The Greatest Books of All Time on School

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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
13359 Letters Of A Peruvian Woman Françoise de Graffigny 1747 French French
13359 The Rocket Man Ray Bradbury 1951 American English
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13931 Ramona The Pest Beverly Cleary 1968 American English
14122 Lais Of Marie De France Marie de France 2010 French Anglo-norman
14169 Encyclopedia Brown Donald J. Sobol 1963 American English
14175 Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume 1972 American English
14232 When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 2009 American English
14787 Betsy Tacy Maud Hart Lovelace 1940 British English
14983 Baboon Naja Marie Aidt 2006 Danish Danish
14983 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
15897 A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé de las Casas 1552 Spanish Spanish
15897 The Eagle Of The Ninth Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 British English
15897 A Season In The Life Of Emmanuel Marie-Claire Blais, Derek Coltman 1965 Canadian French
15897 Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town Stephen Leacock 1912 Canadian English
15897 Swamp Angel Ethel Wilson 1954 Canadian English
15897 The Double Hook Sheila Watson 1959 Canadian English
15897 Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag Edgardo M. Reyes 1968 Filipino Filipino
15897 Montage Of A Dream Deferred Langston Hughes 1951 American English
15897 A Journey To The Western Islands Of Scotland Samuel Johnson 1775 British English
16601 The Flying Classroom Erich Kästner 1933 German German
16655 De Witte Ernest Claes 1920 Belgian Dutch
16639 Personal Knowledge Michael Polanyi 1958 British English
17117 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17117 The Sparrow Enid Blyton 1991 British Unknown
17117 Pushout Monique W. Morris 2016 American English
17117 Ние, мушмороците Viktor Samuilov 1981 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17117 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
17117 Войната на таралежите the Mormarev Brothers 1979 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17117 Franklin The Turtle Paulette Bourgeois 1986 Canadian English
17117 Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary 1983 American English
17117 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary 1981 American English
17117 Ramona And Her Father Beverly Cleary 1977 American English
17117 Franz Series Christine Nöstlinger 1979 Austrian German
17117 Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina 2018 Mexican-American English
17117 Each Kindness Jacqueline Woodson 2012 American English
17117 The Secret Place Tana French 2014 Irish English
17117 The Rule Of Law Tom Bingham 2010 British English
17117 Cereus Blooms At Night Shani Mootoo 1996 Canadian English
17117 Green Grass, Running Water Thomas King 1993 Canadian English
17117 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17117 The Lesser Blessed Richard Van Camp 1996 Canadian English
17117 Panna Nikt Tomek Tryzna 1994 Polish Polish
17117 Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson 1965 Australian English
17117 Welcome To Our Hillbrow Phaswane Mpe 2001 South African English
17117 Readings In Classical Chinese Philosophy Philip J. Ivanhoe, Bryan W. Van Norden 2001 Chinese English
17117 Confrontations Simone Atangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen 2020 Unknown Dutch
17117 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17117 All American Boys Jason Reynolds 2015 American English
17079 La Dama Del Alba Casona, Alejandro 1947 Spanish Spanish
17117 Ms. Hempel Chronicles Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2008 American English
17117 Owen Kevin Henkes 1993 American English
17117 Border State Tõnu Õnnepalu 1993 Estonian Estonian
17117 Tūla Jurgis Kunčinas 1993 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17117 Food Fight! Carol Diggory Shields 2002 Unknown English
17117 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17117 Junie B. Jones And The Stupid Smelly Bus A.K.A. Junie B. Jones Is On Her Way! Barbara Park 1992 American English
17117 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 American English
17117 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17117 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17117 The Cheese And The Worms Carlo Ginzburg 1976 Italian Italian
17117 Superfudge Judy Blume 1980 American English
17117 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17117 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17117 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17117 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17117 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17117 The Brendan Voyage Severin, Tim 1978 Irish English
17117 Year Of The King Antony Sher 1985 British English
17117 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
16906 The Sorrows Of A Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774 German German
16960 Elevul Dima Dintr A Vii A Mihail Drumeş 1946 Romanian Romanian
17117 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English
17117 A Hand Full Of Stars Rafik Schami 1985 German German
16926 1984 george orwell 1948 British English