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
3597 The Third Wedding Kōstas Tachtsēs 1962 Greek Greek
3599 The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 2018 American English
3608 Virgin River Robyn Carr 2007 American English
3613 The Life Of Marianne Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1731 French French
3616 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
3631 The Happy Island Dawn Powell 1938 American English
3636 Odes John Keats 1820 British English
3638 The Queen's Tiara Carl Jonas Love Almqvist 1834 Swedish Swedish
3638 The Return and Other Stories Andrey Platonov 1946 Russian Russian
3638 And where Were You, Adam? Heinrich Böll 1951 German German
3638 The Tootinameh; Or, Tales of a Parrot India, Iran 1300 Indian Persian
3638 Renascence and Other Poems Edna St. Vincent Millay 1917 American English
3638 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3638 Des Knaben Wunderhorn Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim 1808 German German
3638 Schach Von Wuthenow Theodor Fontane 1883 German German
3638 Scenes Of Bohemian Life Henri Murger 1845 French French
3638 The Road Into The Open Arthur Schnitzler 1908 Austrian German
3638 Cavalleria Rusticana Giovanni Verga 1896 Italian Italian
3638 The Large Testament And The Small Testament François Villon 1461 French French
3806 The Miser Molière 1668 French French
3817 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3828 Cloudstreet Tim Winton 1991 Australian English
3830 This Above All Eric Knight 1941 British English
3842 All Our Yesterdays Natalia Ginzburg 1952 Italian Italian
3846 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson 1992 British English
3846 Troubling Love Elena Ferrante 1992 Italian Italian
3860 This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3861 Amal'eZulu B. W. Vilakazi 1945 South African Zulu
3859 Enduring Love Ian McEwan 1997 British English
3873 The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 American English
3883 Woe From Wit Alexander Griboyedov 1825 Russian Russian
3886 Collected Plays John Millington Synge 1935 Irish English
3892 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
3893 Aline Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1905 French French
3893 Oriental Tales Marguerite Yourcenar 1938 French French
3900 Groot Lied Boeck G. A. Bredero 1622 Dutch Dutch
3900 Terug Tot Ina Damman Simon Vestdijk 1934 Dutch Dutch
3903 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
3911 Water For Elephants Sara Gruen 2006 American English
3912 Salt On Our Skin Benoîte Groult 1988 French French
3926 Half of Man is Woman Zhang Xianliang 1985 Chinese Chinese
3929 The Vice-Consul Marguerite Duras 1966 French French
3934 One Hundred Poems Kenneth Slessor 1944 Australian English
3937 All The World's Mornings Pascal Quignard 1991 French French
3942 Of Love and Shadows Isabel Allende 1984 Chilean Spanish
3953 Amorgos Nikos Gatsos 1943 Greek Greek
3953 Η Αυλή των Θαυμάτων Iakovos Kambanellis 1962 Greek Greek
3953 The Great Chimera M. Karagatsis 1953 Greek Greek
3953 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3953 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3953 Νηπενθή Kostas Karyotakis 1921 Greek Greek
3953 The Schoolmistress With The Golden Eyes Stratis Myrivilis 1933 Greek Greek
3953 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
3953 The Complete Works Of Alexandros Papadiamantis Alexandros Papadiamantis 1952 Greek Greek
3953 Eroica Kosmas Politis 1937 Greek Greek
3953 Λεμονοδάσος Kosmas Politis 1930 Greek Greek
3953 The Moonlight Sonata Yannis Ritsos 1956 Greek Greek
3953 Ποιήματα Α' και Β' Miltos Sachtouris 1945 Greek Greek
3953 Το Σόλο του Φίγκαρο Yiannis Skarimbas 1938 Greek Greek
3953 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
3953 The End Of Our Small Town Dimitris Hatzis 1963 Greek Greek
3953 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
3953 The Poems Of Dinos Christianopoulos Dinos Christianopoulos 1958 Greek Greek
3953 The Last Night Of Love, The First Night Of War Camil Petrescu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Bed Of Procrustes Camil Petrescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
4067 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
4073 The Song Of Everlasting Sorrow Wang Anyi 1995 Chinese Chinese
4074 The Bronze Horseman Alexander Pushkin 1837 Russian Russian
4077 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 1998 British English
4080 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
4086 Verzamelde Gedichten J.J. Slauerhoff 1931 Dutch Dutch
4088 Love and Rockets Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez 1982 American English
4089 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4090 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4097 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4104 Poor Liza Nikolay Karamzin 1792 Russian Russian
4123 Either Or Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
4120 Voices In The Evening Natalia Ginzburg 1961 Italian Italian
4120 Life's Good, Brother Nâzim Hikmet 1962 Turkish Turkish
4125 The Black Book Orhan Pamuk 1990 Turkish Turkish
4124 A Very Long Engagement Sebastien Japrisot 1991 French French
4132 Dark Avenues Ivan Bunin 1943 Russian Russian
4135 Fieldwork In Ukrainian Sex Oksana Zabuzhko 1996 Ukrainian Ukrainian
4137 Το Μυθιστόρημα της Κυρίας Έρσης Nikos-Gabriel Pentzikis 1966 Greek Greek
4140 Nedjma Kateb Yacine 1956 Algerian French
4144 Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
4148 Forever... Judy Blume 1975 American English
4150 The Devotion Of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 2005 Japanese Japanese
4151 Oxherding Tale Charles R. Johnson 1982 American English
4153 Collected Poems Nils Ferlin 1947 Swedish Swedish
4156 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4167 Miss Julie August Strindberg 1888 Swedish Swedish
4175 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen 1867 Norwegian Norwegian
4177 Shira S.Y. Agnon 1989 Israeli Hebrew
4190 The Bridges Of Madison County Robert James Waller 1992 American English
4190 Flowers From The Storm Laura Kinsale 1992 American English
4207 Heartbreak Tango Manuel Puig 1969 Argentinian Spanish
4207 Land Pak Kyongni 1969 Korean Korean
4213 Miss Sophie's Diary And Other Stories Ding Ling 1928 Chinese Chinese
4214 The Beginning of Spring Penelope Fitzgerald 1988 British English
4233 De Wiskunstenaars, Of 'T Gevluchte Juffertje Pieter Langendijk 1715 Dutch Dutch
4233 De Dichtwerken P.A. de Genestet 1860 Dutch Dutch
4233 Een Liefde Lodewijk van Deyssel 1887 Dutch Dutch
4233 Een Zwerver Verliefd Arthur van Schendel 1904 Dutch Dutch
4259 A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Turgenev 1859 Russian Russian
4266 The Old World Landowners Nikolai Gogol 1835 Ukrainian Russian
4275 The Gypsies Alexander Pushkin 1827 Russian Russian
4280 Poem Of The Mountain Marina Tsvetayeva 1924 Russian Russian
4286 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4293 What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell 2016 American English
4296 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4298 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fannie Flagg 1987 American English
4305 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4307 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 2016 American English
4309 Indiana George Sand 1832 French French
4309 Caprice Ronald Firbank 1917 British English
4309 The Polyglots William Gerhardie 1925 British English
4309 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4309 Piccadilly Jim P. G. Wodehouse 1917 British English
4309 The Three Sisters May Sinclair 1914 British English