here Ben Brown Unknown English
11228 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11306 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11313 Bad Art Mother Edwina Preston 2022 Unknown English
11363 Où Sont Ils Maintenant. Anthologie Personnelle Laura Kasischke Unknown French
11363 The Dead Man Unknown Unknown Unknown
11363 The Lantern Bearers Robert Louis Stevenson Unknown Unknown
11363 Échappée Agnès Dargent Unknown Unknown
11363 Évangile Des égarés Georgina Tacou Unknown French
11386 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11498 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11498 The Thirty Names Of Night Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 Unknown English
11513 Le Recensement Des Intellos De Gauche Giacomo Papi 2019 Unknown French
11599 The Dissertation R. M. Koster 1975 Unknown English
11638 On The Calculation Of Volume Ii Solvej Balle 2020 Unknown Danish
11642 Paradise Estate Max Easton 2021 Unknown English
11642 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
11661 No Ashes In The Fire C. L. Moore 2018 Unknown English
11810 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
11848 Of All Sizes Her Boydan Unknown Unknown
11882 Root And Branch Eda Gunaydin 2022 Unknown English
11882 Losing Face George Haddad 2022 Unknown English
11882 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11882 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
12048 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
12063 Strange Pictures Uketsu 2022 Unknown Unknown
12122 Songs For The Dead And The Living Sara M. Saleh 2023 Unknown English
12136 Mandragon R. M. Koster 1979 Unknown English
12165 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12241 Brother Brontë Fernando A. Flores 2023 Unknown English
12383 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12411 Tidelines Sarah Sasson 2024 Unknown English
12411 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
12411 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12411 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12411 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12411 As Good A Woman As Ever Broke Bread Alex McInnis Unknown English
12587 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12794 The Red Star Anthoninthasan Jesuthasan Unknown Unknown
12795 Exit Zero Marie-Helene Bertino 2025 Unknown Unknown
12903 Ilaria, Or The Conquest Of Disobedience Gabriella Zalapi Unknown Unknown
12970 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
12972 Once Was Willem M. R. Carey 2025 Unknown Unknown
12973 Fundamentally Nussaibah Younis 2025 Unknown Unknown
12974 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
12975 Boustany Sami Tamimi 2025 Unknown Unknown
12977 Lessons In Magic And Disaster Charlie Jane Anders 2025 Unknown Unknown
13053 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13129 Peruvali Sukumaran Unknown Unknown
13155 Chaotic Good Isabelle Baafi 2025 Unknown English
13257 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13512 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
14327 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14492 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14730 The Death Of Rex Nhongo C. B. George 2015 Unknown English
14826 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14984 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
14984 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
14984 Of Boys And Men Richard Reeves 2022 Unknown English
14984 Rosarita Anita Desai 2024 Unknown English
14984 Held Anne Michaels 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Vegan Andrew Lipstein 2023 Unknown English
14984 Harold Steven Wright 2023 Unknown English
14984 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
14984 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
14984 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15682 The Human Agenda Roderic Gorney Unknown English
15808 The Family Nina Fedorova 1940 Unknown English
15902 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15902 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
15902 The Exodus Konrad Bercovici 1920 Unknown English
15902 The Tentmaker Julius Berstl 1935 Unknown German
15902 High Are The Mountains Hannah Closs 1945 Unknown English
15902 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15902 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15902 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15902 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15902 The Feud Amelia Bean 1952 Unknown English
16623 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English