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
9915 Thera Zeruya Shalev 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9941 My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult 2004 American English
9959 Big Girl, Small Town Michelle Gallen 2020 Irish English
9966 Winner Of The National Book Award Jincy Willett 2003 American English
9966 Varieties Of Exile Mavis Gallant 2003 Canadian English
9966 San Remo Drive Leslie Epstein 2003 American English
9978 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
9976 Gebrek Is Een Groot Woord Nina Polak 2018 Dutch Dutch
9990 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 1998 American English
10004 Em And The Big Hoom Jerry Pinto 2012 Indian English
10024 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10058 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10060 Stars And Bars William Boyd 1984 British English
10067 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10076 Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter 2012 American English
10086 Falling in Place Ann Beattie 1980 American English
10094 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
10096 Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1973 American English
10101 Every Day David Levithan 2012 American English
10115 There Was Never A Once Upon A Time Carmen Naranjo 1972 Costa Rican Unknown
10123 The Cuckoo’s Calling J. K. Rowling 2013 British English
10130 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10135 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10140 Poems Of Gavin Ewart Gavin Ewart 1978 British English
10140 A Call In The Midst Of The Crowd Alfred Corn 1978 American Unknown
10162 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10162 On The Way To My Father’s Funeral Jonathan Baumbach 2004 American English
10162 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10170 Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge 1929 American English
10174 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Jean Stafford 1969 American English
10190 Winter Journal Paul Auster 2012 American English
10212 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10212 The Pegnitz Junction Mavis Gallant 1973 Canadian English
10216 Hjortronlandet Sara Lidman 1955 Swedish Swedish
10232 The Museum Of Modern Love Heather Rose 2018 Australian English
10237 Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 2001 American English
10246 The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone Tennessee Williams 1950 American English
10264 Solo Faces James Salter 1979 American English
10276 Juliette Camille Jourdy 2016 French French
10306 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English
10309 Dear Departed Marguerite Yourcenar 1974 French French
10309 The Odd Woman Gail Godwin 1974 American English
10309 The Summer Of The Great Grandmother Madeleine L'Engle 1974 American English
10371 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10384 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10390 The Remains Of Love Zeruya Shalev 2011 Israeli Hebrew
10397 Sea Of Tranquillity Paul Russell 1994 Unknown English
10406 Nice Big American Baby Judy Budnitz 2005 American English
10437 She's Come Undone Wally Lamb 1992 American English
10443 Limbo Carobeth Laird 1975 American English
10454 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
10454 The World Is What It Is Patrick French 2008 Trinidadian English
10454 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10502 Redhill Rococo Shena Mackay 1986 British English
10555 18% Gray Zachary Karabashliev 2008 Bulgarian Bulgarian
10559 Peniel And Other Poems Kevin Hart 1981 Australian English
10559 Seven Plays Sam Shepard 1981 American English
10581 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
10595 Varieties of Disturbance Lydia Davis 2007 American English
10603 Autobiography Of A Family Photo Jacqueline Woodson 1995 American English
10604 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
10661 An Accidental Man Iris Murdoch 1971 British English
10696 The Faraway World Patricia Engel 2023 American English
10716 Paradise Logic Sophie Kemp 2025 Unknown English
10703 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
10734 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
10736 Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, And General Tales Of Ordinary Madness Charles Bukowski 1972 American English
10744 Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett 2016 American English
10745 Why Is There Salt In The Sea? Brigitte Schwaiger 1977 Austrian German
10752 1934 Alberto Moravia 1982 Italian Italian
10752 A Late Divorce A. B. Yehoshua 1982 Israeli Hebrew
10752 A Perfect Peace Amos Oz 1982 Israeli Hebrew
10752 From The First Nine James Merrill 1982 American Unknown
10786 Grown Ups Marian Keyes 2020 Irish English
10802 I'm Gone Jean Echenoz 1999 French French
10821 Montauk Max Frisch 1975 Swiss German
10832 Child Of Fortune Yuko Tsushima 1978 Japanese Japanese
10832 Praxis Fay Weldon 1978 British English
10832 Six Of One Rita Mae Brown 1978 American English
10836 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10857 Modern Baptists James Wilcox 1983 American English
10857 American Appetites Joyce Carol Oates 1989 American English
10871 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10872 Tyrell Coe Booth 2006 American English
10872 Tokyo Fiancée Amélie Nothomb 2007 Belgian French
10895 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
10896 The Odd Woman And The City Vivian Gornick 2015 American English
10908 Liveblog Megan Boyle 2015 American English
10911 A Small Country Sian James 1979 British English
10918 La Casa Del Padre Justo Navarro 2015 Spanish Spanish
10940 Langrishe, Go Down Aidan Higgins 1966 Irish English
10950 Travelling In The Family Carlos Drummond de Andrade 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
10950 Collected Stories John O'Hara 1984 American English
10944 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10948 Latitudes Of Longing Shubhangi Swarup 2018 Indian English
10950 Five Spice Street Can Xue 1988 Chinese Chinese
10978 World Of Sex Henry Miller 1941 American English
10980 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
10983 A Belfast Woman Mary Beckett 1980 Irish English
10983 Or Else, The Lightning God And Other Stories Catherine Lim 1980 Singaporean English
10983 Portrait Of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1980 American English
10994 Happenstance Carol Shields 1980 Canadian English
10997 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11007 Friend Of My Youth Alice Munro 1990 Canadian English
11007 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11041 The Riders Tim Winton 1994 Australian English
11053 The Lone Pilgrim Laurie Colwin 1981 American English
11064 The Red Grass Boris Vian 1949 French French
11074 Girls In Love Jacqueline Wilson 1997 British English
11077 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11086 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11113 A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 1971 American English
11113 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11113 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11113 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11140 Ravage René Barjavel 1943 French French
11208 Slaves Of New York Tama Janowitz 1986 American English
11210 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11210 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11217 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English