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
14041 Durcheinandertal Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1989 Swiss German
14051 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion 2014 Australian English
14058 The Case Of Dr Sachs Martin Winckler 1998 French French
14068 Will You Please be Quiet, Please? Raymond Carver 1976 American English
14076 The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel 2008 American English
14092 The Idea Of You Robinne Lee 2017 American English
14106 L'éducation D'une Fée Didier van Cauwelaert 2000 French French
14113 The Man Who Saw Everything Deborah Levy 2019 British English
14138 The Echo Wife Sarah Gailey 2021 American English
14154 The Vortex Noel Coward 1924 British English
14168 This Is How It Always Is Laurie Frankel 2017 American English
14176 Black Tickets Jayne Anne Phillips 1979 American English
14191 Private Lives Noel Coward 1930 British English
14206 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
14212 The Confession Of A Fool August Strindberg 1893 Swedish Swedish
14212 The Mighty And Their Fall Ivy Compton-Burnett 1961 British English
14232 Women in Their Beds Gina Berriault 1996 American English
14232 The Middleman and Other Stories Bharati Mukherjee 1988 Indian English
14232 The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort 1972 British English
14232 Fool For Love Sam Shepard 1983 American English
14232 Noises Off Michael Frayn 1982 British English
14232 The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman 2010 British English
14232 Journal Of A Solitude May Sarton 1973 American English
14232 This Is How You Lose Her Junot Diaz 2012 American English
14232 When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 2009 American English
14329 The Admirable Crichton J. M. Barrie 1902 British English
14331 Europa Tim Parks 1997 British English
14334 An Error Of Judgement Pamela Hansford Johnson 1962 British English
14347 Blood Tie Mary Lee Settle 1977 American English
14347 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett 1996 American English
14347 Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson 2015 American English
14359 How Far Can You Go? David Lodge 1980 British English
14374 Stones In The Wall Dai Houying 1980 Chinese Chinese
14376 Late Call Angus Wilson 1964 British English
14382 Simple Marie-Aude Murail 2004 French French
14387 On The Branch Pierre de Coulevain 1904 French French
14398 Writers & Lovers Lily King 2020 American English
14399 Bye Bye Blondie Virginie Despentes 2004 French French
14403 The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1914 American English
14402 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 2020 American English
14431 American Innovations Rivka Galchen 2014 American English
14450 A Spool Of Blue Thread Anne Tyler 2015 American English
14457 Collected Stories of Peter Taylor Peter Taylor 1969 American English
14457 The Hearts and Lives of Men Fay Weldon 1987 British English
14456 A Chair On The Boulevard Leonard Merrick 1907 British English
14481 Glanz Und Gloria Henning Ahrens 2003 German German
14519 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14541 The Children Carolina Sanin 2016 Colombian Spanish
14547 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14546 Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison 1911 American English
14549 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14553 The Better Sort Henry James 1903 British English
14553 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14586 A Bed Of Roses Walter Lionel George 1911 British English
14588 Primera Persona Margarita García Robayo 2017 Colombian Spanish
14617 The Story Of Hay Bo Yi Shu 1988 Chinese Unknown
14619 City Of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert 2019 American English
14629 Sexual Perversity in Chicago David Mamet 1974 American English
14628 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14641 Somos Luces Abismales Carolina Sanin 2018 Colombian Spanish
14644 Love And Sleep Sean O'Reilly 2002 Unknown Unknown
14649 Searching for Caleb Anne Tyler 1975 American English
14648 Wetlands Charlotte Roche 2008 German German
14649 I Would Have Saved Them If I Could Leonard Michaels 1975 American English
14666 Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald 1979 British English
14666 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson 2010 British English
14672 The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1915 American English
14673 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14674 An Orphan World Giuseppe Caputo 2019 Colombian Spanish
14679 Pushcart Prize Anthology Pushcart Prize 1976 American English
14679 The Country House John Galsworthy 1907 British English
14693 The Parts Keith Ridgway 2003 Irish English
14697 The Song Of Songs Hermann Sudermann 1908 German German
14697 The Doctor's Wife Brian Moore 1976 British English
14728 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov 1957 American English
14730 I, etcetera Susan Sontag 1978 American English
14730 How To Save Your Own Life Erica Jong 1977 American English
14757 Nocturne Frank Swinnerton 1917 British English
14818 Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado, Harriet de Onís 1966 Brazilian Portuguese
14826 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14869 Henry Iv Luigi Pirandello 1922 Italian Italian
14868 Palm Of The Hand Stories Yasunari Kawabata 1949 Japanese Japanese
14897 The Third Life Of Grange Copeland Alice Walker 1970 American English
14897 Guys And Dolls Damon Runyon 1932 American English
14871 Father And Son E. O. Plauen 1934 German German
14940 The Odd Couple Neil Simon 1965 American English
14944 Picnic William Inge 1953 American English
14954 334 Thomas M. Disch 1972 American English
14984 The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed 2008 American English
14984 Going Native Stephen Wright 1994 American English
14984 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus John Gray 2024 American English
14984 If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor 2002 British English
14984 Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned Wells Tower 2009 American English
14984 Injury Time Beryl Bainbridge 1977 British English
14984 Poor Things Alasdair Gray 1992 Scottish English
14984 Naked David Sedaris 1997 American English
14984 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
14984 Binocular Vision Edith Pearlman 2011 American English
14984 The Hand That First Held Mine Maggie O'Farrell 2010 British English
14984 Crazy Salad Nora Ephron 1975 American English
14984 A Home at the End of the World Michael Cunningham 1990 American English
14984 Vida Marge Piercy 1979 American English
14984 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14984 The House Of Splendid Isolation Edna O'Brien 1994 Irish English
14984 Wild at Heart Barry Gifford 1990 American English
14984 Complete Stories Dorothy Parker 1995 American English
14984 South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami 1992 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber 2014 British English
14984 The Infatuations Javier Marias 2011 Spanish Spanish
14984 Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 2003 British English
14984 Everything Inside Edwidge Danticat 2019 Haitian English
14984 My Brother's Husband Gengoroh Tagame 2014 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides 2019 British English
14984 The Book Of Form And Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 2021 Japanese English
14984 The Children's Bach Helen Garner 1984 Australian English
14984 The Forgotten Waltz Anne Enright 2011 Irish English
14984 The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 American English
14984 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
14984 Engine Summer John Crowley 1979 American English
14984 From The Fifteenth District Mavis Gallant 1979 Canadian English