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
17161 Vintage Contemporaries Dan Kois 2014 Unknown English
17161 The Critic’s Daughter Priscilla Gilman 2023 Unknown English
17161 George Frieda Hughes 2023 British English
17161 The Upside Down World Benjamin Moser Unknown Unknown
17161 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17161 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17161 Was It For This Hannah Sullivan 2023 British English
17161 The In Betweens Davon Loeb 2023 Unknown English
17161 Toy Fights Don Paterson 2023 British English
17161 The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 2018 British English
17161 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17161 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17161 Last House Jessica Shattuck 2003 Unknown English
17161 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17161 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17161 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17161 Tell Me An Ending Jo Harkin 2022 Unknown English
17161 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17161 You Again Debra Jo Immergut 2020 American English
17161 Motherland Paula Ramón 2020 Unknown English
17161 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17161 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17161 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17161 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17161 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17161 Víctimas En Fals Sebastien Japrisot French French
17161 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17161 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17161 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17161 Borderland Anna Reid 1997 British English
17161 Mesopotamia Serhiy Zhadan 2014 Ukrainian Ukrainian
17161 The Ten Loves Of Nishino Hiromi Kawakami 2003 Japanese Japanese
17161 The Long Take Robin Robertson 2018 British English
17161 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17161 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17161 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17161 Close Your Eyes And Count To 10 Lisa Unger American Unknown
17161 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17161 Fish Soup Margarita García Robayo 2018 Colombian Spanish
17161 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17161 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17161 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17161 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17161 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17161 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17161 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17161 Homesick Jean Fritz 1982 American English
17161 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17161 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17161 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17161 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17161 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17161 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17161 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17161 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17161 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch
17161 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17161 Homage To The Lame Wolf Vasko Popa 1979 Serbian Serbo-croatian
17161 The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst 2011 British English
17161 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17161 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17161 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17161 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17161 The Lookback Window Kyle Dillon Hertz 2023 Unknown English
17161 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17161 Omar Victor Diop & The Anonymous Project, Being There Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman 2023 Unknown French
17161 A Memoir Of My Former Self Hilary Mantel 2023 British English
17161 Bright Fear Mary Jean Chan 2023 Unknown English
17161 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17161 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17161 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17161 The Stirrings Catherine Taylor Unknown English
17161 Being Henry Henry Winkler 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
16966 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17161 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17161 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17161 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17161 Run Towards The Danger Sarah Polley 2022 Canadian English
17161 O Homem De Giz C. J. Tudor 2018 British Portuguese
17161 Retablos Mireya Solís 2018 Unknown Unknown
17161 Life And Words Veena Das 2006 Indian English
17161 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17161 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17161 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17161 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17161 Why You Love Music John Powell 2016 British English
17161 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17161 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17161 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17161 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17161 Elder Race Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17161 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17161 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17161 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17161 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17161 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17161 In The Shadow Of Statues Mitch Landrieu 2018 American English
17161 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17161 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17161 When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson 2008 British English
17161 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17161 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17161 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
17161 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17161 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17161 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17161 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17161 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17161 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17161 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17161 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17161 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
16879 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17161 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17161 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17161 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17161 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17161 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
16886 Pedro Páramo / El Llano En Llamas Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish