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
17117 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17117 In This Corner Of The World Fumiyo Kouno 2007 Japanese Japanese
17117 Will Eisner's New York Will Eisner 2006 American English
17117 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17117 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17117 Història D'un Piano Ramon Gener Spanish Catalan
17117 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17117 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17117 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English
17117 Watermark Joseph Brodsky 1989 Unknown English
17046 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
16878 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17117 Every Blade Of Grass Thomas Wharton Canadian English
17117 Fault Lines James Carroll 1980 American English
17117 Palmares Gayl Jones 1994 American English
17117 Almost Dead Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17117 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English
16800 They Went On Together Robert Nathan 1941 American English
17117 Coming Home Sue Gee 2013 British English
17117 Keeping Secrets Sue Gee 1980 British English
17117 Cousins Sally Vickers British English
17117 Grandmothers Sally Vickers British English
17117 At The End Of The Orchard Tracy Chevalier British English
17117 Foggage Patrick McGinley 1983 Irish English