The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Media

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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
15877 Americana Don DeLillo 1971 American English
15898 Boss Mike Royko 1971 American English
16614 Fame And Obscurity Gay Talese 1970 American English
16679 The Image Daniel J. Boorstin 1962 American English
16733 Being There Jerzy Kosinski 1970 American English
17120 Walter Lippmann and the American Century Ronald Steel 1980 American English
17120 Born Yesterday Gordon Burn 2008 British English
17120 A History of American Magazines Frank Luther Mott 1930 American English
17120 Art and Life in America Oliver W. Larkin 1949 American English
17120 America John Stewart 2004 American English
17120 The Ticket That Exploded William S. Burroughs 1962 American English
17120 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17120 Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching Mychal Denzel Smith 2016 American English
17120 Distraction Bruce Sterling 1998 American English
17120 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17120 Invisibility Blues Michele Wallace 1990 American English
17120 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad 1969 American English
17120 Michaelmas Algis Budrys 1977 American English
17120 The War On The West Douglas Murray 2022 British English
17120 Airhead Emily Maitlis 2019 British English
17120 Gloria Branden Jacob-Jenkins 2015 American English
17120 King Charles Iii Mike Bartlett 2014 British English
17120 The Funny Man John Warner 2011 American English
17120 The Pentagon Papers New York Times 1971 American English
17120 Those Guys Have All The Fun James Andrew Miller 2011 American English
17120 The Jagged Orbit John Brunner 1969 British English
17120 Confessions Of A Muckraker Jack Anderson 1979 American English
17120 The Fateful Triangle Noam Chomsky 1983 American English
17120 The Master Switch Tim Wu 2010 American English
17120 Lost Girls Robert Kolker 2013 American English
17120 Please Don’t Call Me Human Wang Shuo 1991 Chinese Chinese
17120 Glamorama Bret Easton Ellis 1998 American English
17120 Freedomland Richard Price 1998 American English
17120 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17120 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17120 Three Month Fever Gary Indiana 1999 American English
17120 My Year Of Meat Ruth Ozeki 1998 American English
17120 The Invention Of Russia Aleksandr Ostrovsky 2016 Unknown English
17120 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17120 Marshall Mcluhan Unbound Marshall McLuhan 2005 Canadian English
17120 Joe Di Maggio Richard Ben Cramer 2000 American English
17120 Sports World Robert Lipsyte 1975 American English
17120 Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion 2021 American English
17120 Audience Of One James Poniewozik 2019 American English
17120 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17120 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
17120 On Earth As It Is On Television Emily Jane 2023 Unknown English
17120 Collision Of Power Martin Baron 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Book At War Andrew Pettegree 2023 Unknown English
17120 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 The Lies Of The Land Steven Conn 2023 Unknown English
17120 24 7 Politics Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17120 Camera Girl Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2023 Unknown English
17120 When The News Broke Heather Hendershot 2023 Unknown English
17120 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17120 The Deadline Jill Lepore 2023 American English
17120 The Big Break Ben Terris 2023 Unknown English
17120 Collision Of Power Martin Baron 2023 Unknown English
17120 Starkweather Harry N. MacLean 2023 Unknown English
17120 Aberration In The Heartland Of The Real Wendy S. Painting 2015 Unknown English
17120 Traffic Ben Smith 2023 Unknown English
17120 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17120 Wie Politik Funktioniert Wolf Wagner German German