The Greatest Books of All Time on Individualism

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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
14410 Kaspar and Other Plays Peter Handke 1967 Austrian German
14584 Lai Suo Huang Fan 1987 Chinese Chinese
14784 Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
14787 Patterns of Culture Ruth Benedict 1934 American English
14831 Identity Francis Fukuyama 2018 American English
14942 Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut 1952 American English
14984 Shelley Richard Holmes 1974 British English
14984 The Culture Of Narcissism Christopher Lasch 1979 American English
15600 A Few Figs From Thistles Edna St. Vincent Millay 1920 American English
15612 The Greening Of America Charles A. Reich 1970 American English
15748 Fahrenheit 451 Tim Hamilton 1953 American English
15754 The Tree Of Knowledge Pío Baroja 1911 Spanish Spanish
15749 Brave New World Including Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
15801 Collected Poems Edna St. Vincent Millay 1956 American English
15903 Father And Son Edmund Gosse 1907 British English
16580 Schopenhauer As Educator Friedrich Nietzsche 1874 German German
16636 100 Selected Poems E. E. Cummings 1954 American English
16683 The Ethics Of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir 1947 French French
16692 Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1906 Japanese Japanese
17125 Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph L. Rusk 1949 American English
17125 The Americans Daniel J. Boorstin 1973 American English
16958 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
17125 Indignation Philip Roth 2008 American English
16756 The Present Age Soren Kierkegaard 1846 Danish Danish
17125 Liquid Modernity Zygmunt Bauman 2000 Polish English
17125 Sources Of The Self Charles Taylor 1989 Canadian English
17125 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17125 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17125 Why Liberalism Failed Patrick J. Deneen 2018 American English
17125 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
16895 Family Happiness And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1973 Russian Russian
17055 Valentino / Sagittarius Natalia Ginzburg 1957 Italian Italian
16968 What's Wrong With The World G. K. Chesterton 1910 British English
17125 The Cult Of Creativity Samuel W. Franklin 2023 Unknown English
17125 The Portable Veblen Elizabeth Mckenzie 2016 American English
17125 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17125 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
16937 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
17009 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
16983 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
16841 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17125 Stand Firm Svend Brinkmann Danish Danish
16899 The Sorrows Of A Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
17101 The Anarchist Banker Pessoa 1922 Portuguese Portuguese
17125 For Us The Living Bruce Lancaster 1983 Unknown English
16964 1984 george orwell 1948 British English
17125 Goethe Werke 6 Volumes In German Insel Verlag Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German German