The Greatest Books of All Time on Isolation

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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
14983 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
14983 Treacle Walker Alan Garner 2023 British English
14983 Evening Edged In Gold Arno Schmidt 1975 German German
14983 Siete Casas Vacías Samanta Schweblin 2015 Argentinian Spanish
15559 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15634 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15659 The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway 1972 American English
15676 Silent Island Su Wei-chen 2021 Chinese Unknown
15678 The Hainish Novels And Stories Ursula K. Le Guin 2017 American English
15705 Early Plays Eugene O'Neill 1932 American English
15742 Selected Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1903 Russian Russian
15775 Marcovaldo Italo Calvino 1963 Italian Italian
15777 The Morning Is Near Us Susan Glaspell 1940 American English
15817 Children Of The Atom Wilmar H. Shiras 1953 American English
15864 In the Land of White Death Valerian Albanov 1917 Russian Russian
15837 Cities In Flight James Blish 1950 American English
15867 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
16494 Journey Without Maps Graham Greene 1936 British English
15897 One Man's Meat E. B. White 1942 American English
16503 The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Evelyn Waugh 1957 British English
16502 The Machine Stops E. M. Forster 1909 British English
15897 Happy Days Samuel Beckett 1961 French English
15895 The Dumb Waiter Harold Pinter 1957 British English
16497 The Zoo Story Edward Albee 1958 American English
15897 A Fortunate Man John Berger 1967 American English
15897 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15897 Ending Up Kingsley Amis 1974 British English
15897 Evening Descends Upon The Hills Anna Maria Ortese 1961 Italian Italian
15897 The Confessions Of A Beachcomber E J Banfield 1908 Australian English
15897 We Of The Never Never Mrs Aeneas Gunn 1908 Australian English
15897 My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren 1926 Australian English
15897 10,000 Light Years From Home James Tiptree Jr. 1973 American English
15897 The Sands Of Windee Arthur William Upfield 1931 Australian English
15897 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White 1936 British English
16498 O Sonho De Um Homem Ridículo Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 Russian Russian
15897 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15897 Above The Dark Circus Hugh Walpole 1931 British English
15897 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15897 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15897 Journal Of Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield 1927 New Zealand English
15897 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15897 A Pin To See The Peepshow F. Tennyson Jesse 1934 British English
15897 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
15897 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15896 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16522 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16572 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16569 The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster Richard Brautigan 1968 American English
16594 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16530 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16527 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16710 Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex Owen Chase 1821 American English
16715 The Verge Susan Glaspell 1921 American English
16677 Orphans Of The Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1941 American English
16684 The Colour Out Of Space H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
16744 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
16728 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16699 The Peregrine J. A. Baker 1967 British English
16747 Schoolgirl Osamu Dazai 1939 Japanese Japanese
16657 Madonna In A Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali 1943 Turkish Turkish
16670 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
16756 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16705 Sanshirō Natsume Sōseki 1908 Japanese Japanese
17117 Postcards Annie Proulx 1992 American English
17117 Herman Melville Newton Arvin 1950 American English
17117 Becoming a Man Paul Monette 1992 American English
17117 Silver City Maurice Leitch 1976 Irish English
17117 The Comforts of Madness Paul Sayer 1988 British English
17117 Stranger in the Forest Eric Hansen 1988 American English
17117 Adrift Steven Callahan 1986 American English
17117 The Fearful Void Geoffrey Moorhouse 1974 British English
17117 Minus 148 Art Davidson 1969 American English
17117 Terra Incognita Sara Wheeler 1996 British English
16947 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17117 The Epicure's Lament Kate Christensen 2004 American English
17117 The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus 1995 American English
17117 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17117 The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy 1972 American English
17117 Coming into the Country John McPhee 1977 American English
17117 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17117 Christy Catherine Marshall 1967 American English
17117 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17117 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17117 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17117 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17117 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17117 Coming Rain Stephen Daisley 2015 Australian English
17117 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17117 A Spell Of Winter Helen Dunmore 1995 British English
17117 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
17117 Foreigner C. J. Cherryh 1994 American English
17117 Starfish Peter Watts 1999 Canadian English
17117 Baumgartner’s Bombay Anita Desai 1988 Indian English
17117 Adam's Breed Radclyffe Hall 1926 British English
17117 Tales From Bective Bridge Mary Lavin 1942 Irish English
17117 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17117 The Gasteropod Maggie Ross 1968 Unknown Unknown
17117 Darkness Visible William Golding 1979 British English
17117 Sacred Country Rose Tremain 1992 British English
17117 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17117 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17117 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17117 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17117 The Murderer Roy Heath 1978 Guyanese English
17117 Reading Turgenev William Trevor 1991 Irish English
17117 Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978 American Unknown
17117 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17117 The Aliens Annie Baker 2010 American English
16972 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
17117 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17117 Dancing At Lughnasa Brian Friel 1990 Irish English
17117 Fefu And Her Friends María Irene Fornés 1977 American English
17117 I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe 2004 American English
17117 The Fire Dwellers Margaret Laurence 1969 Canadian English
17117 The Weight Of Water Anita Shreve 1997 American English
17117 The Silent Land Graham Joyce 2010 British English
17117 Submergence J. M. Ledgard 2011 British English
17117 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17117 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17117 The Moment Of Eclipse Brian Aldiss 1970 British English