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
14983 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14983 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14983 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1994 American English
14983 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
14983 Skellig David Almond 1998 British English
14983 The All Of It Jeannette Haien 1986 American English
14983 The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 American English
14983 A Yellow Raft In Blue Water Michael Dorris 1987 American English
14983 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14983 The Glass Sided Ants’ Nest Peter Dickinson 1968 British English
14983 The Blue Hammer Ross Macdonald 1976 American English
14983 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
14983 The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 American English
14983 The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 2020 American English
15559 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15581 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15676 Silent Island Su Wei-chen 2021 Chinese Unknown
15678 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15678 The Good Girl Vincent O'Sullivan 1933 New Zealand Unknown
15678 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
15678 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15771 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
15783 Deep Summer Gwen Bristow 1937 American English
15797 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15813 The Family Nina Fedorova 1940 Unknown English
15897 The Hunting Gun Yasushi Inoue 1949 Japanese Japanese
15897 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15897 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15897 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15897 Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard Georges Simenon 1953 Belgian French
15897 The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow 1932 American English
15897 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15897 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15897 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
16553 Letter From An Unknown Woman Stefan Zweig 1922 Austrian German
16528 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16650 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
17117 Seaview Toby Olson 1983 American English
17117 The Great Man Kate Christensen 2007 American English
17117 The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke 1989 British English
17117 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17117 The Epicure's Lament Kate Christensen 2004 American English
17117 The Jade Cabinet Rikki Ducornet 1993 American English
17117 The Fountains of Neptune Rikki Ducornet 1992 American English
17117 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells 1996 American English
17117 Sleeping Beauty Ross Macdonald 1973 American English
17117 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17117 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17117 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17117 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17117 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17117 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17117 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17117 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17117 The Wish Child Catherine Chidgey 2016 New Zealander English
17117 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English
17117 Live Bodies Maurice Gee 1998 New Zealander English
17117 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17117 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English
17117 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17117 In A Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware 2015 British English
17117 The Widow Fiona Barton 2016 British English
17117 A Spell Of Winter Helen Dunmore 1995 British English
17117 A Crime In The Neighborhood Suzanne Berne 1997 American English
17117 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17117 Riceyman Steps Arnold Bennett 1923 British English
17117 Miss Mole E. H. Young 1930 British English
17117 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17117 A Slanting Light Gerda Charles 1963 British English
17117 The Bird Of Paradise Lily Powell 1970 British Unknown
17117 Winter Garden Robert Edric 1985 British English
17117 Something Like A House Sid Smith 2001 British English
17117 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17117 So Many Ways To Begin Jon McGregor 2006 British English
17117 Delirium Laura Restrepo 2004 Colombian Spanish
17117 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17117 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
16765 The Little Girls Elizabeth Bowen 1964 Irish English
17117 The Nice And The Good Iris Murdoch 1968 British English
17117 The Other Garden Francis Wyndham 1987 British English
17117 Original Sin P. D. James 1994 British English
17117 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17117 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17117 Tangerine Edward Bloor 1997 American English
17117 Dear Medusa Olivia A. Cole 2023 American English
17117 Summer Sisters Judy Blume 1998 American English
17117 The Luxe (Luxe Series, Book 1) Anna Godbersen 2007 American English
17067 The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 1952 British English
17117 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17117 Pacific Tom Drury 2013 American English
17117 Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida 2007 American English
17117 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17117 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17117 The Weight Of Water Anita Shreve 1997 American English
17117 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17117 We Were Liars E. Lockhart 2014 American English
17117 Evil And The Mask Fuminori Nakamura 2010 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17117 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17117 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17117 Updraft Fran Wilde 2015 American English
17117 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce 2008 American English
17117 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17117 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17117 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17117 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17117 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17117 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17117 Requiem Graham Joyce 1995 British English
17117 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
17117 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
17117 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17117 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
17117 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17117 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17117 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17117 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17117 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17117 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17117 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead 2007 American English