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
4645 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4645 The Blue Room Georges Simenon 1964 French French
4645 The Face Of Another Kobo Abé 1964 Japanese Japanese
4654 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4665 Building Stories Chris Ware 2012 American English
4711 Flesh Brigid Brophy 1962 British English
4715 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
4716 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4717 A Life of Picasso John Richardson 1991 British English
4723 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
4742 The Commandant Jessica Anderson 1975 Australian English
4742 Willard and His Bowling Trophies Richard Brautigan 1975 American English
4748 Blood Oranges John Hawkes 1971 American English
4749 The Glamour Christopher Priest 1984 British English
4766 The Soldier's Art Anthony Powell 1966 British English
4782 The Art Of Love Ovid 2 Roman Latin
4789 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen 1892 Norwegian Norwegian
4798 If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin 1974 American English
4801 The Confessions Of Lady Nijo Lady Nijo 1307 Japanese Japanese
4810 Slow Days, Fast Company Eve Babitz 1977 American English
4815 A Dram Of Poison Charlotte Armstrong 1956 American English
4819 Hotel De Dream Emma Tennant 1976 British English
4824 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4828 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson 2018 American English
4829 Blaming Elizabeth Taylor 1976 British English
4855 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
4873 Βιοτεχνία Υαλικών Menis Koumandareas 1976 Greek Greek
4878 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
4931 The Military Philosophers Anthony Powell 1968 British English
4939 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee 1977 South African English
5004 In A Different Voice Carol Gilligan 1982 American English
5012 The Lesser Bohemians Eimear McBride 2016 Irish English
5018 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5027 Theophilus North Thornton Wilder 1973 American English
5029 Lust For Life Irving Stone 1934 American English
5030 Honored Guest Joy Williams 2004 American English
5033 I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron 2006 American English
5090 Poetic Justice Amanda Cross 1970 American English
5107 Brother Of The More Famous Jack Barbara Trapido 1982 British English
5131 The Snows Of Yesteryear Gregor von Rezzori 1989 Austrian German
5148 Clouds Of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 1926 British English
5150 The Copenhagen Trilogy Tiina Nunnally, Michael Favala Goldman, Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
5156 Coleridge Richard Holmes 1989 British English
5169 Anecdotes of Destiny Isak Dinesen 1958 Danish Danish
5238 Travels With Myself And Another Martha Gellhorn 1978 American English
5241 My Father And Myself J. R. Ackerley 1968 British English
5249 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5256 The Collected Stories Grace Paley 1994 American English
5257 Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed 2012 American English
5280 At Last Edward St Aubyn 2011 British English
5300 The Museum Of Innocence Orhan Pamuk 2008 Turkish Turkish
5309 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5310 The Town House Norah Lofts 1959 British English
5316 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5335 Bones And Silence Reginald Hill 1990 British English
5356 Tropic Of Ruislip Leslie Thomas 1974 British English
5360 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
5361 The Hite Report Shere Hite 1976 American English
5389 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5390 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans 1995 British English
5405 I Love Dick Chris Kraus 1997 American English
5409 The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy 1986 American English
5411 Reflections In A Golden Eye Carson McCullers 1941 American English
5426 Revulsion Laszlo Németh 1937 Hungarian Unknown
5427 Hello Summer, Goodbye Michael G. Coney 1975 British English
5432 The House At Old Vine Norah Lofts 1961 British English
5438 The Andy Warhol Diaries Andy Warhol 1989 American English
5441 Ida Regénye Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5446 The bells of Bicêtre Georges Simenon 1963 Belgian French
5472 The Unicorn Iris Murdoch 1963 British English
5481 The House At Sunset Norah Lofts 1962 British English
5489 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
5492 Royally Screwed Emma Chase 2016 American English
5567 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5529 Petrolejové Lampy Jaroslav Havlíček 1944 Czech Czech
5571 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link 2001 American English
5577 The Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick 1997 American English
5581 Democracy Joan Didion 1984 American English
5581 The Young Man Botho Strauß 1984 German German
5621 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5623 The Richard Trilogy Paul Horgan 1970 American Unknown
5632 A Life's Work Rachel Cusk 2001 British English
5631 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5634 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
5651 Reasons to Live Amy Hempel 1985 American English
5665 Medea And Her Children Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1996 Russian Russian
5665 La Haute Morte Paul Vialar 1947 French French
5678 The Tendrils of the Vine Colette 1908 French Unknown
5687 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5686 The Friendly Young Ladies Mary Renault 1943 British English
5693 A Married Man Piers Paul Read 1979 British English
5703 Mondscheintarif Ildikò von Kürthy 1999 German German
5705 Kafka Was The Rage Anatole Broyard 1993 American English
5706 Woof, Woof, Dear Lord Sotiris Dimitriou 1987 Greek Unknown
5706 Διηγήματα Michail Mitsakis 1987 Greek Greek
5713 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
5719 Youth J. M. Coetzee 2002 South African English
5721 The Rosy Crucifixion Henry Miller 1949 American English
5727 I, The Divine Rabih Alameddine 2001 Lebanese English
5742 The Lost Language of Cranes David Leavitt 1986 American English
5746 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5749 Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison 1999 British English
5748 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5757 Earthly Paradise Colette 1966 French French
5760 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5816 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5842 The Mother In Law Terence -160 Roman Latin
5848 Love For Love William Congreve 1695 British English
5860 Elders And Betters Ivy Compton-Burnett 1944 British English
5890 Antic Hay Aldous Huxley 1923 British English
5895 Caught Henry Green 1943 British English
5915 Hard Labor Cesare Pavese 1938 Italian Italian
5931 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
5936 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5948 Black Box Amos Oz 1987 Israeli Hebrew
5948 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5948 Talk Dirty To Me Sallie Tisdale 1994 American English
5957 Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1995 Canadian English
5963 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5981 Shanghai Baby Wei Hui 1999 Chinese Chinese