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
14876 Scivias Hildegard of Bingen 1151 German Latin
14933 Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 1935 American English
14934 Piers The Ploughman William Langland 1370 English Middle english
14945 If Winter Comes A. S. M. Hutchinson 1921 British English
14985 Lila Marilynne Robinson 2014 American English
14985 Hawkeye Matt Fraction 2012 American English
14985 Cash Johnny Cash 1997 American English
14985 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14985 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14985 A Walk To Remember Nicholas Sparks 1999 American English
14985 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
14985 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14985 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14985 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14985 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14985 The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 American English
14985 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
15567 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15567 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15605 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15642 The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner 2018 American English
15713 Early Plays Eugene O'Neill 1932 American English
15718 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens 1969 British English
15746 "Les Misérables" De Victor Hugo Henri Scepi 1862 French French
15802 Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck 1954 American English
15782 Crime And Punishment Dostoyevsky 1866 Russian Russian
15774 Oh, Promised Land James Street 1940 American English
15788 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15814 The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
15823 The Complete Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
15820 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15877 No Beast So Fierce Edward Bunker 1973 American English
15914 Gospel of Truth Valentinus 150 Unknown Coptic
16502 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
15914 Purgatory In Ingolstadt Marieluise Fleißer 1924 German German
15914 Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners John Bunyan 1666 British English
15914 Sacred Dramas Hannah More 1782 British English
16517 O Sonho De Um Homem Ridículo Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 Russian Russian
15914 Doctor Faustus And Other Plays Christopher Marlowe 1604 English English
15914 Paradise Lost And Other Poems John Milton 1667 British English
15900 Space Trilogy C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
15914 Mary Shalom Asch 1949 Unknown Yiddish
15914 The Tentmaker Julius Berstl 1935 Unknown German
15914 David The King Gladys Schmitt 1946 American English
15914 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15914 Not Built With Hands Helen C. White 1936 American English
15914 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15914 God's Angry Man Leonard Ehrlich 1932 American English
15914 The King Of The Golden River John Ruskin 1851 British English
15905 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16515 King James Version Of The Bible various 1611 English English
16601 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16615 In My Father's House James Street 1941 American English
16710 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
16647 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
16647 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16680 The Pilgrim's Regress C. S. Lewis 1933 British English
16746 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16734 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16632 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
16636 The Brothers Karamazov Fedor Dostoyevsky 1880 Russian Russian
17159 Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 2003 American English
17159 The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch 1974 British English
17159 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17159 The Indian Lawyer James Welch 1990 Native American English
17159 An American Dream Norman Mailer 1965 American English
17159 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17159 The Statement Brian Moore 1995 Irish English
17159 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17159 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? Alan Duff 1996 New Zealander English
17159 The Devil's Advocate Morris West 1959 Australian English
17159 Darkness Visible William Golding 1979 British English
17159 The Golden Bird George Mackay Brown 1962 Scottish English
17159 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
17159 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17159 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17159 Downward To The Earth Robert Silverberg 1970 American English
17159 The Nice And The Good Iris Murdoch 1968 British English
17159 Lamb Bernard MacLaverty 1980 Irish English
17159 That Bird Has My Wings Jarvis Jay Masters 2009 American English
17159 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17159 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17159 Frozen Bryony Lavery 1998 British English
16856 Sweet Bird Of Youth Tennessee Williams 1959 American English
16892 The Time Of Your Life William Saroyan 1939 American English
17159 Jitney August Wilson 1982 American English
17159 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17159 The Mysteries Tony Harrison 1985 British English
17159 Bad Marie Marcy Dermansky 2010 American English
17159 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
17159 Scenes Of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 British English
17159 Gabriel Conroy Bret Harte 1876 American English
17159 The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn Henry Kingsley 1859 British English
17159 The Atonement Of Leam Dundas Eliza Lynn Linton 1876 British English
17159 It Is Never Too Late To Mend Charles Reade 1856 British English
16839 Judas Iscariot Leonid Andreyev 1907 Russian Russian
17159 Before I Fall Lauren Oliver 2010 American English
17159 Life Debt Chuck Wendig 2016 American English
17159 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17159 Embers Of War Gareth L. Powell 2018 British English
17159 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17159 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17159 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17159 The Coin Light Amidst Shadows 2007 Unknown Unknown
16913 The Complete Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1908 Irish English
17159 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17159 The Chamber John Grisham 1994 American English
17159 Bleachers John Grisham 2003 American English
17159 Born Again Charles W. Colson 1976 British English
17159 Polar Star Martin Cruz Smith 1989 American English
17159 Lost Memory Of Skin Russell Banks 2011 American English
17159 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17159 Breath and Bone Carol Berg 2008 American English
17159 Hearts On A Wire Abdel-Salam Ajili 1974 Syrian Unknown
17159 The Fallen Knight Alights Elias al-Diri Lebanese Unknown
17159 Nobody's Angel Thomas McGuane 1981 American English
16943 Dear And Glorious Physician Taylor Caldwell 1959 American English
17159 Frog Yan Mo 2009 Chinese Chinese
17159 Crooked Kingdom Leigh Bardugo 2016 American English
17159 The Emperor's Soul Brandon Sanderson 2012 American English