The Greatest Books of All Time on Repression

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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
177 The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1899 Austrian German
218 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
241 Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth 1969 American English
498 The Immoralist André Gide 1902 French French
789 The Piano Teacher Elfriede Jelinek 1983 Austrian German
1212 A General Introduction to Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud 1920 Austrian German
2265 Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality Sigmund Freud 1905 Austrian German
2583 Good Behaviour Molly Keane 1981 Irish English
3637 The Sexual Revolution Wilhelm Reich 1936 German German
3925 Half of Man is Woman Zhang Xianliang 1985 Chinese Chinese
3941 Three Case Histories Sigmund Freud 1963 Austrian German
3943 Of Love and Shadows Isabel Allende 1984 Chilean Spanish
4642 The Psychopathology Of Everyday Life Sigmund Freud 1901 German German
4758 The Faculty of Useless Knowledge Yuri Dombrovsky 1976 Russian Russian
5413 Reflections In A Golden Eye Carson McCullers 1941 American English
5438 Communism In Spain In The Franco Era Jorge Semprún 1980 Spanish Spanish
6169 The Tower Uwe Tellkamp 2008 German German
7040 Hope Against Hope Nadezhda Mandelstam 1970 Russian Russian
9545 Sofia Petrovna Lydia Chukovskaya 1965 Russian Russian
9658 Terror Y Utopía Karl Schlögel 2018 German German
10309 Eros And Civilization Herbert Marcuse 1955 German English
10309 History Of The Russian Revolution Leon Trotsky 1930 Russian Russian
11000 The History Of Sexuality Michel Foucault 1976 French French
11141 Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins 2005 British English
13919 Life Against Death Norman O. Brown 1959 American English
13923 Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez 2004 Spanish Spanish
14788 The Unconscious Sigmund Freud 1915 Austrian German
14985 Hitler And Stalin Alan Bullock 1991 British English
15616 The Primal Scream Arthur Janov 1970 American English
15916 The Prussian Officer D. H. Lawrence 1914 British English
15916 Part Of Our Time Murray Kempton 1955 American English
16850 The House Of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca 1936 Spanish Spanish
17164 Confessions Of A Silencer Mu’nis al-Razzaz 1986 Jordanian Arabic
17164 Beijing Coma Ma Jian 2008 Chinese Chinese
16973 Anti Oedipus Gilles Deleuze 1972 French French
17164 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17164 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17124 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17095 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese