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
14985 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
14985 Treacle Walker Alan Garner 2023 British English
14985 Evening Edged In Gold Arno Schmidt 1975 German German
14985 Siete Casas Vacías Samanta Schweblin 2015 Argentinian Spanish
15567 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15642 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15667 The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway 1972 American English
15684 Silent Island Su Wei-chen 2021 Chinese Unknown
15686 The Hainish Novels And Stories Ursula K. Le Guin 2017 American English
15713 Early Plays Eugene O'Neill 1932 American English
15750 Selected Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1903 Russian Russian
15794 Marcovaldo Italo Calvino 1963 Italian Italian
15775 The Morning Is Near Us Susan Glaspell 1940 American English
15832 Children Of The Atom Wilmar H. Shiras 1953 American English
15881 In the Land of White Death Valerian Albanov 1917 Russian Russian
15848 Cities In Flight James Blish 1950 American English
15876 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
16511 Journey Without Maps Graham Greene 1936 British English
15916 One Man's Meat E. B. White 1942 American English
16524 The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold Evelyn Waugh 1957 British English
16517 The Machine Stops E. M. Forster 1909 British English
15916 Happy Days Samuel Beckett 1961 French English
15913 The Dumb Waiter Harold Pinter 1957 British English
16519 The Zoo Story Edward Albee 1958 American English
15916 A Fortunate Man John Berger 1967 American English
15916 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15916 Ending Up Kingsley Amis 1974 British English
15916 Evening Descends Upon The Hills Anna Maria Ortese 1961 Italian Italian
15916 The Confessions Of A Beachcomber E J Banfield 1908 Australian English
15916 We Of The Never Never Mrs Aeneas Gunn 1908 Australian English
15916 My Crowded Solitude Jack McLaren 1926 Australian English
15916 10,000 Light Years From Home James Tiptree Jr. 1973 American English
15916 The Sands Of Windee Arthur William Upfield 1931 Australian English
15916 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White 1936 British English
16516 O Sonho De Um Homem Ridículo Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 Russian Russian
15916 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15916 Above The Dark Circus Hugh Walpole 1931 British English
15916 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15916 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15916 Journal Of Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield 1927 New Zealand English
15916 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15916 A Pin To See The Peepshow F. Tennyson Jesse 1934 British English
15916 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
15916 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15912 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
15892 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16543 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16604 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16598 The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster Richard Brautigan 1968 American English
16624 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16549 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16619 The Castle Franz Kafka 1926 German German
16744 Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex Owen Chase 1821 American English
16748 The Verge Susan Glaspell 1921 American English
16714 Orphans Of The Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1941 American English
16726 The Colour Out Of Space H. P. Lovecraft 1927 American English
16780 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
16764 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16734 The Peregrine J. A. Baker 1967 British English
16695 Madonna In A Fur Coat Sabahattin Ali 1943 Turkish Turkish
16706 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
16794 A Moth To A Flame Stig Dagerman 1948 Swedish Swedish
16772 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16741 Sanshirō Natsume Sōseki 1908 Japanese Japanese
16776 De Dødes Tjern André Bjerke 1942 Norwegian Norwegian
17162 Postcards Annie Proulx 1992 American English
17162 Herman Melville Newton Arvin 1950 American English
17162 Becoming a Man Paul Monette 1992 American English
17162 Silver City Maurice Leitch 1976 Irish English
17162 The Comforts of Madness Paul Sayer 1988 British English
17162 Stranger in the Forest Eric Hansen 1988 American English
17162 Adrift Steven Callahan 1986 American English
17162 The Fearful Void Geoffrey Moorhouse 1974 British English
17162 Minus 148 Art Davidson 1969 American English
17162 Terra Incognita Sara Wheeler 1996 British English
16987 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17162 The Epicure's Lament Kate Christensen 2004 American English
17162 The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus 1995 American English
17162 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17162 The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy 1972 American English
17162 Coming into the Country John McPhee 1977 American English
17162 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17162 Christy Catherine Marshall 1967 American English
17162 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17162 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17162 Dark Eden Chris Beckett 2012 British English
17162 Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles 2021 Scottish Orcadian
17162 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17162 Coming Rain Stephen Daisley 2015 Australian English
17162 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17162 A Spell Of Winter Helen Dunmore 1995 British English
17162 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
17162 Foreigner C. J. Cherryh 1994 American English
17162 Starfish Peter Watts 1999 Canadian English
17162 Baumgartner’s Bombay Anita Desai 1988 Indian English
17162 Adam's Breed Radclyffe Hall 1926 British English
17162 Tales From Bective Bridge Mary Lavin 1942 Irish English
17162 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17162 The Gasteropod Maggie Ross 1968 Unknown Unknown
17162 Darkness Visible William Golding 1979 British English
17162 Sacred Country Rose Tremain 1992 British English
17162 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17162 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17162 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17162 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17162 The Murderer Roy Heath 1978 Guyanese English
17162 Reading Turgenev William Trevor 1991 Irish English
17162 Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978 American Unknown
17162 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17162 The Aliens Annie Baker 2010 American English
17011 A Delicate Balance Edward Albee 1966 American English
17162 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17162 Dancing At Lughnasa Brian Friel 1990 Irish English
17162 Fefu And Her Friends María Irene Fornés 1977 American English
17162 I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe 2004 American English
17162 The Fire Dwellers Margaret Laurence 1969 Canadian English
17162 The Weight Of Water Anita Shreve 1997 American English
17162 The Silent Land Graham Joyce 2010 British English
17162 Submergence J. M. Ledgard 2011 British English
17162 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English