The Greatest Books of All Time on Individuality

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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
293 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
912 The Making of Americans Gertrude Stein 1925 American English
919 The Poems Of Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerald Manley Hopkins 1918 British English
1055 Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf 1936 American English
1332 One, No One and One Hundred Thousand Luigi Pirandello 1926 Italian Italian
1799 The Giver Lois Lowry 1993 American English
2649 Gemini Michel Tournier 1975 French French
4414 Norma Vladimir Sorokin 1970 Russian Russian
6737 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean 2001 American English
7670 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7931 Four Essays On Liberty Isaiah Berlin 1969 British English
8625 Stargirl Jerry Spinelli 2000 American English
14411 Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1955 American English
14985 Olivia Ian Falconer 2000 American English
15740 Deliver Us From Love Suzanne Brogger 1976 Danish Danish
15753 Brave New World Including Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
15916 Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku Watsuji Tetsuro 1937 Japanese Japanese
15916 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
15916 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
17163 Totto Chan, The Little Girl At The Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17163 Shrek! William Steig 1990 American English
17163 The Unwanteds Lisa McMann 2011 American English
17163 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17163 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
16983 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
17163 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17010 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
16964 1984 george orwell 1948 British English