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
8292 Crónica De Un Iniciado Abelardo Castillo 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8301 Lizard Tails Juan Marsé 2004 Spanish Spanish
8306 When Death Comes Stealing Valerie Wilson Wesley 1994 American English
8307 The Native Air Sarah Woodhouse 1987 British English
8315 The Bottoms Joe R. Lansdale 2000 American English
8356 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8377 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8406 God's Orchid Hjalmar Bergman 1919 Swedish Swedish
8430 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8439 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8440 Fade Away Harlan Coben 1996 American English
8442 Faithful Place Tana French 2010 Irish English
8466 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8510 The Broken Shore Peter Temple 2005 Australian English
8518 Shanghai Nights Juan Marsé 1993 Spanish Unknown
8529 Sanctum Denise Mina 2002 Scottish English
8577 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8587 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8636 Donde Las Mujeres Álvaro Pombo 1996 Spanish Spanish
8697 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8701 Blacklist Sara Paretsky 2003 American English
8710 The Dead Of Jericho Colin Dexter 1981 British English
8719 Innocent Blood P. D. James 1980 British English
8729 The History of Silence Pedro Zarraluki 1995 Spanish Spanish
8798 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8838 The Axeman's Carnival Catherine Chidgey 2023 New Zealander English
8837 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
8908 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8961 Devices And Desires P. D. James 1989 British English
8996 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9001 The Emperor Of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter 2002 American English
9007 August Heat Andrea Camilleri 2006 Italian Italian
9027 The Other Americans Laila Lalami 2019 Moroccan English
9033 Five Go To Smuggler's Top Enid Blyton 1945 British English
9093 The Cunning Man Robertson Davies 1994 Canadian English
9145 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9233 Jadviga Párnája Pál Závada 1996 Hungarian Hungarian
9250 Deadheads Reginald Hill 1983 British English
9289 The Lost And Found Bookshop Susan Wiggs 2020 American English
9301 The Client John Grisham 1993 American English
9303 Bleeding Heart Square Andrew Taylor 2008 British English
9317 The Dark Side Of Love Rafik Schami 2004 German German
9334 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9355 Penny Black Susan Moody 1984 British English
9377 The Italian Ann Radcliffe 1797 British English
9377 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9531 Snakeskin Shamisen Naomi Hirahara 2006 Japanese English
9533 Black Water Rising Attica Locke 2009 American English
9654 The Dinner Herman Koch 2009 Dutch Dutch
9659 The King Of The Rattling Spirits Miha Mazzini 2021 Slovenian Slovenian
9672 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9672 Strange Shores Arnaldur Indriðason 2010 Icelandic Icelandic
9743 Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You Alice Munro 1974 Canadian English
9743 June Rain Jabbour Douaihy 2006 Lebanese Arabic
9798 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9811 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9823 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9826 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9834 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English
9859 The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
9895 The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro 1998 Canadian English
9899 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
9914 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
9952 The Book Of Fathers Miklós Vámos 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
9964 Prairie Gothic J. M. Hayes 2003 American English
9970 The Silence Of The Sea Yrsa Sigurdardottir 2012 Icelandic Icelandic
9976 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
9976 Legend Marie Lu 2011 American English
9988 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb 1998 American English
10016 The Zafarani Files Jamal al- Ghitani 1976 Egyptian Arabic
10066 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10120 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10129 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10134 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10211 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10219 Underworld Reginald Hill 1988 British English
10220 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10303 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10434 I'll Give You The Sun Jandy Nelson 2014 American English
10495 The House Of Doors Tan Twang Eng 2023 Malaysian English
10494 The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker 2012 French French
10517 The Cabinet Of Curiosities Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 2002 American English
10524 Montana 1948 Larry Watson 1993 American English
10551 The Darkness Ragnar Jonasson 2015 Icelandic Icelandic
10551 A Book Of Scars William Shaw 2015 British English
10556 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
10571 Land Of Shadows Rachel Howzell Hall 2014 American English
10733 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
10782 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10785 Grown Ups Marian Keyes 2020 Irish English
10825 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
10836 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10842 I, Alex Cross James Patterson 2009 American English
10847 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10855 Modern Baptists James Wilcox 1983 American English
10855 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge 2015 British English
10869 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10916 La Casa Del Padre Justo Navarro 2015 Spanish Spanish
10942 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sánchez 2017 American English
10942 We Are Okay Nina LaCour 2017 American English
10965 Rotters Daniel Kraus 2011 American English
11005 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11015 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11045 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11076 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11131 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11204 Five Go Adventuring Again Enid Blyton 1943 British English
11224 Malpertuis Jean Ray 1943 Belgian French
11244 December Breeze Marvel Moreno 1987 Colombian Spanish
11243 L'huile Sur Le Feu Hervé Bazin 1954 French French
11273 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11298 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11444 A Farm Under A Lake Martha Bergland 1985 American English
11496 The Black Prophet William Carleton 1847 Irish English
11511 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11518 The Dare Game Jacqueline Wilson 2000 British English
11523 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11581 Family Pictures Sue Miller 1986 American English
11643 Arsonists City Hala Alyan 2021 American English
11662 During The Reign Of The Queen Of Persia Joan Chase 1983 American English