The Greatest Books of All Time on Interpersonal Relations

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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
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
28 Middlemarch George Eliot 1871 British English
71 The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 1881 American English
196 An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 1925 American English
250 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
261 Wings of the Dove Henry James 1902 American English
402 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel 2009 British English
469 The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain 1934 American English
486 Adam Bede George Eliot 1859 British English
490 Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 1911 American English
641 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding 1996 British English
676 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 British English
700 Tales of the City Armistead Maupin 1978 American English
705 Breakfast at Tiffany's Truman Capote 1958 American English
968 The Heat of the Day Elizabeth Bowen 1949 British English
1035 The Bostonians Henry James 1886 American English
1095 The Swimming-Pool Library Alan Hollinghurst 1988 British English
1154 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever 1957 American English
1456 Flights Olga Tokarczuk 2007 Polish Polish
1520 The Slaves of Solitude Patrick Hamilton 1947 British English
2207 Waiting Ha Jin 1999 Chinese English
2274 A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles 2016 American English
2337 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2806 Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 2015 American English
2921 The Progress of Love Alice Munro 1986 Canadian English
3324 Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry Eliza Haywood 1719 British English
4069 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
5250 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5490 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
6290 Out Of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 2010 American English
6528 The Hating Game Sally Thorne 2016 Australian English
7811 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
8074 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8443 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
9070 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9967 Winner Of The National Book Award Jincy Willett 2003 American English
10084 Habibi Craig Thompson 2011 American English
10159 December Bride Sam Hanna Bell 1951 British English
10457 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
11222 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English
11478 The Real Charlotte Edith Somerville, Violet Florence Martin 1894 Irish English
11584 Ghostwritten David Mitchell 1999 British English
11676 Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips 2019 American English
11676 Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It Maile Meloy 2009 American English
12268 The Golden Gate Vikram Seth 1986 Indian English
13574 The Spoils of Poynton Henry James 1897 American English
13722 The Mandelbaum Gate Muriel Spark 1965 British English
15010 A Home at the End of the World Michael Cunningham 1990 American English
15010 Property Valerie Martin 2003 American English
17113 An American Dream Norman Mailer 1965 American English