The Greatest Books of All Time on Immortality

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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
53 Dracula Bram Stoker 1897 British English
95 Orlando Virginia Woolf 1928 British English
156 Poems of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson 1890 American English
378 Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin 1820 British English
436 El Aleph Jorge Luis Borges 1949 Argentinian Spanish
661 Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice 1976 American English
828 Lost Horizon James Hilton 1933 British English
896 She H. Rider Haggard 1887 British English
1123 The Symposium Plato -385 Greek Ancient greek
1286 The Invention Of Morel Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 Argentinian Spanish
1430 The Wandering Jew Eugène Sue 1844 French French
1647 Phaedo Plato -379 Greek Ancient greek
1793 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1817 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot 2010 American English
1879 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt 1975 American English
2006 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Unknown 900 Japanese Japanese
2494 Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 American English
2820 The Damnation Game Clive Barker 1985 British English
2976 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
2982 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3101 Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart 2010 American English
3119 The Possibility Of An Island Michel Houellebecq 2005 French French
3157 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
3209 Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari 2015 Israeli Hebrew
3304 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
4065 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4257 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4709 Grimus Salman Rushdie 1975 British English
5042 Salome the Wandering Jewess George Vierick, Paul Eldridge 1930 American English
5426 Venus On The Half Shell Philip José Farmer 1975 American English
5914 Egyptian Book Of The Dead Unknown -1550 Egyptian Egyptian (hieroglyphic)
5988 The Eight Katherine Neville 1988 American English
6327 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
6402 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6615 Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds 2000 British English
6808 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
7215 On Sepulchres Ugo Foscolo 1809 Italian Italian
7215 Back To Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1921 Irish English
7838 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7894 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
8340 The Poems Of Li Po Li Po -750 Chinese Classical chinese
9372 Saint Leon William Godwin 1799 British English
9582 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
9719 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
9719 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre 1997 American English
9947 The Book Of Skulls Robert Silverberg 1972 American English
10090 Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1973 American English
10095 The People In The Trees Hanya Yanagihara 2013 American English
10258 Forever Pete Hamill 2002 American English
10797 The Angel Of Pain Brian Stableford 2009 British English
10818 Scythe Neal Shusterman 2016 American English
10893 After Many A Summer Dies The Swan Aldous Huxley 1939 British English
11106 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 American English
11302 The Immortals René Barjavel 1960 French French
11402 Here Gather the Stars Clifford D. Simak 1963 American English
11796 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
13294 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13530 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
13742 Menschen Wie Götter Sergej Snegow 1966 Russian Russian
14074 Pilgrim Timothy Findley 1999 Canadian English
14138 ...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny 1965 American English
14138 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
14936 The City And The Stars Arthur C. Clarke 1956 British English
14983 Ka John Crowley 2017 American English
14983 In The Garden Of Iden Kage Baker 1997 American English
14983 Altered Carbon Richard Morgan 2002 British English
14983 Chasm City Alastair Reynolds 2001 British English
14983 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14983 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
15836 Cities In Flight James Blish 1950 American English
15883 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
16563 Tous Les Hommes Sont Mortels Simone de Beauvoir 1946 French French
16696 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
17114 The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons 1997 American English
17114 Accelerando Charles Stross 2005 British English
17114 Or What You Will Jo Walton 2020 British English
17114 The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh 1995 Indian English
17114 The Reality Dysfunction Peter F. Hamilton 1996 British English
17114 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17114 Ring Around The Sun Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
17114 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 1975 American English
17114 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad 1969 American English
17114 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
17114 The Ophiuchi Hotline John Varley 1977 American English
17114 The Walking Shadow Brian Stableford 1979 British English
17114 Otherland Tad Williams 1996 American English
17114 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17114 The Vampire Diaries L. J. Smith 1991 American English
17114 Daughter Of The Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan 2022 Unknown English
17114 My Soul To Keep Tananarive Due 1997 American English
17114 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17114 Ajin Gamon Sakurai, Tsuina Miura 2012 Japanese Japanese
17114 Darth Plagueis James Luceno 2012 American English
17114 The Postmortal Drew Magary 2011 American English
17114 House Of Suns Alastair Reynolds 2008 British English
17114 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17114 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17114 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17114 Masters Of Death Olivie Blake 2023 Unknown English
17114 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
17114 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
17114 Dracula Jon J. Muth Unknown Unknown
17114 The Necromancer Michael Scott 2010 Irish English
17114 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17114 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17114 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17114 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17114 Children Of Eden Joey Graceffa 2016 American English