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
9911 Thera Zeruya Shalev 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9936 My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult 2004 American English
9954 Big Girl, Small Town Michelle Gallen 2020 Irish English
9961 Winner Of The National Book Award Jincy Willett 2003 American English
9961 Varieties Of Exile Mavis Gallant 2003 Canadian English
9961 San Remo Drive Leslie Epstein 2003 American English
9973 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
9971 Gebrek Is Een Groot Woord Nina Polak 2018 Dutch Dutch
9985 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 1998 American English
9999 Em And The Big Hoom Jerry Pinto 2012 Indian English
10019 The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac Louise Kennedy 2021 Irish English
10053 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10055 Stars And Bars William Boyd 1984 British English
10062 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10071 Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter 2012 American English
10081 Falling in Place Ann Beattie 1980 American English
10089 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella 2000 British English
10091 Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1973 American English
10096 Every Day David Levithan 2012 American English
10110 There Was Never A Once Upon A Time Carmen Naranjo 1972 Costa Rican Unknown
10119 The Cuckoo’s Calling J. K. Rowling 2013 British English
10126 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10131 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10136 Poems Of Gavin Ewart Gavin Ewart 1978 British English
10136 A Call In The Midst Of The Crowd Alfred Corn 1978 American Unknown
10158 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10158 On The Way To My Father’s Funeral Jonathan Baumbach 2004 American English
10158 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10166 Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge 1929 American English
10170 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Jean Stafford 1969 American English
10185 Winter Journal Paul Auster 2012 American English
10207 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10207 The Pegnitz Junction Mavis Gallant 1973 Canadian English
10211 Hjortronlandet Sara Lidman 1955 Swedish Swedish
10227 The Museum Of Modern Love Heather Rose 2018 Australian English
10232 Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez 2001 American English
10241 The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone Tennessee Williams 1950 American English
10260 Solo Faces James Salter 1979 American English
10272 Juliette Camille Jourdy 2016 French French
10302 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English
10305 Dear Departed Marguerite Yourcenar 1974 French French
10305 The Odd Woman Gail Godwin 1974 American English
10305 The Summer Of The Great Grandmother Madeleine L'Engle 1974 American English
10367 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10380 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10386 The Remains Of Love Zeruya Shalev 2011 Israeli Hebrew
10393 Sea Of Tranquillity Paul Russell 1994 Unknown English
10402 Nice Big American Baby Judy Budnitz 2005 American English
10433 She's Come Undone Wally Lamb 1992 American English
10439 Limbo Carobeth Laird 1975 American English
10450 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
10450 The World Is What It Is Patrick French 2008 Trinidadian English
10450 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10498 Redhill Rococo Shena Mackay 1986 British English
10551 18% Gray Zachary Karabashliev 2008 Bulgarian Bulgarian
10555 Peniel And Other Poems Kevin Hart 1981 Australian English
10555 Seven Plays Sam Shepard 1981 American English
10577 Take What You Need Idra Novey 2023 American English
10591 Varieties of Disturbance Lydia Davis 2007 American English
10599 Autobiography Of A Family Photo Jacqueline Woodson 1995 American English
10600 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
10656 An Accidental Man Iris Murdoch 1971 British English
10691 The Faraway World Patricia Engel 2023 American English
10711 Paradise Logic Sophie Kemp 2025 Unknown English
10698 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
10729 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
10731 Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, And General Tales Of Ordinary Madness Charles Bukowski 1972 American English
10739 Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett 2016 American English
10740 Why Is There Salt In The Sea? Brigitte Schwaiger 1977 Austrian German
10747 1934 Alberto Moravia 1982 Italian Italian
10747 A Late Divorce A. B. Yehoshua 1982 Israeli Hebrew
10747 A Perfect Peace Amos Oz 1982 Israeli Hebrew
10747 From The First Nine James Merrill 1982 American Unknown
10781 Grown Ups Marian Keyes 2020 Irish English
10797 I'm Gone Jean Echenoz 1999 French French
10816 Montauk Max Frisch 1975 Swiss German
10828 Child Of Fortune Yuko Tsushima 1978 Japanese Japanese
10828 Praxis Fay Weldon 1978 British English
10828 Six Of One Rita Mae Brown 1978 American English
10832 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10851 Modern Baptists James Wilcox 1983 American English
10851 American Appetites Joyce Carol Oates 1989 American English
10865 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10866 Tyrell Coe Booth 2006 American English
10866 Tokyo Fiancée Amélie Nothomb 2007 Belgian French
10889 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
10890 The Odd Woman And The City Vivian Gornick 2015 American English
10902 Liveblog Megan Boyle 2015 American English
10905 A Small Country Sian James 1979 British English
10912 La Casa Del Padre Justo Navarro 2015 Spanish Spanish
10934 Langrishe, Go Down Aidan Higgins 1966 Irish English
10944 Travelling In The Family Carlos Drummond de Andrade 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
10944 Collected Stories John O'Hara 1984 American English
10938 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10942 Latitudes Of Longing Shubhangi Swarup 2018 Indian English
10944 Five Spice Street Can Xue 1988 Chinese Chinese
10972 World Of Sex Henry Miller 1941 American English
10974 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
10977 A Belfast Woman Mary Beckett 1980 Irish English
10977 Or Else, The Lightning God And Other Stories Catherine Lim 1980 Singaporean English
10977 Portrait Of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1980 American English
10988 Happenstance Carol Shields 1980 Canadian English
10991 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11001 Friend Of My Youth Alice Munro 1990 Canadian English
11001 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11036 The Riders Tim Winton 1994 Australian English
11048 The Lone Pilgrim Laurie Colwin 1981 American English
11059 The Red Grass Boris Vian 1949 French French
11069 Girls In Love Jacqueline Wilson 1997 British English
11072 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11081 Insomniac City Bill Hayes 2017 American English
11108 A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg 1971 American English
11108 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11108 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11108 The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon 2003 American English
11135 Ravage René Barjavel 1943 French French
11203 Slaves Of New York Tama Janowitz 1986 American English
11205 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11205 The M Case Grégoire Bouillier 2021 French French
11212 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English