The Greatest Books of All Time on Nostalgia

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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
13818 Story Of My People Edoardo Nesi 2011 Italian Italian
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
13963 This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub 2023 American English
14104 Los Días Azules Fernando Vallejo 2020 Colombian Spanish
14131 The Boys Of Summer Roger Kahn 1972 American English
14348 The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter 1960 American English
14493 The Early Stories John Updike 2003 American English
14492 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14646 Fin De Siècle Splendor Chu Tʽien-wen 1990 Chinese Chinese
14788 The Three Hundred Tang Poems China 1763 Chinese Chinese
14833 Listen To The Warm Rod McKuen 1967 American English
14985 South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami 1992 Japanese Japanese
14985 Within The Context Of No Context George W. S. Trow 1980 American English
15607 The Old Capital Chu Tʽien-hsin 1996 Chinese Chinese
15916 A Walker in the City Alfred Kazin 1951 American English
15916 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15916 Old Herbaceous Reginald Arkell 1950 British English
15916 String Too Short To Be Saved Donald Hall 1961 American English
15885 H.M. Pulham, Esq. John P. Marquand 1941 American English
17163 Killing Yourself to Live Chuck Klosterman 2005 American English
17163 Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright 1998 British English
17163 Airships Barry Hannah 1978 American English
17163 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
16808 The Little Girls Elizabeth Bowen 1964 Irish English
17163 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17163 The Good, The Bad, And The Multiplex Mark Kermode 2011 British English
17163 Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass Lana Del Rey 2020 American English
17163 Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike Christopher Durang 2013 American English
16925 Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll Ray Lawler 1955 Australian English
16952 The Entertainer John Osborne 1957 British English
17163 The Throwback Special Chris Bachelder 2016 American English
17163 Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 1989 American English
17163 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17163 Bleachers John Grisham 2003 American English
17163 Holy Land D. J. Waldie 1996 American English
17163 Reveries Of A Bachelor Donald Grant Mitchell 1850 American English
17163 George Sprott Seth 2009 Canadian English
17163 Les 1001 années de la nostalgie Rachid Boudjedra 1997 Algerian French
17163 The Lost Continent Bill Bryson 1989 American English
16888 Coming Up For Air George Orwell 1939 British English
17163 Serotonin Michel Houellebecq 2019 French French
17163 A Girl Named Zippy Haven Kimmel 2001 American English
17163 Those Whom I Would Like To Meet Again Giedra Radvilavičiūtė 2013 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17163 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17163 I Was Told There'd Be Cake Sloane Crosley 2008 American English
16981 Trout Fishing In America / The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
17163 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17163 Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say 1993 American English
17163 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17163 Last Night At The Lobster Stewart O'Nan 2007 American English
17163 The Pomegranate Lady And Her Sons Goli Taraghi 2013 Iranian Persian
17163 Paris To The Moon Adam Gopnik 2000 American English
17163 Ghosts Unknown 2017 Unknown English
17163 The Fleeting City Hovhannes Tekgyozan Unknown Unknown
17163 Yesterday Tobias Becker 2023 Unknown Unknown
17163 Earlier Sasha Frere‑Jones 2023 Unknown English
17163 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17163 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17163 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17163 Do You Remember? Sydney Smith 2023 Unknown English
17163 Vintage Contemporaries Dan Kois 2014 Unknown English
17163 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17163 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17163 The Cat's Pajamas Ray Bradbury 2004 American English
17163 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17163 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
16957 Oblomow Ivan Goncharov 1859 Russian Russian
17163 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17163 Year Book Seth Rogen Canadian English
17163 Història D'un Piano Ramon Gener Spanish Catalan
17163 Fantasticland Mike Bockoven 2016 American English
17059 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German