The Greatest Books of All Time on Mentorship

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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
348 The Glass Bead Game Hermann Hesse 1943 German German
721 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1795 German German
874 The Last Samurai Helen DeWitt 2000 American English
944 Indian Summer Adalbert Stifter 1857 Austrian German
1380 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
1681 The Teachings Of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda 1968 American English
1961 Demian Hermann Hesse 1919 German German
2122 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2203 The Story of My Life Helen Keller 1903 American English
2327 Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes 1857 British English
2383 Don Segundo Sombra Ricardo Güiraldes 1926 Argentinian Spanish
2662 Early Autumn Robert B. Parker 1980 American English
2859 A Ballad for Georg Henig Viktor Paskov 1987 Bulgarian Bulgarian
2973 Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 1997 American English
2988 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3324 Confusion Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
3617 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
3856 Breath Tim Winton 2008 Australian English
3879 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
3937 All The World's Mornings Pascal Quignard 1991 French French
4366 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 2000 American English
5666 The boys Henry de Montherlant 1969 French French
6229 Shadowland Peter Straub 1980 American English
6767 Mark, The Match Boy Horatio Alger Jr. 1869 American English
6886 Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage Richard Holmes 1993 British English
7056 A Passionate Apprentice Virginia Woolf 1990 British English
9020 The Extra Man Jonathan Ames 1998 American English
9072 Billy Bathgate E. L. Doctorow 1989 American English
9363 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9626 Queenpin Megan Abbott 2007 American English
9657 The Student Gerber Unknown Unknown Unknown
10012 Wonder Boys Michael Chabon 1995 American English
10085 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
11000 The Ghost Writer Philip Roth 1979 American English
11648 Dead Poets Society N. H. Kleinbaum 1989 American English
11939 The Life of Sir William Osler Harvey Cushing 1925 American English
12069 Mr. Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French
12324 The Unknown Matisse Hilary Spurling 1998 British English
13256 True Notebooks Mark Salzman 2003 American English
13564 The Young Newcomer In The Organizational Department Wang Meng 1980 Chinese Chinese
14093 The Disciple Paul Bourget 1889 French French
14130 Passagère Du Silence Fabienne Verdier 2001 French French
14383 The Chess Master Ah Cheng 1984 Chinese Chinese
14410 Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1955 American English
14546 Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison 1911 American English
14786 Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1897 British English
14897 The Professional W. C. Heinz 1958 American English
14984 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14984 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14984 In The Freud Archives Janet Malcolm 1984 American English
14984 The Golden Mean Annabel Lyon 2009 Canadian English
15636 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15680 The Making Of A Surgeon William A. Nolen, M.D. American English
15899 Act One Moss Hart 1959 American English
16570 Anne Of Avonlea L. M. Montgomery 1909 Canadian English
17120 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17120 The Rowan Anne McCaffrey 1990 American English
17120 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17120 Marked (House Of Night) Unknown 2007 American English
17120 Red John Logan 2009 American English
17120 The Aliens Annie Baker 2010 American English
17120 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17120 Advice To A Young Scientist Peter B. Medawar 1979 British English
17120 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership John C. Maxwell 1998 American English
17120 My Year Abroad Chang-rae Lee 2021 American English
17120 Mastery Robert Greene 2012 American English
17120 Heaven Is A Playground Rick Telander 1976 American English
17120 They Call Me Coach John Wooden, Jack Tobin 1972 American English
17120 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman 1995 American English
17120 On Becoming A Novelist John Gardner 1983 American English
17120 The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer 2005 American English
17120 Raising Men Davis, Eric, Santorelli, Dina 2016 Unknown English
17120 The Horsemasters Joan Wolf 1993 American English
17120 The Praise Singer Mary Renault 1978 British English
17120 Nicholas Cooke Stephanie Cowell 1993 Unknown English
17120 Apprentice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17120 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17120 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17120 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17006 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17120 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English