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
17119 The Upside Down World Benjamin Moser Unknown Unknown
17119 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17119 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17119 Was It For This Hannah Sullivan 2023 British English
17119 The In Betweens Davon Loeb 2023 Unknown English
17119 Toy Fights Don Paterson 2023 British English
17119 The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 British English
17119 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17119 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17119 Last House Jessica Shattuck 2003 Unknown English
17119 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17119 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17119 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17119 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17119 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17119 You Again Debra Jo Immergut 2020 American English
17119 Motherland Paula Ramón 2020 Unknown English
17119 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17119 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17119 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17119 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17119 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17119 Víctimas En Fals Sebastien Japrisot French French
17119 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17119 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17119 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17119 Borderland Anna Reid 1997 British English
17119 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17119 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17119 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17119 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17119 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17119 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17119 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17119 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17119 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17119 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17119 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17119 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17119 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17119 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17119 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17119 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17119 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17119 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17119 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17119 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17119 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17119 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17119 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17119 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17119 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17119 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17119 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17119 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17119 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17119 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17119 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17119 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17119 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17119 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17119 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17119 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17119 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17119 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17119 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17119 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17119 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17119 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17119 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
16956 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17119 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17119 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17119 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17119 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17119 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17119 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17119 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17119 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17119 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17119 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17119 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17119 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17119 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17119 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17119 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17119 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17119 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17119 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17119 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17119 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17119 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17119 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17119 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17119 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17119 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17119 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17119 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17119 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17119 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17119 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17119 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17119 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17119 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
16834 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17119 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17119 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17119 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17119 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17119 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
16840 Pedro Páramo / El Llano En Llamas Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish
17119 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17119 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17119 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
17119 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17119 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese