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
11660 Everything Under Daisy Johnson 2018 British English
11660 The Witch Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
11811 My Father's House Sylvia Fraser 1987 Canadian English
11831 61 Hours Lee Child 2010 British English
11859 Highwire Moon Susan Straight 2001 American English
11893 The Bird Artist Howard Norman 1994 Canadian English
11882 All That’s Left Unsaid Tracey Lien 2022 Unknown English
11894 Kinder Than Solitude Yiyun Li 2014 American English
11899 Loving And Giving Molly Keane 1988 Irish English
11899 The Woman Who Was Not All There Paula Sharp 1988 American English
11919 Lake Of Urine Guillermo Stitch 2020 British English
11924 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
12014 Hygiene And The Assassin Amélie Nothomb 1992 Belgian French
12030 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12031 Secrets Jacqueline Wilson 2002 British English
12034 When The Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 American English
12048 The Alphonse Courrier Affair Marta Morazzoni 1985 Italian Italian
12083 Blue Taxis Eileen Drew 1989 American Unknown
12187 Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 American English
12204 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
12235 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12258 Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart Joyce Carol Oates 1990 American English
12258 Circle Of Friends Maeve Binchy 1990 Irish English
12258 Disappearing Moon Cafe Sky Lee 1990 Canadian English
12258 Floating In My Mother's Palm Ursula Hegi 1990 German English
12258 Seventh Heaven Alice Hoffman 1990 American English
12258 The Worry Girl Andrea Freud Loewenstein 1990 American English
12324 My Son's Story Nadine Gordimer 1990 South African English
12324 Across The Bridge Mavis Gallant 1993 Canadian English
12378 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12382 The Dazzling Paget Sisters Ariane Bankes 2025 Unknown English
12392 Little Lazarus Michael Bible 2025 American English
12513 The House Tibet Georgia Savage 1991 Australian English
12513 The Seventh Garment Eugenia Fakinou 1991 Greek Greek
12586 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12682 Children Of The Rich Lu Ling 1940 Chinese Unknown
12767 Mon Vrai Nom Est Elisabeth Adèle Yon French French
12832 Fortunate Lives Robb Forman Dew 1992 American English
12832 Little Altars Everywhere Rebecca Wells 1992 American English
12861 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
12878 Birchwood John Banville 1973 Irish English
12969 The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater 2025 Unknown Unknown
12973 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
13052 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13061 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13068 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13217 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13236 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13245 Death And Nightingales Eugene McCabe 1992 Irish English
13276 Wide Open Nicola Barker 1998 British English
13284 Swimming Home Deborah Levy 2011 British English
13318 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13337 The Rule Of Four Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 2004 American English
13359 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13511 As Simple As Snow Gregory Galloway 2005 American English
13563 Betty Tiffany McDaniel 2020 American English
13576 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13594 A Family Record Patrick Modiano 1977 French French
13599 Trading Secrets Paule Constant 1998 French French
13715 What I Was Meg Rosoff 2007 British English
13762 Invisible Ink Patrick Modiano 2019 French French
13771 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13771 The Sunken Cathedral Kate Walbert 2015 American English
13814 The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak 2006 Turkish English
13817 L'ombra Delle Colline Giovanni Arpino 1964 Italian Italian
13817 A Spiral Of Mist Michele Prisco 1966 Italian Italian
13817 Passaggio In Ombra Mariateresa Di Lascia 1995 Italian Italian
13817 Darkness Dacia Maraini 1995 Italian Italian
13817 Ferocity Nicola Lagioia 2014 Italian Italian
13885 The Vanishing Of Katharina Linden Helen Grant 2009 British English
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13941 The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker 2013 American English
13940 Daylight Saving Edward Hogan 2012 British English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
14167 The Secret Of The Old Clock Carolyn Keene 1930 American English
14168 This Is How It Always Is Laurie Frankel 2017 American English
14212 Jim Grant Peter Adamson 2001 British Unknown
14212 The Mighty And Their Fall Ivy Compton-Burnett 1961 British English
14232 Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan 2017 American English
14232 Fool For Love Sam Shepard 1983 American English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14232 Bag Of Bones Stephen King 1998 American English
14232 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 American English
14232 Lost Boy Lost Girl Peter Straub 2003 American English
14333 Come With Me Ronald Malfi 2021 American English
14345 Reading In The Dark Seamus Deane 1996 Irish English
14347 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14402 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 2020 American English
14432 Fault Lines Nancy Huston 2006 French French
14450 A Spool Of Blue Thread Anne Tyler 2015 American English
14454 The Shepherd Of The Hills Harold Bell Wright 1907 American English
14457 Collected Stories of Peter Taylor Peter Taylor 1969 American English
14490 Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay 2006 French French
14491 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14544 In The Valley Of The Sun Andy Davidson American English
14549 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14553 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14666 Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald 1979 British English
14693 The Parts Keith Ridgway 2003 Irish English
14718 Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau 1869 French French
14730 The Death Of Rex Nhongo C. B. George 2015 Unknown English
14822 The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen 1884 Norwegian Norwegian
14825 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14983 If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor 2002 British English
14983 Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat 1994 Haitian English
14983 Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 2003 British English
14983 Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 American English
14983 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
14983 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides 2019 British English
14983 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
14983 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14983 The Sweetness Of Water Nathan Harris 2021 American English
14983 August Tracy Letts 2008 American English
14983 The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Edward Albee 2000 American English
14983 The Humans Stephen Karam 2014 American English
14967 Strange Interlude Eugene O'Neill 1928 American English
14983 Labyrinth Kate Mosse 2005 British English
14983 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
14983 The 10,000 Doors Of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 American English
14983 Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan 2012 American English