The Greatest Books of All Time on Reputation

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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
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
851 The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1867 British English
920 The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Heinrich Böll 1974 German German
1264 The Franchise Affair Josephine Tey 1948 British English
1431 Cakes And Ale Or, The Skeleton In The Cupboard W. Somerset Maugham 1930 British English
3126 Daisy Miller Henry James 1878 American English
3226 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3637 Schach Von Wuthenow Theodor Fontane 1883 German German
3637 The Marquise Of O Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
4091 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
5904 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
6504 The Coquette Hannah Webster Foster 1797 American English
8969 Asking For It Louise O'Neill 2015 Irish English
9717 The Crucible Arthur Miller 1953 American English
10182 B Utterfield 8 John O'Hara 1935 American English
12384 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12657 Dr Gully Elizabeth Jenkins English English
13600 Dingley, L'illustre écrivain Jérôme Tharaud, Jean Tharaud 1902 French French
13600 Histoire D'un Fait Divers Jean-Jacques Gautier 1946 French French
14749 On Behalf Of Caelius Cicero -56 Roman Latin
14851 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14985 Arthur And George Julian Barnes 2005 British English
15756 The Children's Hour Lillian Hellman 1934 American English
15811 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
16576 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
16761 Las Confesiones Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1782 Genevan French
16694 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English
16841 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17159 Benedict Arnold Randall, Willard Sterne 2012 American English
17159 Daring And The Duke Sarah MacLean 2020 American English