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
16805 No Surrender Hiroo Onoda 1974 Japanese Japanese
17119 Hollow Kingdom Bill Buxton 2019 Unknown English
16907 Notes From Underground & The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 Russian Russian
17119 Breaking And Entering Joy Williams 1988 American English
17119 Servants Of The Map Andrea Barrett 2023 American English
17119 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17119 The Drowned Moniro Ravanipour 1989 Unknown Persian
17119 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17119 Brief Encounters With The Enemy Saïd Sayrafiezadeh 2013 American English
16753 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
17119 The Secret Diary Of Laura Palmer Jennifer Lynch 1990 American English
17119 Homunculus 1 Hideo Yamamoto 2003 Japanese Japanese
17119 Siilo Hugh Howey 2011 American English
16900 The Dry Heart Natalia Ginzburg 1947 Italian Italian
16931 The Disconnected Oğuz Atay 1972 Turkish Turkish
17119 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17119 The Weight Of Things Marianne Fritz 1978 Austrian German
17119 Dandelions Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Japanese
17119 I, The Supreme Augusto Roa Bastos 1974 Paraguayan Spanish
17119 Ghosts Unknown 2017 Unknown English
17119 Insignificance Terry Johnson 1982 British English
17119 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17045 Tujec / Kuga Albert Camus 1942 French French
17119 Worlds Of Exile And Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin 1996 American English
17119 Ruan Bryher 1960 British English
17119 Ordeal By Silence Prudence Andrew Unknown Unknown
17119 This January Tale Bryher 1966 British English
17119 The Silent Tarn Hannah Closs 1963 Unknown English
17119 The Last Englishman Hebe Weenolson Unknown Unknown
17119 The Cold Journey Grace Stone Unknown Unknown
17119 Surveyor Turman Nelson Unknown Unknown
17119 The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika Lennart Hagerfors 1992 Swedish Swedish
17119 Molokai O.A. Bushnell 1960 Unknown English
17119 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17119 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17119 The Fleeting City Hovhannes Tekgyozan Unknown Unknown
17119 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17119 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17119 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Same Dog Robert Aickman 2023 British Unknown
17119 The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet Vandana Singh 2009 Indian English
17119 Beware The Woman Megan Abbott 2023 American English
17119 Strega Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel 2020 Unknown Swedish
17119 Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown English
17119 A Shining Jon Fosse 2023 Norwegian Unknown
17119 Orbital Samantha Harvey 2023 Unknown Unknown
17119 The Love Of Singular Men Victor Heringer 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 Naked In The Rideshare Rebecca Shaw, Ben Kronengold 2023 Unknown Unknown
17119 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17119 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17119 The House Of Doors Tan Twan Eng 2023 Malaysian English
17119 The Vulnerables Sigrid Nunez 2023 American Unknown
17119 The Dimensions Of A Cave Greg Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17119 Monica Daniel Clowes 2023 American English
17119 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17119 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 American English
17119 Reproduction Louisa Hall 2023 Unknown English
17119 A Flat Place Noreen Masud 2023 Unknown English
17119 Paris Notebooks Mavis Gallant 2023 Canadian English
17119 The Pole J. M. Coetzee 2023 South African English
17119 The Caretaker Ron Rash 2023 American English
17119 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2023 American English
17119 Witness Jamel Brinkley 2023 American English
17119 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17119 The Plague Jacqueline Rose 2023 Unknown Unknown
17119 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17119 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17119 Snow Road Station Elizabeth Hay 2023 Canadian English
17119 The Sullivanians Alexander Stille 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Late Americans Brandon Taylor 2023 American English
17119 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17119 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17119 Shy Max Porter 2023 British English
17119 Hit Parade Of Tears Izumi Suzuki 2023 Japanese Japanese
17119 The Fawn Magda Szabó 2023 Hungarian Hungarian
17119 Greek Lessons Han Kang 2023 Korean Korean
17119 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17119 Users Colin Winnette 2023 Unknown English
17119 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17119 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
17119 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2023 Unknown English
17119 Evil Flowers Gunnhild Øyehaug 2023 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
17119 Forbidden Notebook Alba de Céspedes 2023 Italian Italian
17119 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17119 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17119 Owner Of A Lonely Heart Beth Nguyen 2023 Unknown English
17119 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
17119 The Strange Nathan Ballingrud 2023 American English
17119 My Men Victoria Kielland 2023 Unknown Norwegian
17119 A Haunting On The Hill Elizabeth Hand 2023 American English
17119 Straw Dogs Of The Universe Ye Chun 2023 Unknown English
17119 Sailing Alone Richard King 2023 Unknown English
16823 Olağanüstü Bir Gece Stefan Zweig 1922 Austrian German
17119 Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon 1996 American English
17119 Nine Inches Tom Perrotta 2013 American English
17119 The Men Can't Be Saved Ben Purkert 2023 Unknown English
17119 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17119 Black Sheep Rachel Harrison 2023 Unknown English
17119 New Waves Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17119 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17119 Abandon Blake Crouch 2009 American English
17119 Hurricane Girl Marcy Dermansky 2022 American English
17119 2 A.M. In Little America Ken Kalfus 2022 American English
17119 The Militia House John Milas 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Good Samaritan John Marrs 2018 British English
17119 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17119 T. Singer Dag Solstad 1999 Norwegian Norwegian
16830 Precious Bane Mary Webb 1924 British English
17119 The Folded Earth Anuradha roy 2011 Indian English
17119 The Magic Kingdom Russell Banks 2022 American English
17119 The Age Of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker 2012 American English
17119 The Diary Of Alice James Alice James 1982 American English
17119 The File On H. Ismail Kadare 1981 Albanian Albanian
17119 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17119 How Like An Angel Margaret Millar 1962 Canadian English
17119 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17119 Where The Jackals Howl And Other Stories Amos Oz 1965 Israeli Hebrew
17119 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English
17119 Amy And Isabelle Elizabeth Strout 1998 American English