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
17120 Comfort Me with Apples Ruth Reichl 2001 American English
17120 The Epicure's Lament Kate Christensen 2004 American English
17120 Savages Don Winslow 2010 American English
17120 The Bronc People William Eastlake 1958 American English
17120 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17120 Up Ronald Sukenick 1968 American English
17120 Mulligan Stew Gilbert Sorrentino 1979 American English
17120 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17120 The Edward Hoagland Reader Edward Hoagland 1979 American English
17120 A Patchwork Planet Anne Tyler 1998 American English
17120 The Soul of Kindness Elizabeth Taylor 1964 British English
16883 The Flight from the Enchanter Iris Murdoch 1956 British English
17120 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17120 The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Eisenberg 2010 American English
17120 Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
17120 I Loved You More Tom Spanbauer 2014 American English
17120 A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason 1991 American English
17120 Something Rich and Strange Patricia A. McKillip 1984 American English
17120 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17120 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17120 Dreams Before The Start Of Time Anne Charnock 2017 British English
17120 Bug Week & Other Stories Airini Beautrais 2020 New Zealander English
17120 The New Animals Pip Adam 2017 New Zealander English
17120 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English
17120 Slow Water Annamarie Jagose 2003 New Zealander English
17120 Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall 1999 New Zealander English
17120 A Bride's Story Kaoru Mori 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 A Girl Like Her Talia Hibbert 2018 British English
17120 The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics Olivia Waite 2019 American English
17120 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17120 Vn Madeline Ashby 2012 Canadian English
17120 Larry's Party Carol Shields 1997 Canadian English
17120 The Idea Of Perfection Kate Grenville 1999 Australian English
17120 Friday Robert A. Heinlein 1982 American English
17120 Love And Longing In Bombay Vikram Chandra 1997 Indian English
17120 Old Cypress Nisha Da Cunha 1991 Indian Unknown
17120 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17120 Riceyman Steps Arnold Bennett 1923 British English
17120 Portrait Of Clare Francis Brett Young 1927 British English
17120 Boomerang Helen Simpson 2000 British English
17120 The Voyage Charles Morgan 1940 British English
17120 A House Of Children Joyce Cary 1941 British English
17120 Tales From Bective Bridge Mary Lavin 1942 Irish English
17120 Travellers L. A. G. Strong 1950 British English
17120 Poor Man's Tapestry G. Oliver Onions 1946 British English
17120 The Far Cry Emma Smith 1949 British English
17120 Through The Valley Robert Henriques 1950 British English
17120 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17120 At Lady Molly's Anthony Powell 1957 British English
17120 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17120 A Slanting Light Gerda Charles 1963 British English
17120 Jerusalem The Golden Margaret Drabble 1967 British English
17120 The Bird Of Paradise Lily Powell 1970 British Unknown
17120 Winter Garden Robert Edric 1985 British English
17120 Sacred Country Rose Tremain 1992 British English
17120 Justine Alice Thompson 1996 British English
17120 The Lotus Eaters Tatjani Soli 2010 American English
17120 Attrib. And Other Stories Eley Williams 2017 British English
17120 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17120 Eucalyptus Murray Bail 1998 Australian English
17120 So Many Ways To Begin Jon McGregor 2006 British English
17120 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17120 The Heart Of A Woman Maya Angelou 1981 American English
17120 Things I Should Have Told My Daughter Pearl Cleage 2014 American English
17120 Whatever Happened To Interracial Love? Kathleen Collins 2016 American English
17120 Delirium Laura Restrepo 2004 Colombian Spanish
17120 Godmother Night Rachel Pollack 1996 American English
17120 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17120 Juniper Time Kate Wilhelm 1979 American English
17120 Memoirs Of A Peon Frank Sargeson 1965 New Zealand Unknown
17120 A Jest Of God Margaret Laurence 1966 Canadian English
17120 The Nice And The Good Iris Murdoch 1968 British English
17120 Happiness And Other Stories Mary Lavin 1969 Irish English
17120 A Book Of Common Prayer Joan Didion 1977 American English
17120 The Ice Age Margaret Drabble 1977 British English
17120 Puffball Fay Weldon 1980 British English
17120 Nation Of Fools Balraj Khanna 1984 Indian English
17120 Family And Friends Anita Brookner 1985 British English
17120 The Other Garden Francis Wyndham 1987 British English
17120 The Sugar Mother Elizabeth Jolley 1988 Australian English
17120 Forty Seventeen Frank Moorhouse 1988 Australian English
17120 The Night In Question Tobias Wolff 1996 American English
17120 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17120 Why Men Love Bitches Sherry Argov 2002 American English
17120 On A Sunbeam Tillie Walden 2018 American English
17120 Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford 2021 American English
17120 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17120 Ttyl Lauren Myracle 2004 American English
17120 Milk And Honey & The Sun And Her Flowers By Rupi Kaur 2 Books Collection Set Rupi Kaur 2014 Canadian English
17120 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17120 Summer Sisters Judy Blume 1998 American English
17120 Ttfn Lauren Myracle 2006 American English
17120 L8r, G8r Lauren Myracle 2007 American English
17120 I Hope This Reaches Her In Time r.h. Sin 2017 American English
17120 She Fits Inside These Words r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, Samantha King Holmes 2021 American English
17120 I Would Leave Me If I Could Halsey 2020 American English
17120 She Felt Like Feeling Nothing r.h. Sin 2018 American English
17120 Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass Lana Del Rey 2020 American English
17120 Empty Bottles Full Of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake 2019 American English
17120 The Effect Lucy Prebble 2012 British English
17120 Making Noise Quietly Robert Holman 1986 British English
17120 Faith Healer Brian Friel 1979 Irish English
17120 4000 Miles Amy Herzog 2011 American English
17120 Betrayal Harold Pinter 1978 British English
17120 Torch Song Trilogy Harvey Fierstein 1982 American English
17120 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17120 Love! Valour! Compassion! Terrence McNally 1995 American English
17120 Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike Christopher Durang 2013 American English
17120 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
17120 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17011 Blithe Spirit Noel Coward 1941 British English
17120 The Wolves Sarah DeLappe 2016 American English
17120 Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris 2018 American English
16801 Design For Living Noel Coward 1933 British English
16864 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan 1952 British English
16886 Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll Ray Lawler 1955 Australian English
16983 Black Comedy Peter Shaffer 1965 British English
17120 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17120 This Is Our Youth Kenneth Lonergan 1996 American English
17120 The Normal Heart Larry Kramer 1985 American English