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
7134 Slow Man J. M. Coetzee 2005 South African English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
7143 Black Hole Charles Burns 1995 American English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7161 Saved Edward Bond 1965 British English
7197 Parallel Lives Phyllis Rose 1983 American English
7205 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7205 The Pharmacist Ingrid Noll 1994 German German
7215 The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn 1928 American English
7215 The Red Notebook Benjamin Constant 1804 French French
7215 On Love Stendhal 1822 French French
7215 The Lady From The Sea Henrik Ibsen 1888 Norwegian Norwegian
7215 When We Dead Awaken Henrik Ibsen 1899 Norwegian Norwegian
7215 To Damascus August Strindberg 1898 Swedish Swedish
7215 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7215 A Family Chronicle Sergei Aksakov 1856 Russian Russian
7215 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7215 My Voice Because Of You Pedro Salinas 1933 Spanish Spanish
7215 Retreat From Love Colette 1936 French French
7215 The Desert Of Love François Mauriac 1925 French French
7215 Eurydice Jean Anouilh 1941 French French
7215 The Well Beloved Thomas Hardy 1897 British English
7215 Poems Of D. H. Lawrence D. H. Lawrence 1913 British English
7215 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7215 Guilt Laszlo Németh 1943 Hungarian Hungarian
7563 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7568 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7587 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7592 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Grace Paley 1974 American English
7631 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7643 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7645 All About Love bell hooks 2000 American English
7648 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7650 Angels In America Tony Kushner 1991 American English
7654 A Better World Than This Marie Joseph 1982 British English
7653 Tropical Night Falling Manuel Puig 1988 Argentinian Spanish
7691 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7729 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
7731 The Story Of Harold Terry Andrews 1974 American English
7735 The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Amy Hempel 2006 American English
7739 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7751 Another Marvelous Thing Laurie Colwin 1986 American English
7752 Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi 2011 British English
7762 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7764 Mating In Captivity Esther Perel 2006 Belgian English
7786 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
7787 Chatham School Affair Thomas Cook 1996 American English
7789 Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block 1989 American English
7793 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
7797 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7805 Lick Kylie Scott 2013 Australian English
7808 Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg 2006 American English
7811 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
7819 Collected Stories Colette 1949 French French
7829 Purple America Rick Moody 1997 American English
7831 Ein Mann Im Haus Ulla Hahn 1996 German German
7839 Riverfinger Women Elana Nachman 1974 American English
7843 If Only It Were True Marc Levy 1999 French French
7857 Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser 1911 American English
7860 The Rehearsal Jean Anouilh 1950 French French
7871 Poor Cow Nell Dunn 1967 British English
7889 The Dog Star Agneta Pleijel 2023 Swedish Swedish
7897 The Night Watch Sarah Waters 2006 British English
7899 Spreadeagle Kevin Killian 2012 American English
7927 Autobiographie De Mon Pere Pierre Pachet 1997 French French
7936 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
7943 Lover Bertha Harris 1976 American English
7956 Das Frühstücksei. Gesammelte Dramatische Geschichten Loriot 1997 German German
7966 Balthazar Lawrence Durrell 1958 British English
7976 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7988 Sita Kate Millett 1976 American English
7994 We The Living Ayn Rand 1936 American English
8006 The Eye Of The Storm Patrick White 1973 Australian English
8021 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8029 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8071 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8075 My New York Diary Julie Doucet 1999 Canadian English
8075 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8096 The Hotel New Hampshire John Irving 1981 American English
8094 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8097 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8104 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8105 After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Jean Rhys 1930 British English
8105 The Amber Gods And Other Stories Harriet Prescott Spofford 1863 American English
8105 The Dangerous Age Karin Michaelis 1910 Danish Danish
8105 Early Spring Tove Ditlevsen 1940 Danish Danish
8105 Hermione Hilda Doolittle 1927 American English
8105 Islanders Helen R. Hull 1927 American English
8105 My Mother's House And Sido Colette 1922 French French
8142 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8142 Simple Stories Ingo Schulze 1998 German German
8167 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8171 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8174 Saints And Strangers Angela Carter 1985 British English
8182 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8213 Stories In An Almost Classical Mode Harold Brodkey 1989 American English
8235 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8236 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters J. D. Salinger 1963 American English
8241 19 Knives Mark Anthony Jarman 1997 Canadian English
8262 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8278 Three Plays Thornton Wilder 1957 American English
8283 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8305 The Native Air Sarah Woodhouse 1987 British English
8334 The Grass Claude Simon 1958 French French
8334 Three Short Novels Kay Boyle 1958 American English
8334 The Rebellion Of Yale Marrat Robert H. Rimmer 1964 American English
8334 The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard 1990 British English
8351 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8357 On Strike Against God Joanna Russ 1980 American English
8374 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8384 The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson 2012 American English
8385 Our Souls At Night Kent Haruf 2015 American English
8391 Eventide Kent Haruf 2004 American English
8403 God's Orchid Hjalmar Bergman 1919 Swedish Swedish
8418 Mary O'grady Mary Lavin 1950 Irish English
8439 Faithful Place Tana French 2010 Irish English
8442 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
8442 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8442 Der Geliebte Der Mutter Urs Widmer 2000 Swiss German
8489 Postcards From The Edge Carrie Fisher 1987 American English