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
7198 Parallel Lives Phyllis Rose 1983 American English
7206 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7206 The Pharmacist Ingrid Noll 1994 German German
7216 The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn 1928 American English
7216 The Red Notebook Benjamin Constant 1804 French French
7216 On Love Stendhal 1822 French French
7216 The Lady From The Sea Henrik Ibsen 1888 Norwegian Norwegian
7216 When We Dead Awaken Henrik Ibsen 1899 Norwegian Norwegian
7216 To Damascus August Strindberg 1898 Swedish Swedish
7216 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7216 A Family Chronicle Sergei Aksakov 1856 Russian Russian
7216 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7216 My Voice Because Of You Pedro Salinas 1933 Spanish Spanish
7216 Retreat From Love Colette 1936 French French
7216 The Desert Of Love François Mauriac 1925 French French
7216 Eurydice Jean Anouilh 1941 French French
7216 The Well Beloved Thomas Hardy 1897 British English
7216 Poems Of D. H. Lawrence D. H. Lawrence 1913 British English
7216 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7216 Guilt Laszlo Németh 1943 Hungarian Hungarian
7564 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7569 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7588 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7593 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Grace Paley 1974 American English
7632 Telephone Percival Everett 2020 American English
7644 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7646 All About Love bell hooks 2000 American English
7649 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7651 Angels In America Tony Kushner 1991 American English
7655 A Better World Than This Marie Joseph 1982 British English
7654 Tropical Night Falling Manuel Puig 1988 Argentinian Spanish
7692 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7731 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
7733 The Story Of Harold Terry Andrews 1974 American English
7737 The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel Amy Hempel 2006 American English
7741 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7753 Another Marvelous Thing Laurie Colwin 1986 American English
7754 Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi 2011 British English
7764 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7766 Mating In Captivity Esther Perel 2006 Belgian English
7788 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
7789 Chatham School Affair Thomas Cook 1996 American English
7791 Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block 1989 American English
7795 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
7799 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7807 Lick Kylie Scott 2013 Australian English
7809 Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg 2006 American English
7812 The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides 2011 American English
7820 Collected Stories Colette 1949 French French
7830 Purple America Rick Moody 1997 American English
7832 Ein Mann Im Haus Ulla Hahn 1996 German German
7840 Riverfinger Women Elana Nachman 1974 American English
7844 If Only It Were True Marc Levy 1999 French French
7858 Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser 1911 American English
7861 The Rehearsal Jean Anouilh 1950 French French
7872 Poor Cow Nell Dunn 1967 British English
7890 The Dog Star Agneta Pleijel 2023 Swedish Swedish
7898 The Night Watch Sarah Waters 2006 British English
7900 Spreadeagle Kevin Killian 2012 American English
7928 Autobiographie De Mon Pere Pierre Pachet 1997 French French
7937 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
7944 Lover Bertha Harris 1976 American English
7957 Das Frühstücksei. Gesammelte Dramatische Geschichten Loriot 1997 German German
7967 Balthazar Lawrence Durrell 1958 British English
7977 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 American English
7989 Sita Kate Millett 1976 American English
7995 We The Living Ayn Rand 1936 American English
8007 The Eye Of The Storm Patrick White 1973 Australian English
8022 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
8030 Falling Man Don DeLillo 2007 American English
8072 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8076 My New York Diary Julie Doucet 1999 Canadian English
8076 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8098 The Hotel New Hampshire John Irving 1981 American English
8096 Molly Fox’s Birthday Deirdre Madden 2008 Irish English
8099 Day A. L. Kennedy 2007 British English
8106 O Miki Liukkonen 2017 Finnish Finnish
8107 After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Jean Rhys 1930 British English
8107 The Amber Gods And Other Stories Harriet Prescott Spofford 1863 American English
8107 The Dangerous Age Karin Michaelis 1910 Danish Danish
8107 Early Spring Tove Ditlevsen 1940 Danish Danish
8107 Hermione Hilda Doolittle 1927 American English
8107 Islanders Helen R. Hull 1927 American English
8107 My Mother's House And Sido Colette 1922 French French
8144 Walker On Water Kristiina Ehin 2014 Estonian Estonian
8144 Simple Stories Ingo Schulze 1998 German German
8169 One Day In December Josie Silver 2018 British English
8173 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8176 Saints And Strangers Angela Carter 1985 British English
8184 Alberta empfängt einen Liebhaber Birgit Vanderbeke 2023 German German
8215 Stories In An Almost Classical Mode Harold Brodkey 1989 American English
8216 Angels Denis Johnson 1983 American English
8238 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8239 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters J. D. Salinger 1963 American English
8244 19 Knives Mark Anthony Jarman 1997 Canadian English
8265 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8281 Three Plays Thornton Wilder 1957 American English
8286 The Other Side Of Desire Daniel Bergner 2009 American English
8308 The Native Air Sarah Woodhouse 1987 British English
8337 The Grass Claude Simon 1958 French French
8337 Three Short Novels Kay Boyle 1958 American English
8337 The Rebellion Of Yale Marrat Robert H. Rimmer 1964 American English
8337 The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard 1990 British English
8354 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8361 On Strike Against God Joanna Russ 1980 American English
8378 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8388 The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson 2012 American English
8389 Our Souls At Night Kent Haruf 2015 American English
8395 Eventide Kent Haruf 2004 American English
8407 God's Orchid Hjalmar Bergman 1919 Swedish Swedish
8422 Mary O'grady Mary Lavin 1950 Irish English
8443 Faithful Place Tana French 2010 Irish English
8446 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
8446 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8446 Der Geliebte Der Mutter Urs Widmer 2000 Swiss German