The Greatest Books of All Time on Memory

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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
17160 Vintage Contemporaries Dan Kois 2014 Unknown English
17160 The Critic’s Daughter Priscilla Gilman 2023 Unknown English
17160 George Frieda Hughes 2023 British English
17160 The Upside Down World Benjamin Moser Unknown Unknown
17160 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17160 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17160 Was It For This Hannah Sullivan 2023 British English
17160 The In Betweens Davon Loeb 2023 Unknown English
17160 Toy Fights Don Paterson 2023 British English
17160 The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 British English
17160 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17160 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17160 Last House Jessica Shattuck 2003 Unknown English
17160 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17160 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17160 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17160 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17160 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17160 You Again Debra Jo Immergut 2020 American English
17160 Motherland Paula Ramón 2020 Unknown English
17160 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17160 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17160 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17160 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17160 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17160 Víctimas En Fals Sebastien Japrisot French French
17160 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17160 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17160 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17160 Borderland Anna Reid 1997 British English
17160 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17160 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17160 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17160 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17160 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17160 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17160 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17160 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17160 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17160 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17160 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17160 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17160 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17160 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17160 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17160 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17160 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17160 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17160 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17160 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17160 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17160 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17160 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17160 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17160 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17160 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17160 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17160 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17160 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17160 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17160 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17160 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17160 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17160 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17160 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17160 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17160 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17160 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17160 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17160 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17160 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17160 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17160 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17160 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
16957 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17160 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17160 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17160 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17160 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17160 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17160 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17160 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17160 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17160 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17160 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17160 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17160 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17160 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17160 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17160 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17160 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17160 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17160 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17160 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17160 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17160 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17160 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17160 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17160 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17160 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17160 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17160 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17160 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17160 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17160 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17160 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17160 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17160 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17160 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17160 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17160 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17160 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17160 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
16878 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17160 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17160 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17160 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17160 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17160 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
16886 Pedro Páramo / El Llano En Llamas Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish