The Greatest Psychological and Romance Books of All Time

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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
176 The End of the Affair Graham Greene 1951 British English
3580 Call Me By Your Name André Aciman 2007 Italian English
3952 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
4189 Flowers From The Storm Laura Kinsale 1992 American English
4306 It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 2016 American English
5889 The Girl With The Golden Eyes Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
5917 The Magic Toyshop Angela Carter 1967 British English
6850 A Little Sun In Cold Water Francoise Sagan 1969 French French
7215 Count D'orgel's Ball Raymond Radiguet 1923 French French
7215 The Desert Of Love François Mauriac 1925 French French
8376 Beautiful Disaster Jamie McGuire 2011 American English
8526 Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker 2012 Canadian English
9642 All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
10158 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
11452 Years of Grace Margaret Ayer Barnes 1930 American English
12656 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12772 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
13237 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13600 Cronus' Children Yves Navarre 1980 French French
13600 Brecht's Lover Jacques-Pierre Amette 2003 French French
14321 The Garden Of Allah Robert Hichens 1904 British English
14427 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14586 A Bed Of Roses Walter Lionel George 1911 British English
14673 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14984 South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami 1992 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst 1994 British English
15645 The Judge Rebecca West 1922 British English
15902 A Spy In The House Of Love Anaïs Nin 1954 French English
15885 Random Harvest James Hilton 1941 British English
17131 I Loved You More Tom Spanbauer 2014 American English
16769 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
17131 Braided Lives Marge Piercy 1982 American English
17131 Credence Penelope Douglas 2020 American English
17131 The Course Of Love Alain de Botton 2016 British English
17131 Birthday Girl Penelope Douglas 2018 American English
17083 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17131 It's A Date Jeneva Rose Unknown Unknown
17131 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17131 Nobody Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 American English
17131 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
17131 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17131 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17131 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17131 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
16899 The Sorrows Of A Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
17131 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17131 All The Bright Places Jennifer Niven 2015 American English
17131 Deeper Than The Dead Tami Hoag 2009 American English
17131 Down The Darkest Road Tami Hoag 2011 American English
17131 Almost Dead Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17131 Absolute Fear Lisa Jackson 2007 American English
17131 You Will Pay Lisa Jackson 2017 American English
17131 If She Only Knew Lisa Jackson 2000 American English
17131 After She's Gone Lisa Jackson 2015 American English