The Greatest Books of All Time on Prejudice

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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
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
16 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 1960 American English
170 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 1937 American English
297 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
335 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani 1962 Italian Italian
350 The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor 1971 American English
366 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo 1831 French French
420 The Human Stain Philip Roth 2000 American English
439 North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 British English
761 Goodbye to Berlin Christopher Isherwood 1939 British English
819 Burmese Days George Orwell 1934 British English
886 Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1912 American English
918 The Plot Against America Philip Roth 2004 American English
1056 Maurice E. M. Forster 1971 British English
1178 Nathan the Wise Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1779 German German
1181 The Painted Bird Jerzy Kosinski 1965 Polish English
1718 The Fixer Bernard Malamud 1966 American English
1756 Strange Fruit Lillian Smith 1944 American English
1801 A Time To Kill John Grisham 1989 American English
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
2074 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson 1994 American English
2144 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
2268 The Jewel In The Crown Paul Scott 1966 British English
2314 Ship Of Fools Katherine Anne Porter 1962 American English
2361 Our Nig Harriet E. Wilson 1859 American English
2399 Remembering Babylon David Malouf 1993 Australian English
2485 Small Island Andrea Levy 2004 British English
2566 The Caves Of Steel Isaac Asimov 1954 American English
2614 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2667 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
3166 Paris Trout Pete Dexter 1988 American English
3239 The Changelings Jo Sinclair 1955 American English
3638 Jew Süss Lion Feuchtwanger 1925 German German
4644 Friday The Rabbi Slept Late Harry Kemelman 1964 American English
5042 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5153 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 American English
5414 The Brodeck Report Philippe Claudel 2007 French French
5510 Riders In The Chariot Patrick White 1961 Australian English
5528 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5857 Wasteland Jo Sinclair 1946 American English
5968 Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole 1857 Jamaican English
6222 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6263 Lowest Of The Low Günter Wallraff 1985 German German
6559 The Tortilla Curtain T. Coraghessan Boyle 1995 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
7215 The Short Fiction Charles W. Chesnutt 1899 American English
7215 Corydon André Gide 1924 French French
7797 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7902 The House in the Cerulean Sea Tj Klune 2020 American English
7903 Arab and Jew David K. Shipler 1986 American English
8273 The Education of Little Tree Forrest Carter 1976 American English
8598 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
8686 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8759 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8927 A Escrava Isaura Bernardo Guimarães 1875 Brazilian Portuguese
8998 Little Fadette George Sand 1849 French French
9188 Talking Back, Talking Black John McWhorter 2017 American English
9372 Plain Tales From The Hills Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
9538 Binti Nnedi Okorafor 2015 Nigerian English
9802 Dear Martin Nic Stone 2017 American English
9971 If You Come Softly Jacqueline Woodson 1998 American English
10234 Biased Jennifer Eberhardt 2019 American English
10573 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
10579 Heartfire Orson Scott Card 1998 American English
10657 Men At Arms Terry Pratchett 1993 British English
10887 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
11106 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11313 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka 2002 American English
11476 Jessica Bryce Courtenay 1998 Australian English
11925 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
12148 Snow In August Pete Hamill 1997 American English
12454 A Very Large Expanse Of Sea Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
12472 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12979 The Dentist Tim Sullivan 2025 British Unknown
13246 Stamped Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds 2020 American English
13246 We Are Not Free Traci Chee 2020 American English
13359 Gentleman's Agreement Laura Z. Hobson 1947 American English
13359 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13817 Within The Walls Giorgio Bassani 1956 Italian Italian
13885 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13885 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
14138 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
14728 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov 1957 American English
14983 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 2006 Irish English
14983 The Robots Of Dawn Isaac Asimov 1983 American English
14983 Clybourne Park Bruce Norris 2010 American English
14983 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14983 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14983 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
15597 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15641 Up Stream Ludwig Lewisohn 1922 American English
15801 Gypsy, Gypsy Rumer Godden 1940 British English
15897 The Maurizius Case Jakob Wassermann 1928 German German
15897 In A German Pension Katherine Mansfield 1911 British English
16557 Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose 1954 American English
16609 Pebble In The Sky Isaac Asimov 1950 American English
16651 Professor Bernhardi Arthur Schnitzler 1912 Austrian German
16655 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
17117 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
17117 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
17117 As The Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong 2009 New Zealander English
17117 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17117 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17117 Recitatif Toni Morrison 1983 American English
17117 Talley's Folly Lanford Wilson 1979 American English
17117 Go Set A Watchman Harper Lee 2015 American English
17117 Stones From The River Ursula Hegi 1994 German English
17117 Collected Plays Mahesh Dattani 2000 Indian English
17017 Of Mice And Men / Cannery Row John Steinbeck 1937 American English
17117 Chocolat Joanne Harris 1999 British English
17117 The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid 2022 Pakistani English
17117 Saga, Compendium One Brian K. Vaughan 2019 American English
17117 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17117 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17117 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17117 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17117 Molokai O.A. Bushnell 1960 Unknown English
17117 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17117 None Of The Above Travis Alabanza 2022 Unknown English
17117 Small Great Things Jodi Picoult 2016 American English