The Greatest Books of All Time on Love

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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
17150 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17150 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17150 Birthday Girl Penelope Douglas 2018 American English
17150 Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 2018 American English
16796 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17150 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17150 The Seducer Jan Kjærstad 1993 Norwegian Norwegian
17150 The Year Of The Ladybird Graham Joyce 2013 British English
17150 Sphinx Anne Garréta 1986 French French
17150 The World And All That It Holds Aleksandar Hemon 2023 Bosnian English
17150 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17150 Christmas Days Jeanette Winterson 2016 British English
17150 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17150 The Collected Stories Lorrie Moore 2008 American English
17150 The Humans Matt Haig 2013 British English
17150 Restore Me Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
17150 Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake 2022 American English
17150 A Door Between Us Ehsaneh Sadr 2020 Unknown English
17150 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17150 Fresh Water For Flowers Valerie Perrin 2018 French French
17150 Poems Of Sextus Propertius Propertius -29 Roman Latin
17150 The Master And Margarita: A Critical Companion Laura Weeks 1996 Unknown English
17150 Dragon Prince Melanie Rawn 1988 American English
17150 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17150 Dandelions Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Japanese
17148 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17150 The Beastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar B J. P. Donleavy 1967 American English
17150 Family Values Wendy Cope 2011 British English
17150 The Man With Night Sweats Thom Gunn 1992 British English
17150 Lady Of The Reeds Pauline Gedge 1994 Canadian English
17150 King And Goddess Judith Tarr 1996 American English
17150 My Name Is Sappho Martha Rofheart 1974 Unknown English
17150 The Flowers Of Adonis Rosemary Sutcliff 1969 British English
16796 And Walk In Love Henrietta Buckmaster 1956 American English
17150 The Prince And The Pilgrim Mary Stewart 1995 British English
17150 The Road To Avalon Joan Wolf 1988 American English
17150 The Edge Of Light Joan Wolf 1990 American English
17150 The Constant Star Prudence Andrew 1963 Unknown Unknown
17150 Deep Are The Valleys Hannah Closs 1960 Unknown English
17150 Vows Of The Peacock Alice Walworth Graham 1961 Unknown English
17150 Heart Of A Queen Josephine Delves-Broughton Unknown Unknown
17150 The Physician Of London Stephanie Cowell 1995 Unknown English
17150 White Witch Elizabeth Goudge 1958 British English
17150 The Frenchwoman Jeanne Mackin 1989 Unknown English
16796 Hannah Fowler Janice Giles 1956 American English
16796 Shadow Of The Moon M.M. Kaye 1956 British English
17150 Sakuran Edward Tolosko Unknown Unknown
17150 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17150 Dagny, Or A Love Feast Zurab Karumidze 2014 Georgian English
17150 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17150 I Feel Love Rachel Nuwer 2023 Unknown English
17150 The Girls’ Guide To Hunting And Fishing Melissa Banks 1999 Unknown English
17150 The Love Of Singular Men Victor Heringer 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17150 On Marriage Devorah Baum 2023 Unknown English
17150 American Poly Christopher M. Gleason 2023 Unknown Unknown
17150 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
17150 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2023 Unknown English
17150 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17150 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17150 How To Love Your Daughter Hila Blum 2023 Unknown Hebrew
17150 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17150 Gravity And Center Henri Cole 2023 American English
17150 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17150 Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 2023 American English
17150 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17150 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17150 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17150 Why You’ll Never Find The One Sarah Akinterinwa 2023 Unknown English
17150 Couplets Maggie Millner 2023 Unknown English
17150 Lost Stars Claudia Gray 2015 Unknown English
17150 Enchantment Orson Scott Card 1999 American English
17150 The Good Life Jay McInerney 2006 American English
17150 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17150 The Portable Veblen Elizabeth Mckenzie 2016 American English
17150 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17150 The Forest Of Enchantments Chitra Divakaruni 2019 Indian English
16857 Precious Bane Mary Webb 1924 British English
17150 The Mastery Of Love Don Miguel Ruiz 1999 Mexican English
17150 My Notorious Life Kate Manning 2013 American English
17150 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17150 Take A Girl Like You Kingsley Amis 1960 British English
17150 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
16884 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17150 How To Stay Married Harrison Scott Key 2023 American English
17150 Montpelier Parade Karl Geary 2017 Irish English
17150 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17150 Love, Mom Iliana Xander Unknown Unknown
17150 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17150 As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh 2022 Unknown English
17150 When You Least Expect It Haley Cass 2020 Unknown English
17150 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17150 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17150 The Ten Thousand Leaves Robert Lyons Danly 1981 Unknown English
17150 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17150 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17150 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17150 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17150 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17150 Angel & Hannah Ishle Park 2021 Unknown English
17150 Twisted Hate Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17150 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17150 Arrangements In Blue Amy Key 2023 Unknown English
17150 Charon Docks At Daylight Zoe Reed 2013 Unknown English
17150 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
17150 Just Like You Nick Hornby 2020 British English
17150 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
17150 Tudo é Rio Carla Madeira 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17150 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17150 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17150 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17150 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17150 Seraphina Rachel Hartman 2012 American English
17150 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17150 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17150 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English
17150 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17150 Sur Le Bord De La Rivière Piedra, Je Me Suis Assise Et J'ai Pleuré Paulo Coelho 1994 Brazilian Portuguese
17150 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17150 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17150 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English