The Greatest Books of All Time on Schools & Teaching
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling | 1997 | British | English | |
| 605 | Claudine | Colette | 1900 | French | French | |
| 631 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Thornton Wilder | 1927 | American | English | |
| 914 | The Yearling | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1938 | American | English | |
| 987 | Harriet the Spy | Louise Fitzhugh | 1964 | American | English | |
| 1320 | God and Man at Yale | William F. Buckley, Jr | 1951 | American | English | |
| 1341 | The Graduate | Charles Webb | 1963 | American | English | |
| 1346 | Matilda | Roald Dahl | 1988 | British | English | |
| 1391 | A Separate Peace | John Knowles | 1959 | American | English | |
| 2088 | Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans | 1939 | Austrian | English | |
| 2637 | The Adventures of Captain Underpants | Dav Pilkey | 1997 | American | English | |
| 2682 | Twilight | Stephenie Meyer | 2005 | American | English | |
| 2750 | The Montessori Method | Maria Montessori | 1909 | Italian | Italian | |
| 3130 | Little Nicholas | Rene Goscinny | 1959 | French | French | |
| 3259 | The 42nd Parallel | John Dos Passos | 1930 | American | English | |
| 3272 | Bohemian Lights | Ramón del Valle-Inclán | 1920 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 3382 | Like Life | Lorrie Moore | 1990 | American | English | |
| 3478 | American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang | 2006 | American | English | |
| 4148 | Forever... | Judy Blume | 1975 | American | English | |
| 4569 | No Kiss For Mother | Tomi Ungerer | 1973 | French | English | |
| 4828 | Patterns of Childhood | Christa Wolf | 1976 | German | German | |
| 5617 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | 2007 | American | English | |
| 5860 | The School for Wives | Molière | 1662 | French | French | |
| 6479 | I'm Not Scared | Niccolò Ammaniti | 2001 | Italian | Italian | |
| 10258 | Forever | Pete Hamill | 2002 | American | English | |
| 10570 | Ghost | Jason Reynolds | 2016 | American | English | |
| 13064 | Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson | 1977 | American | English | |
| 14983 | George | Alex Gino | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Water Is Wide | Pat Conroy | 1972 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Worst Witch | Jill Murphy | 1974 | British | English |