The Greatest Books of All Time on Redemption

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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
14874 Scivias Hildegard of Bingen 1151 German Latin
14931 Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 1935 American English
14929 Piers The Ploughman William Langland 1370 English Middle english
14941 If Winter Comes A. S. M. Hutchinson 1921 British English
14983 Lila Marilynne Robinson 2014 American English
14983 Hawkeye Matt Fraction 2012 American English
14983 Cash Johnny Cash 1997 American English
14983 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14983 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14983 A Walk To Remember Nicholas Sparks 1999 American English
14983 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
14983 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14983 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14983 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14983 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14983 The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 American English
14983 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
15559 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15559 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15597 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15634 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15705 Early Plays Eugene O'Neill 1932 American English
15710 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens 1969 British English
15738 "Les Misérables" De Victor Hugo Henri Scepi 1862 French French
15787 Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck 1954 American English
15778 Crime And Punishment Dostoyevsky 1866 Russian Russian
15774 Oh, Promised Land James Street 1940 American English
15797 The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
15807 The Complete Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
15805 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15791 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15869 No Beast So Fierce Edward Bunker 1973 American English
15897 Gospel of Truth Valentinus 150 Unknown Coptic
16488 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
15897 Purgatory In Ingolstadt Marieluise Fleißer 1924 German German
15897 Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners John Bunyan 1666 British English
15897 Sacred Dramas Hannah More 1782 British English
16498 O Sonho De Um Homem Ridículo Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 Russian Russian
15897 Doctor Faustus And Other Plays Christopher Marlowe 1604 English English
15897 Paradise Lost And Other Poems John Milton 1667 British English
15886 Space Trilogy C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
15897 Mary Shalom Asch 1949 Unknown Yiddish
15897 The Tentmaker Julius Berstl 1935 Unknown German
15897 David The King Gladys Schmitt 1946 American English
15897 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15897 Not Built With Hands Helen C. White 1936 American English
15897 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15897 God's Angry Man Leonard Ehrlich 1932 American English
15897 The King Of The Golden River John Ruskin 1851 British English
16597 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
16592 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16527 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16670 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
16613 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
16613 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16648 The Pilgrim's Regress C. S. Lewis 1933 British English
16723 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16698 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16603 The Brothers Karamazov Fedor Dostoyevsky 1880 Russian Russian
16745 In My Father's House James Street 1941 American English
17117 Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 2003 American English
17117 The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch 1974 British English
17117 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17117 The Indian Lawyer James Welch 1990 Native American English
17117 An American Dream Norman Mailer 1965 American English
17117 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17117 The Statement Brian Moore 1995 Irish English
17117 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17117 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? Alan Duff 1996 New Zealander English
17117 The Devil's Advocate Morris West 1959 Australian English
17117 Darkness Visible William Golding 1979 British English
17117 The Golden Bird George Mackay Brown 1962 Scottish English
17117 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
17117 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17117 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17117 Downward To The Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 American English
17117 The Nice And The Good Iris Murdoch 1968 British English
17117 Lamb Bernard MacLaverty 1980 Irish English
17117 That Bird Has My Wings Jarvis Jay Masters 2009 American English
17117 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17117 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17117 Frozen Bryony Lavery 1998 British English
16819 Sweet Bird Of Youth Tennessee Williams 1959 American English
16854 The Time Of Your Life William Saroyan 1939 American English
17117 Jitney August Wilson 1982 American English
17117 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17117 The Mysteries Tony Harrison 1985 British English
17117 Bad Marie Marcy Dermansky 2010 American English
17117 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
17117 Scenes Of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 British English
17117 Gabriel Conroy Bret Harte 1876 American English
17117 The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn Henry Kingsley 1859 British English
17117 The Atonement Of Leam Dundas Eliza Lynn Linton 1876 British English
17117 It Is Never Too Late To Mend Charles Reade 1856 British English
16800 Judas Iscariot Leonid Andreyev 1907 Russian Russian
17117 Before I Fall Lauren Oliver 2010 American English
17117 Life Debt Chuck Wendig 2016 American English
17117 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17117 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17117 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17117 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17117 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17117 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
16876 The Complete Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1908 Irish English
17117 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17117 The Chamber John Grisham 1994 American English
17117 Bleachers John Grisham 2003 American English
17117 Born Again Charles W. Colson 1976 British English
17117 Polar Star Martin Cruz Smith 1989 American English
17117 Lost Memory Of Skin Russell Banks 2011 American English
17117 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17117 Breath and Bone Carol Berg 2008 American English
17117 Hearts On A Wire Abdel-Salam Ajili 1974 Syrian Unknown
17117 The Fallen Knight Alights Elias al-Diri Lebanese Unknown
17117 Nobody's Angel Thomas McGuane 1981 American English
16886 Dear And Glorious Physician Taylor Caldwell 1959 American English
17117 Frog Yan Mo 2009 Chinese Chinese
17117 Crooked Kingdom Leigh Bardugo 2016 American English
17117 The Emperor's Soul Brandon Sanderson 2012 American English
17117 All The Broken Places John Boyne 2022 Irish English