The Greatest Books of All Time on Sanity

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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
2197 Veronika Decides to Die Paulo Coelho 1998 Brazilian Portuguese
3208 Briefing For A Descent Into Hell Doris May Lessing 1971 British English
3559 Faces In The Water Janet Frame 1961 New Zealander English
6247 Great Apes Will Self 1997 British English
6272 Owls Do Cry Janet Frame 1957 New Zealand English
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
8677 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
16521 The Red Laugh Leonid Andreyev 1904 Russian English
16729 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
17117 Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
17117 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17117 5150 One Who Flew Into The Cuckoo's Nest Kathi Stringer 2007 American Unknown
16864 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese