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
17130 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17130 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
16876 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
16905 The Sorrows Of A Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
17130 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
17130 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17130 Doctor Who Russell T. Davies 1996 British Unknown
17130 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English
17038 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
16867 Il Male Oscuro Berto, Giuseppe 1964 Italian Italian
17130 All That Man Is Szalay, David 2016 British English
17100 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
17130 A Hand Full Of Stars Rafik Schami 1985 German German
16972 1984 george orwell 1948 British English
17130 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17115 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1605 Spanish Spanish
17130 Heads You Win Jeffrey Archer 2018 British English
17130 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English
17130 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17130 Tom Mix And Pancho Villa Clifford Irving 1982 American English
17047 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German
17130 The Book Of D'ni Rand Miller 1997 American English