The Greatest Books of All Time on Responsibility

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
39 Frankenstein Mary Shelley 1818 British English
66 The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka 1915 Czech German
174 Rabbit, Run John Updike 1960 American English
278 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
638 Being and Nothingness Jean Paul Sartre 1943 French French
778 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss 1957 American English
1301 The Road Less Traveled M. Scott Peck 1978 American English
1409 No Exit Jean Paul Sartre 1944 French French
1571 Fifth Business Robertson Davies 1970 Canadian English
1686 The Lorax Dr. Seuss 1971 American English
1783 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers 2000 American English
2164 A Personal Matter Kenzaburō Ōe 1964 Japanese Japanese
2431 The Physicists Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1962 Swiss German
2556 Dangling Man Saul Bellow 1944 American English
2700 Existentialism And Humanism Jean Paul Sartre 1946 French French
2739 My Friend Flicka Mary O'Hara 1941 American English
3380 The Shadow Line Joseph Conrad 1917 British English
3609 Winter's Bone Daniel Woodrell 2006 American English
3637 The Questionnaire Ernst von Salomon 1951 German German
3637 The Roads To Freedom Jean Paul Sartre 1945 French French
3874 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English
3917 Fences August Wilson 1985 American English
4066 The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 2000 American English
4526 Living In Truth Vaclav Havel 1986 Czech Czech
4995 Kristy’s Great Idea Ann M. Martin 1986 American English
5608 The Imperative Of Responsibility Hans Jonas 1979 German German
5652 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
6123 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6522 Crow Lake Mary Lawson 2002 Canadian English
6557 King Matt The First Janusz Korczak 1923 Polish Polish
7629 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
8143 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8356 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8363 Ethics Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1949 German German
8503 Soul of a Citizen Paul Rogat Loeb 1999 American English
8596 Homecoming Cynthia Voigt 1981 American English
8834 The Flies Jean Paul Sartre 1943 French French
9191 Nemesis Philip Roth 2010 American English
9261 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Xe Sands 2020 American English
10244 We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea Arthur Ransome 1937 British English
10308 The Need For Roots Simone Weil 1949 French French
10378 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
10579 The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison 2014 American English
10870 Tyrell Coe Booth 2006 American English
11362 The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson 1999 British English
11436 Man And Boy Tony Parsons 1999 British English
12217 The Victim Saul Bellow 1947 American English
12741 With The Fire On High Elizabeth Acevedo 2019 American English
13362 Beezus And Ramona Beverly Cleary 1955 American English
13759 The Art Of Loving Erich Fromm 1956 Unknown German
13986 Parenting With Love And Logic Foster Cline 1990 American English
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14093 The Disciple Paul Bourget 1889 French French
14175 Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 1972 American English
14232 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
14383 Simple Marie-Aude Murail 2004 French French
14815 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14788 Mr. Popper's Penguins Florence and Richard Atwater 1938 American English
14940 The Red Pony John Steinbeck 1933 American English
14985 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14985 Hawkeye Matt Fraction 2012 American English
14985 12 Rules For Life Jordan B. Peterson 2018 Canadian English
14985 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck Mark Manson 2016 American English
14985 The Magician King Lev Grossman 2011 American English
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14985 Strega Nona Tomie dePaola 1975 American English
15686 Literature And Existentialism Jean Paul Sartre French French
15815 All My Sons Arthur Miller 1947 American English
15914 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
16594 Anne Of Avonlea L. M. Montgomery 1909 Canadian English
16602 Typhoon Joseph Conrad 1902 British English
16704 The Ethics Of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir 1947 French French
17158 The Content of Our Character Shelby Steele 1990 American English
17158 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17158 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17158 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
17158 This Is Our Youth Kenneth Lonergan 1996 American English
17158 A Wind In The Door Madeleine L'Engle 1973 American English
17158 House Of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones 2008 British English
17158 If Morning Ever Comes Anne Tyler 1964 American English
17158 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17158 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary 1981 American English
17158 The Indian In The Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 1980 British English
17158 Ramona And Her Father Beverly Cleary 1977 American English
17158 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17158 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17158 The Rainbabies Laura Krauss Melmed 1992 American English
17158 Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina 2018 Mexican-American English
17158 The Courage To Be Disliked Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 2013 Japanese Japanese
17158 No Excuses! Brian Tracy 2010 American English
17158 Gone Michael Grant 2008 American English
17158 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17158 Kingdom Come Mark Waid 1996 American English
17158 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17158 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17158 Historia De Una Gaviota Y Del Gato Que Le Enseñó A Volar Luis Sepúlveda 1996 Chilean Spanish
17158 Fablehaven Brandon Mull 2006 American English
17158 The Thing About Luck Cynthia Kadohata 2013 American English
17158 The Book Of Virtues William Bennett 1993 American English
17158 The Bossy Gallito El Gallo De Bodas Lucía M. González 1994 Unknown English
17158 The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron 1981 American English
17158 Pharaoh Eloise J. McGraw 1958 Unknown English
17158 Superfudge Judy Blume 1980 American English
17158 Beware Of Chicken 4 CasualFarmer Unknown Unknown
17158 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17158 Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 1998 American English
17003 Between Man And Man Martin Buber 1944 Austrian English
16842 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17158 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
16952 Oblomow Ivan Goncharov 1859 Russian Russian
17158 Stand Firm Svend Brinkmann Danish Danish