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
14985 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14985 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14985 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech 1994 American English
14985 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards 2005 American English
14985 Skellig David Almond 1998 British English
14985 The All Of It Jeannette Haien 1986 American English
14985 The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 American English
14985 A Yellow Raft In Blue Water Michael Dorris 1987 American English
14985 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14985 The Glass Sided Ants’ Nest Peter Dickinson 1968 British English
14985 The Blue Hammer Ross Macdonald 1976 American English
14985 Fatherland Burkhard Bilger 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 American English
14985 The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 2020 American English
15567 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15589 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15684 Silent Island Su Wei-chen 2021 Chinese Unknown
15686 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15686 The Good Girl Vincent O'Sullivan 1933 New Zealand Unknown
15686 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
15686 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15768 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
15776 Deep Summer Gwen Bristow 1937 American English
15792 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15806 The Family Nina Fedorova 1940 Unknown English
15914 The Hunting Gun Yasushi Inoue 1949 Japanese Japanese
15914 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15914 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15914 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15914 Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard Georges Simenon 1953 Belgian French
15914 The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow 1932 American English
15914 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15914 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15914 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
16573 Letter From An Unknown Woman Stefan Zweig 1922 Austrian German
16549 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16685 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16772 De Dødes Tjern André Bjerke 1942 Norwegian Norwegian
17159 Seaview Toby Olson 1983 American English
17159 The Great Man Kate Christensen 2007 American English
17159 The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke 1989 British English
17159 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17159 The Epicure's Lament Kate Christensen 2004 American English
17159 The Jade Cabinet Rikki Ducornet 1993 American English
17159 The Fountains of Neptune Rikki Ducornet 1992 American English
17159 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells 1996 American English
17159 Sleeping Beauty Ross Macdonald 1973 American English
17159 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17159 Solstice Wood Patricia A. McKillip 2006 American English
17159 In the Night Garden Catherynne M. Valente 2006 American English
17159 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17159 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17159 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17159 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17159 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17159 The Wish Child Catherine Chidgey 2016 New Zealander English
17159 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English
17159 Live Bodies Maurice Gee 1998 New Zealander English
17159 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17159 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English
17159 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17159 In A Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware 2015 British English
17159 The Widow Fiona Barton 2016 British English
17159 A Spell Of Winter Helen Dunmore 1995 British English
17159 A Crime In The Neighborhood Suzanne Berne 1997 American English
17159 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17159 Riceyman Steps Arnold Bennett 1923 British English
17159 Miss Mole E. H. Young 1930 British English
17159 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17159 A Slanting Light Gerda Charles 1963 British English
17159 The Bird Of Paradise Lily Powell 1970 British Unknown
17159 Winter Garden Robert Edric 1985 British English
17159 Something Like A House Sid Smith 2001 British English
17159 A Shock Keith Ridgway 2021 Irish English
17159 So Many Ways To Begin Jon McGregor 2006 British English
17159 Delirium Laura Restrepo 2004 Colombian Spanish
17159 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
17159 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
16805 The Little Girls Elizabeth Bowen 1964 Irish English
17159 The Nice And The Good Iris Murdoch 1968 British English
17159 The Other Garden Francis Wyndham 1987 British English
17159 Original Sin P. D. James 1994 British English
17159 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17159 Craigslist Confessional Helena Dea Bala 2020 American English
17159 Tangerine Edward Bloor 1997 American English
17159 Dear Medusa Olivia A. Cole 2023 American English
17159 Summer Sisters Judy Blume 1998 American English
17159 The Luxe (Luxe Series, Book 1) Anna Godbersen 2007 American English
17110 The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 1952 British English
17159 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17159 Pacific Tom Drury 2013 American English
17159 Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida 2007 American English
17159 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17159 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17159 The Weight Of Water Anita Shreve 1997 American English
17159 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17159 We Were Liars E. Lockhart 2014 American English
17159 Evil And The Mask Fuminori Nakamura 2010 Japanese Japanese
17159 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17159 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17159 Riverland Fran Wilde 2019 American English
17159 Updraft Fran Wilde 2015 American English
17159 Flora's Dare Ysabeau S. Wilce 2008 American English
17159 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17159 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17159 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17159 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17159 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17159 The Long Lost Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
17159 Requiem Graham Joyce 1995 British English
17159 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce 1996 British English
17159 Indigo Graham Joyce 1999 British English
17159 Memoirs Of A Master Forger William Heaney 2008 British English
17159 Disappearance At Devil's Rock Paul Tremblay 2016 American English
17159 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17159 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17159 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17159 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17159 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17159 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English