The Greatest Books of All Time on Novels

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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
17126 The Gospel According To The New World Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox 2021 French French
17126 Il Paradiso Degli Orchi Daniel Pennac 1985 French Italian
17126 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17126 The Seducer Jan Kjærstad 1993 Norwegian Norwegian
17126 The Five Gates Of Hell Rupert Thomson 1991 British English
17126 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17126 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17126 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17126 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17126 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17126 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17126 Aria Nazanine Hozar 2019 Unknown English
17126 The Immortals Of Tehran Ali Araghi 2020 Unknown English
17126 To Keep The Sun Alive Rabeah Ghaffari 2019 Unknown English
17126 A Good Country Laleh Khadivi 2017 American English
17126 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17126 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17126 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17126 The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. Gina B. Nahai 2014 American English
17126 The Neighbors Ahmad Mahmoud 1974 Unknown Persian
17126 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17126 Red Army Amanda Peters 1989 Unknown Unknown
17126 The Beastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar B J. P. Donleavy 1967 American English
17126 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English
17126 The Twelfth Transforming Pauline Gedge 1984 Canadian English
16776 Winter Quarters Alfred Duggan 1956 British English
17126 Augustus Allan Massie 1986 British English
17126 The Son Of Laughter Frederick Buechner 1993 American English
17126 Man Of Nazareth Anthony Burgess 1979 British English
17126 Falls The Shadow Sharon Kay Penman 1988 American English
17126 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17126 The Agony And The Ecstacy Irving Stone 1961 American English
16776 Immortal Queen Elizabeth Byrd 1956 American English
17126 Death Of The Fox George Garrett 1972 American English
17126 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17126 Vindication Frances Sherwood 1993 Unknown English
17126 The End Of The Hunt Thomas Flanagan 1994 American English
16776 Hannah Fowler Janice Giles 1956 American English
17126 When The War Is Over Stephen Becker 1968 Unknown English
17126 Dynasty Robert S. Elegant 1977 American English
17126 Manchu Robert S. Elegant 1980 American English
17126 Peking Anthony Grey 1988 British English
16776 Shadow Of The Moon M.M. Kaye 1956 British English
17126 Raj Gita Mehta 1989 Indian English
16776 The Heike Story Eiji Yoshikawa 1956 Japanese Japanese
17126 Molokai O.A. Bushnell 1960 Unknown English
17126 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17126 The Literature Express Lasha Bugadze 2009 Georgian Georgian
17126 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17126 The Last Language Jennifer duBois 2023 Unknown English
17126 Mobility Lydia Kiesling 2023 American English
17126 Holding Pattern Jenny Xie 2023 Unknown English
17126 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17126 Terrace Story Hilary Leichter 2023 Unknown English
17126 Vengeance Is Mine Marie NDiaye 2021 French English
17126 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2021 French French
17126 Critical Mass Daniel Suarez 2023 American English
17126 Dayswork Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel 2023 Unknown English
17126 Devil Makes Three Ben Fountain 2023 Unknown English
17126 I Will Greet The Sun Again Khashayar J. Khabushani 2023 Unknown English
17126 No One Prayed Over Their Graves Khaled Khalifa 2019 Syrian Arabic
17126 Up With The Sun Thomas Mallon 2023 American English
17126 Vintage Contemporaries Dan Kois 2014 Unknown English
17126 Gadis Kretek Ratih Kumala 2012 Indonesian Indonesian
17126 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17126 The File On H. Ismail Kadare 1981 Albanian Albanian
17126 God's Grace Bernard Malamud 1982 American English
17126 Take A Girl Like You Kingsley Amis 1960 British English
17126 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English
17126 A True Novel Minae Mizumura 2002 Japanese Japanese
17126 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17126 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17126 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17126 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17126 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17126 Lancelot Walker Percy 1977 American English
17126 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17126 Mushoku Tensei Magonote, Rifujin Na 2014 Japanese Japanese
17126 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17126 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17126 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17126 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17126 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17126 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17126 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17126 All Things Left Wild James Wade 2020 American English
17126 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
16980 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17126 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
16937 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
17126 Weirdo Sara Pascoe 2023 British English
17126 The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 2023 British English
17126 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17126 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17126 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17126 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17126 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17126 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17025 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17101 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17126 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17126 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17126 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17126 Under The Bright Lights Daniel Woodrell 1986 American English
17126 Muscle For The Wing Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17126 Rodin's Debutante Ward Just 2011 American English
17126 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17126 The Way Home George P. Pelecanos 2009 American English
17126 Die Insel Der Tausend Leuchttürme Walter Moers 2023 German German
17126 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17126 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17126 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English
17126 The Secret Of The Nagas Amish Tripathi 2011 Indian English
17126 The Oath Of The Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 2013 Indian English
17126 Made For Love Alissa Nutting 2017 American English
17126 Fake Fruit Factory Patrick Wensink 2015 American English
17126 Loner Teddy Wayne 2016 American English
17126 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
16856 The Heart Of A Dog Mikhail Bulgakov 1925 Russian Russian
17126 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown