The Greatest Books of All Time on Jealousy

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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
2 In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust 1913 French French
57 The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 Russian Russian
59 Rebecca Daphne du Maurier 1938 British English
83 Emma Jane Austen 1815 British English
129 First Folio William Shakespeare 1623 British English
143 The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
176 The End of the Affair Graham Greene 1951 British English
186 Bonjour Tristesse Francoise Sagan 1954 French French
193 East of Eden John Steinbeck 1952 American English
343 The Sonnets William Shakespeare 1609 British English
409 My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2012 American Italian
437 Passing Nella Larsen 1929 American English
446 Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann 1933 German German
454 The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch 1978 British English
504 Her Lover Albert Cohen 1968 Swiss French
533 Cousin Bette Honoré de Balzac 1846 French French
546 Jealousy Alain Robbe-Grillet 1957 French French
632 Dom Casmurro Machado de Assis 1899 Brazilian Portuguese
674 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 British English
678 Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1857 British English
900 The Poems of Sappho Sappho -569 Greek Ancient greek
972 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
1061 First Love Ivan Turgenev 1860 Russian Russian
1065 La Bête humaine Émile Zola 1890 French French
1066 Antony And Cleopatra William Shakespeare 1606 British English
1090 The Kreutzer Sonata Leo Tolstoy 1889 Russian Russian
1109 Othello William Shakespeare 1603 British English
1126 Women of Trachis Sophocles -450 Greek Ancient greek
1136 The Black Prince Iris Murdoch 1973 British English
1135 The Tunnel Ernesto Sábato 1948 Argentinian Spanish
1176 Carmen Prosper Mérimée 1845 French French
1177 Phèdre Jean Racine 1677 French French
1299 My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk 1998 Turkish Turkish
1391 A Separate Peace John Knowles 1959 American English
1396 Pierre et Jean Guy de Maupassant 1888 French French
1402 The Seagull Anton Chekhov 1896 Russian Russian
1584 A Severed Head Iris Murdoch 1961 British English
1607 Pan Knut Hamsun 1894 Norwegian Norwegian
1689 Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk Nikolai Leskov 1865 Russian Russian
1711 Woyzeck Georg Buchner 1879 German German
1789 The Mystery Of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens 1870 British English
2274 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen 1890 Norwegian Norwegian
2395 Maurice Guest Henry Handel Richardson 1908 Australian English
2427 A View From The Bridge Arthur Miller 1955 American English
2493 Miramar Naguib Mahfouz 1967 Egyptian Arabic
2516 Hippolytus Euripides -428 Greek Ancient greek
2611 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2746 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2808 Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 1980 American English
2869 The Information Martin Amis 1995 British English
2979 The Man of Property John Galsworthy 1906 British English
3019 The Tortoise And The Hare Elizabeth Jenkins 1936 British English
3033 Less Than Angels Barbara Pym 1955 British English
3127 Attis And Other Poems Catullus -53 Roman Latin
3220 Aphrodite Pierre Louÿs 1896 French French
3225 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3249 Death On The Nile Agatha Christie 1937 British English
3371 Fable Of Polyphemus And Galatea Luis de Góngora 1627 Spanish Spanish
3584 Married Life David Vogel 1986 Jewish English
3638 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3638 Cavalleria Rusticana Giovanni Verga 1896 Italian Italian
3896 The Planetarium Nathalie Sarraute 1959 French French
3953 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
4090 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4309 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4309 The Parasites Daphne du Maurier 1949 British English
4586 The Loser Thomas Bernhard 1983 Austrian German
4652 True West Sam Shepard 1980 American English
4877 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
5102 Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno 1917 Spanish Spanish
5369 Death Comes As The End Agatha Christie 1944 British English
5410 Reflections In A Golden Eye Carson McCullers 1941 American English
5843 Andromache Jean Racine 1667 French French
5841 A Month In The Country Ivan Turgenev 1855 Russian Russian
5860 The School for Wives Molière 1662 French French
5901 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
6002 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6293 Dream Story Arthur Schnitzler 1926 Austrian German
6837 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
7005 The Girl With The Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 1999 British English
7086 The Virtuoso Margriet de Moor 1993 Dutch Dutch
7205 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7215 Saul Vittorio Alfieri 1782 Italian Italian
7215 The Knight Of Olmedo Lope de Vega 1620 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Doctor Of His Own Honor Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
7215 School For Husbands Molière 1661 French French
7215 Britannicus Jean Racine 1669 French French
7215 The She Wolf And Other Stories Giovanni Verga 1880 Italian Italian
7215 Count D'orgel's Ball Raymond Radiguet 1923 French French
7215 The Desert Of Love François Mauriac 1925 French French
7215 A Princesa De Clèves Madame de La Fayette 1678 French French
8441 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
9069 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9083 Toys In The Attic Lillian Hellman 1960 American English
9181 Envy, Or Yiddish In America Cynthia Ozick 1969 American English
9773 The Garden Of Eden Ernest Hemingway 1986 American English
10429 I'll Give You The Sun Jandy Nelson 2014 American English
10823 Double Act Jacqueline Wilson 1995 British English
11347 The Interestings Meg Wolitzer 2013 American English
11464 The Real Charlotte Edith Somerville, Violet Florence Martin 1894 Irish English
11836 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson 2001 British English
13359 Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb 1807 British English
13359 The First Folio Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 English Early modern english
13587 Spring Snow Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
13599 Le Supplice De Phèdre Henri Deberly French French
13599 L'araigne Henri Troyat French French
13599 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13986 I'm Dying Laughing Christina Stead 1986 Australian English
14175 Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 1972 American English
14212 The Confession Of A Fool August Strindberg 1893 Swedish Swedish
14549 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14664 Raise The Red Lantern Su Tong 1990 Chinese Chinese
14983 The Robots Of Dawn Isaac Asimov 1983 American English
14983 The Mammoth Hunters Jean M. Auel 1985 American English
15755 Punishment Without Revenge Lope de Vega 1631 Spanish Spanish
15839 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15868 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
15897 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15897 The Dispute Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1744 French French
15897 Final Curtain Ngaio Marsh 1947 New Zealander English