The Greatest Books of All Time on Secrets

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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
8290 Crónica De Un Iniciado Abelardo Castillo 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8299 Lizard Tails Juan Marsé 2004 Spanish Spanish
8304 When Death Comes Stealing Valerie Wilson Wesley 1994 American English
8305 The Native Air Sarah Woodhouse 1987 British English
8313 The Bottoms Joe R. Lansdale 2000 American English
8354 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8374 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8403 God's Orchid Hjalmar Bergman 1919 Swedish Swedish
8426 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8435 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8436 Fade Away Harlan Coben 1996 American English
8438 Faithful Place Tana French 2010 Irish English
8461 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8506 The Broken Shore Peter Temple 2005 Australian English
8514 Shanghai Nights Juan Marsé 1993 Spanish Unknown
8525 Sanctum Denise Mina 2002 Scottish English
8573 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8583 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8632 Donde Las Mujeres Álvaro Pombo 1996 Spanish Spanish
8693 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8697 Blacklist Sara Paretsky 2003 American English
8706 The Dead Of Jericho Colin Dexter 1981 British English
8715 Innocent Blood P. D. James 1980 British English
8724 The History of Silence Pedro Zarraluki 1995 Spanish Spanish
8793 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8834 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8833 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
8904 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8957 Devices And Desires P. D. James 1989 British English
8992 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
8997 The Emperor Of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter 2002 American English
9003 August Heat Andrea Camilleri 2006 Italian Italian
9023 The Other Americans Laila Lalami 2019 Moroccan English
9029 Five Go To Smuggler's Top Enid Blyton 1945 British English
9088 The Cunning Man Robertson Davies 1994 Canadian English
9140 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9229 Jadviga Párnája Pál Závada 1996 Hungarian Hungarian
9246 Deadheads Reginald Hill 1983 British English
9284 The Lost And Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 2020 American English
9296 The Client John Grisham 1993 American English
9298 Bleeding Heart Square Andrew Taylor 2008 British English
9312 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9329 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9350 Penny Black Susan Moody 1984 British English
9372 The Italian Ann Radcliffe 1797 British English
9372 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9526 Snakeskin Shamisen Naomi Hirahara 2006 Japanese English
9528 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9651 The Dinner Herman Koch 2009 Dutch Dutch
9656 The King Of The Rattling Spirits Miha Mazzini 2021 Slovenian Slovenian
9669 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9669 Strange Shores Arnaldur Indriðason 2010 Icelandic Icelandic
9740 Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You Alice Munro 1974 Canadian English
9740 June Rain Jabbour Douaihy 2006 Lebanese Arabic
9795 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9808 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9820 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9823 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9831 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English
9856 The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
9892 The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro 1998 Canadian English
9896 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
9911 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
9948 The Book Of Fathers Miklós Vámos 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
9960 Prairie Gothic J. M. Hayes 2003 American English
9966 The Silence Of The Sea Yrsa Sigurdardottir 2012 Icelandic Icelandic
9972 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
9972 Legend Marie Lu 2011 American English
9984 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 1998 American English
10012 The Zafarani Files Jamal al- Ghitani 1976 Egyptian Arabic
10061 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10116 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10125 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10130 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10206 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10213 Underworld Reginald Hill 1988 British English
10214 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10298 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10429 I'll Give You The Sun Jandy Nelson 2014 American English
10490 The House Of Doors Tan Twang Eng 2023 Malaysian English
10489 The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker 2012 French French
10512 The Cabinet Of Curiosities Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 2002 American English
10519 Montana 1948 Larry Watson 1993 American English
10545 The Darkness Ragnar Jonasson 2015 Icelandic Icelandic
10545 A Book Of Scars William Shaw 2015 British English
10550 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
10565 Land Of Shadows Rachel Howzell Hall 2014 American English
10727 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
10776 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10779 Grown Ups Marian Keyes 2020 Irish English
10818 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
10830 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10836 I, Alex Cross James Patterson 2009 American English
10841 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10849 Modern Baptists James Wilcox 1983 American English
10849 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge 2015 British English
10863 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10910 La Casa Del Padre Justo Navarro 2015 Spanish Spanish
10936 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez 2017 American English
10936 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10959 Rotters Daniel Kraus 2011 American English
10999 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11009 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11039 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11070 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11125 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11198 Five Go Adventuring Again Enid Blyton 1943 British English
11218 Malpertuis Jean Ray 1943 Belgian French
11238 December Breeze Marvel Moreno 1987 Colombian Spanish
11237 L'huile Sur Le Feu Hervé Bazin 1954 French French
11267 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11292 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11439 A Farm Under A Lake Martha Bergland 1985 American English
11493 The Black Prophet William Carleton 1847 Irish English
11509 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11516 The Dare Game Jacqueline Wilson 2000 British English
11521 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11579 Family Pictures Sue Miller 1986 American English
11641 Arsonists City Hala Alyan 2021 American English
11660 During The Reign Of The Queen Of Persia Joan Chase 1983 American English