The Greatest Books of All Time on Relationships

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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
12324 Secrets Of The Flesh Judith Thurman 1999 American English
12383 Eclipse Fever Walter Abish 1993 American English
12410 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12410 Daller Gut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Unknown Unknown
12410 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12448 In The Beginning Was The Sea Tomás González 1983 Colombian Spanish
12500 Come As You Are Emily Nagoski 2015 American English
12513 Angie, I Says Avra Wing 1991 American English
12513 A Bag Of Stories Edla Van Steen 1991 Brazilian Portuguese
12513 Eve's Tattoo Emily Prager 1991 American English
12513 The Gates Of Ivory Margaret Drabble 1991 British English
12513 The House Tibet Georgia Savage 1991 Australian English
12513 The Loom And Other Stories R. A. Sasaki 1991 American English
12513 A Mom's Life Kathryn Grody 1991 American English
12513 Mute Phone Calls And Other Stories Ruth Aleksandrovna Zernova 1991 Russian Unknown
12513 The Other Mother Carol Schaefer 1991 American English
12513 The Seventh Garment Eugenia Fakinou 1991 Greek Greek
12513 Typical American Gish Jen 1991 American English
12574 The Diaries Alma Mahler 1997 Austrian German
12586 Potential Ariel Schrag 2000 American English
12613 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Anna Gavalda 1999 French French
12625 The Captains And The Kings Jennifer Johnston 1972 Irish English
12655 Poems Of Nathan Zach Nathan Zach 2020 Israeli Hebrew
12682 Children Of The Rich Lu Ling 1940 Chinese Unknown
12733 Living, Loving And Learning Leo Buscaglia 1982 American English
12739 Frankly In Love David Yoon 2019 American English
12739 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki, illustrated Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 2019 Canadian English
12785 The Marriage Of Young Blacky Zhao Shuli 1943 Chinese Chinese
12792 Echine Philippe Djian 1982 French French
12832 Cantora Sylvia Lopez-Medina 1992 American English
12832 Fortunate Lives Robb Forman Dew 1992 American English
12832 Incantations And Other Stories Anjana Appachana 1992 Indian English
12832 Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells 1992 American English
12832 Margins Terri de la Peña 1992 American English
12832 Mrs. Vargas And The Dead Naturalist Kathleen Alcalá 1992 American English
12969 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
13061 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13134 Katherine Mansfield Gerri Kimber 2025 Unknown English
13211 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
13217 Summer Blonde Adrian Tomine 2002 American English
13236 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13246 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13276 Wide Open Nicola Barker 1998 British English
13276 Marzahn, Mon Amour Katja Oskamp 2019 German German
13266 Ganado Red Susan Lowell 1993 American English
13284 Swimming Home Deborah Levy 2011 British English
13306 Lotus Creek Sun Li 1950 Chinese Unknown
13318 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 American English
13316 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13315 Records Of Orchard City Shi Tuo 1946 Chinese Chinese
13359 The Pure and the Impure Colette 1932 French French
13359 The Diary of Fanny Burney Fanny Burney 1768 British English
13498 The Power Of Horses And Other Stories Elizabeth Cook 2021 British Unknown
13359 The Red Lily Anatole France 1894 French French
13359 Gentleman's Agreement Laura Z. Hobson 1947 American English
13359 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13359 The Duel And Other Stories Anton Chekhov 1891 Russian Russian
13359 First Love And Other Sorrows Harold Brodkey 1957 American English
13511 Indecision Benjamin Kunkel 2005 American English
13511 More Like Not Running Away Paul Shepherd 2005 Unknown English
13520 星星．月亮．太陽 Su Xu 1955 Chinese Unknown
13542 The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner 1976 American English
13542 Spartina John Casey 1989 American English
13542 Three Junes Julia Glass 2002 American English
13557 The Black Swan Thomas Mann 1953 German German
13564 The Young Newcomer In The Organizational Department Wang Meng 1980 Chinese Chinese
13576 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13580 Out Of The Dark Patrick Modiano 1990 French French
13592 We Were The Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates 1996 American English
13593 The Book Of Joe Jonathan Tropper 2004 American English
13594 A Family Record Patrick Modiano 1977 French French
13599 A Web of Lace Pascal Lainé 1974 French French
13599 Creezy Félicien Marceau 1969 French French
13599 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13715 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13715 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
13733 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13738 The Late Bourgeois World Nadine Gordimer 1966 South African English
13749 When My Brother Was An Aztec Natalie Diaz 2012 American English
13759 Drop City T. Coraghessan Boyle 2003 American English
13759 This Book Will Save Your Life A. M. Homes 2006 American English
13758 The Art Of Loving Erich Fromm 1956 Unknown German
13771 When We Get There Shauna Seliy 2008 Unknown English
13771 Likewise Ariel Schrag 2008 American English
13790 The Lovers Alice Ferney 1993 French French
13792 Vampires In The Lemon Grove Karen Russell 2013 American English
13805 In Between The Sheets Ian McEwan 1978 British English
13811 Outside The Window Chiung Yao 1963 Chinese Chinese
13813 The Bad Girl Mario Vargas Llosa 2006 Peruvian Spanish
13817 Villa Tarantola Vincenzo Cardarelli 1948 Italian Unknown
13817 La Memoria Giambattista Angioletti 1939 Italian Unknown
13817 The Faithful Lover Massimo Bontempelli 1953 Italian Italian
13817 The Capri Letters Mario Soldati 1954 Italian Italian
13817 Un Gatto Attraversa La Strada Giovanni Comisso 1955 Italian Italian
13817 L'ombra Delle Colline Giovanni Arpino 1964 Italian Italian
13817 A Spiral Of Mist Michele Prisco 1966 Italian Italian
13817 L'occhio Del Gatto Alberto Bevilacqua 1968 Italian Italian
13817 Le stelle fredde Guido Piovene 1952 Italian Italian
13817 Le Quattro Ragazze Wieselberger Fausta Cialente 1976 Italian Italian
13817 Solitudes Goffredo Parise 1984 Italian Italian
13817 La Casa Del Padre Giorgio Montefoschi 1994 Italian Italian
13817 Passaggio In Ombra Mariateresa Di Lascia 1995 Italian Italian
13817 I Bei Momenti Enzo Siciliano 1997 Italian Italian
13817 Darkness Dacia Maraini 1995 Italian Italian
13817 Don't Move Margaret Mazzantini 2001 Italian Italian
13817 Inseparabili Alessandro Piperno 2012 Italian Italian
13817 Resistere Non Serve A Niente Walter Siti 2012 Italian Italian
13817 The Hummingbird Sandro Veronesi 2019 Italian Italian
13817 Spatriati Mario Desiati 2021 Italian Italian
13817 Come D'aria Ada D'Adamo 2023 Italian Italian
13885 American Voyeur Benoit Denizet-Lewis 2009 American English
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
13963 This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub 2023 American English
13967 Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny 2017 American English
13969 The Birds Of The Innocent Wood Deirdre Madden 1988 Irish English
13986 Scenes From Provincial Life William Cooper 1950 British English
14009 Family Catastrophe Wang Wen-hsin 1973 Chinese Chinese
14011 Emperor Of The Air Ethan Canin 1988 American English
14019 The Maples Stories John Updike 2009 American English