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
4646 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4646 The Blue Room Georges Simenon 1964 French French
4646 The Face Of Another Kobo Abé 1964 Japanese Japanese
4655 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4666 Building Stories Chris Ware 2012 American English
4712 Flesh Brigid Brophy 1962 British English
4716 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
4717 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4718 A Life of Picasso John Richardson 1991 British English
4724 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
4743 The Commandant Jessica Anderson 1975 Australian English
4743 Willard and His Bowling Trophies Richard Brautigan 1975 American English
4749 Blood Oranges John Hawkes 1971 American English
4750 The Glamour Christopher Priest 1984 British English
4767 The Soldier's Art Anthony Powell 1966 British English
4783 The Art Of Love Ovid 2 Roman Latin
4790 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen 1892 Norwegian Norwegian
4799 If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin 1974 American English
4802 The Confessions Of Lady Nijo Lady Nijo 1307 Japanese Japanese
4809 Slow Days, Fast Company Eve Babitz 1977 American English
4816 A Dram Of Poison Charlotte Armstrong 1956 American English
4820 Hotel De Dream Emma Tennant 1976 British English
4825 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4829 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4830 Blaming Elizabeth Taylor 1976 British English
4856 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
4874 Βιοτεχνία Υαλικών Menis Koumandareas 1976 Greek Greek
4879 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
4933 The Military Philosophers Anthony Powell 1968 British English
4941 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee 1977 South African English
5007 In A Different Voice Carol Gilligan 1982 American English
5015 The Lesser Bohemians Eimear McBride 2016 Irish English
5021 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5030 Theophilus North Thornton Wilder 1973 American English
5032 Lust For Life Irving Stone 1934 American English
5033 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5036 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5092 Poetic Justice Amanda Cross 1970 American English
5109 Brother Of The More Famous Jack Barbara Trapido 1982 British English
5133 The Snows Of Yesteryear Gregor von Rezzori 1989 Austrian German
5150 Clouds Of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 1926 British English
5152 The Copenhagen Trilogy Tiina Nunnally, Michael Favala Goldman, Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
5158 Coleridge Richard Holmes 1989 British English
5171 Anecdotes of Destiny Isak Dinesen 1958 Danish Danish
5239 Travels With Myself And Another Martha Gellhorn 1978 American English
5242 My Father And Myself J. R. Ackerley 1968 British English
5250 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5257 The Collected Stories Grace Paley 1994 American English
5258 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5281 At Last Edward St Aubyn 2011 British English
5301 The Museum Of Innocence Orhan Pamuk 2008 Turkish Turkish
5310 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5311 The Town House Norah Lofts 1959 British English
5318 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5337 Bones And Silence Reginald Hill 1990 British English
5357 Tropic Of Ruislip Leslie Thomas 1974 British English
5361 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
5362 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5391 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5392 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans 1995 British English
5407 I Love Dick Chris Kraus 1997 American English
5411 The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy 1986 American English
5413 Reflections In A Golden Eye Carson McCullers 1941 American English
5428 Revulsion Laszlo Németh 1937 Hungarian Unknown
5429 Hello Summer, Goodbye Michael G. Coney 1975 British English
5434 The House At Old Vine Norah Lofts 1961 British English
5440 The Andy Warhol Diaries Andy Warhol 1989 American English
5443 Ida Regénye Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5448 The bells of Bicêtre Georges Simenon 1963 Belgian French
5474 The Unicorn Iris Murdoch 1963 British English
5483 The House At Sunset Norah Lofts 1962 British English
5491 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
5494 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5569 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5531 Petrolejové Lampy Jaroslav Havlíček 1944 Czech Czech
5573 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5579 The Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick 1997 American English
5583 Democracy Joan Didion 1984 American English
5583 The Young Man Botho Strauß 1984 German German
5624 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5626 The Richard Trilogy Paul Horgan 1970 American Unknown
5635 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5634 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5637 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5654 Reasons to Live Amy Hempel 1985 American English
5668 Medea And Her Children Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1996 Russian Russian
5668 La Haute Morte Paul Vialar 1947 French French
5681 The Tendrils of the Vine Colette 1908 French Unknown
5690 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5689 The Friendly Young Ladies Mary Renault 1943 British English
5696 A Married Man Piers Paul Read 1979 British English
5706 Mondscheintarif Ildikò von Kürthy 1999 German German
5708 Kafka Was The Rage Anatole Broyard 1993 American English
5709 Woof, Woof, Dear Lord Sotiris Dimitriou 1987 Greek Unknown
5709 Διηγήματα Michail Mitsakis 1987 Greek Greek
5716 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
5722 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
5724 The Rosy Crucifixion Henry Miller 1949 American English
5730 I, The Divine Rabih Alameddine 2001 Lebanese English
5745 The Lost Language of Cranes David Leavitt 1986 American English
5749 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5752 Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison 1999 British English
5751 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5760 Earthly Paradise Colette 1966 French French
5763 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5821 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5845 The Mother In Law Terence -160 Roman Latin
5851 Love For Love William Congreve 1695 British English
5863 Elders And Betters Ivy Compton-Burnett 1944 British English
5893 Antic Hay Aldous Huxley 1923 British English
5898 Caught Henry Green 1943 British English
5918 Hard Labor Cesare Pavese 1938 Italian Italian
5934 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5939 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5951 Black Box Amos Oz 1987 Israeli Hebrew
5951 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5951 Talk Dirty To Me Sallie Tisdale 1994 American English
5960 Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1995 Canadian English
5966 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5984 Shanghai Baby Wei Hui 1999 Chinese Chinese