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
17158 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17158 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17158 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
17158 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17158 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17158 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
17158 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17158 In This Corner Of The World Fumiyo Kouno 2007 Japanese Japanese
17158 Will Eisner's New York Will Eisner 2006 American English
17158 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17158 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17158 Història D'un Piano Ramon Gener Spanish Catalan
17158 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17158 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17158 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English
17158 Watermark Joseph Brodsky 1989 Unknown English
17079 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
16898 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17158 Every Blade Of Grass Thomas Wharton Canadian English
17158 Fault Lines James Carroll 1980 American English
17158 Palmares Gayl Jones 1994 American English
17158 The Magnetist's Fifth Winter Per Olov Enquist Swedish Swedish
17158 Almost Dead Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17158 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English
17158 Coming Home Sue Gee 2013 British English
17158 Keeping Secrets Sue Gee 1980 British English
17158 Cousins Sally Vickers British English
17158 Grandmothers Sally Vickers British English
17158 At The End Of The Orchard Tracy Chevalier British English
17158 Foggage Patrick McGinley 1983 Irish English
17158 Tolk Maja Lee Langvad Danish Unknown
17158 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Studs Terkel 1996 American English
17123 1984 George Orwell 1948 British English