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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17117 | The Vampire Diaries | L. J. Smith | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Coin | Light Amidst Shadows | 2007 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | A Painted House | John Grisham | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Broker | John Grisham | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Camel Club | David Baldacci | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Summons | John Grisham | 2002 | American | English | |
| 17117 | First Family | David Baldacci | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17117 | You Must Remember This | Joyce Carol Oates | 1987 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Trumpet | Jackie Kay | 1998 | Scottish | English | |
| 17117 | Dogside Story | Patricia Grace | 2001 | New Zealand | English | |
| 17117 | A Wilderness Station | Alice Munro | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17117 | This One Summer | Mariko Tamaki | 2014 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | Celestine | Gillian Tindall | 1995 | Celestine | English | |
| 17117 | A Bloodsmoor Romance | Joyce Carol Oates | 1982 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Moonglow | Michael Chabon | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Claire Of The Sea Light | Edwidge Danticat | 2013 | Haitian | English | |
| 17117 | Dig | A. S. King | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Breath and Bone | Carol Berg | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Return Of The Absent | Munther al-Qabbani | 2006 | Unknown | Arabic | |
| 17117 | Hearts On A Wire | Abdel-Salam Ajili | 1974 | Syrian | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Murder And Anger | Muwaffaq Khidr | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | The Whirlpool | Qamar Kilani | Syrian | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | The Conspiracy | Faraj Al-Huwar | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | Stones From The River | Ursula Hegi | 1994 | German | English | |
| 17117 | Lying Low | Diane Johnson | 1990 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Angel Fire | Ron Franscell | 1998 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A Girl Returned | Donatella Di Pietrantonio | 2017 | Italian | Italian | |
| 17117 | Accabadora | Michela Murgia | 2009 | Italian | Italian | |
| 17117 | As Good As Dead | Holly Jackson | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Dark Places | Gillian Flynn | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Gone To See The River Man | Kristopher Triana | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Caraval | Stephanie Garber | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Before We Were Yours | Lisa Wingate | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Bluebeard | Kurt Vonnegut | 1987 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Ink Blood Sister Scribe | Emma Törzs | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Wool Omnibus | Hugh Howey | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Only Time Will Tell | Jeffrey Archer | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Odd Thomas | Dean R. Koontz | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | When You See Me | Lisa Gardner | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Look For Me | Lisa Gardner | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Crash & Burn | Lisa Gardner | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17117 | My Soul To Keep | Tananarive Due | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17117 | All The Broken Places | John Boyne | 2022 | Irish | English | |
| 17117 | The Black Tower | P. D. James | 1975 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Uniform Justice | Donna Leon | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Secret Place | Tana French | 2014 | Irish | English | |
| 17117 | The Wych Elm | Tana French | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 17117 | The Searcher | Tana French | 2020 | Irish | English | |
| 17117 | The Perfume Collector | Kathleen Tessaro | 2013 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Immortalists | Chloe Benjamin | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Moonflower Murders | Anthony Horowitz | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Sleeping Murder | Agatha Christie | 1976 | British | English | |
| 16980 | Crooked House | Agatha Christie | 1949 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Penultimate Peril | Lemony Snicket | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A Week To Be Wicked | Tessa Dare | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Burn For Me | Ilona Andrews | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17117 | One Of Us Is Lying | Karen M. McManus | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Collected Essex County | Jeff Lemire | 2009 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | Rise Of The Evening Star | Brandon Mull | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Devil Colony | James Rollins | 2011 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Map Of Bones | James Rollins | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Sandstorm | James Rollins | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Book Of Secrets | M.G. Vassanji | 1994 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | The Family Chao | Lan Samantha Chang | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Stay With Me | Ayobami Adebayo | 2017 | Nigerian | English | |
| 17117 | The Flicker Of Old Dreams | Susan Henderson | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Bitter And Sweet | Rhonda McKnight | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | 813 | Maurice Leblanc | 1910 | French | French | |
| 17117 | Murder At School | James Hilton | 1931 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Naturals | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Bad Blood | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2016 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | All In | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Doll People | Ann M. Martin | 2000 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Bird Tribunal | Agnes Ravatn | 2013 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17117 | A Modern Family | Helga Flatland | 2017 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17117 | The House On Calle Sombra | Marga Ortigas | 2021 | Philippine | English | |
| 17117 | Bluebeard’s First Wife | Ha Seong-nan | 2002 | Korean | Korean | |
| 17117 | Gallant | V. E. Schwab | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Unseen World | Liz Moore | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Favorites | Layne Fargo | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | Twisted Love | Ana Huang | 2021 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Honeybee | Craig Silvey | 2020 | Australian | English | |
| 17117 | Silo 1 | Hugh Howey | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Book Of Life | Deborah Harkness | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Blue Lily, Lily Blue | Maggie Stiefvater | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Fablehaven | Brandon Mull | 2006 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Darkfever | Karen Marie Moning | 2006 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Killer Instinct | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17117 | 白夜行 [Byakuyakō] | Keigo Higashino | 1999 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17117 | Dan Brown Omnibus | Dan Brown | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Murder Among Friends | Elizabeth Ferrars | 1946 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Post Mortem | Guy Cullingford | 1953 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Party At No. 5 | Shelley Smith | 1964 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Mystery Stories | Stanley Ellin | 1956 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Mr. Splitfoot | Helen McCloy | 1968 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Beyond This Point Are Monsters | Margaret Millar | 1970 | Canadian | English | |
| 17117 | The Long Shadow | Celia Fremlin | 1975 | British | English | |
| 17117 | A Death In The Life | Dorothy Salisbury Davis | 1976 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Skinflick | Joseph Hansen | 1979 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Maurice And Maralyn | Sophie Elmhirst | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | What I Saw And How I Lied | Judy Blundell | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17117 | China Room | Sunjeev Sahota | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17117 | May Contain Lies | Alex Edmans | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | One Of Us Knows | Alyssa Cole | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17117 | The Ballad Of Never After | Stephanie Garber | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17117 | A Curse For True Love | Stephanie Garber | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Broken Bonds | J. Bree | 2021 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | Twisted Lies | Ana Huang | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | A History Of Wild Places | Shea Ernshaw | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Lord Of The Mysteries Volume 1 | Ai Qianshui de Wuzei | 2018 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 17117 | The Year Of The Ladybird | Graham Joyce | 2013 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Angelmaker | Nick Harkaway | 2012 | British | English | |
| 17117 | The Bartender's Tale | Ivan Doig | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17117 | My Father, The Pornographer | Andrew J. Offutt | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S. | Gina B. Nahai | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Fresh Water For Flowers | Valerie Perrin | 2018 | French | French | |
| 17117 | The Secret History Of Twin Peaks | Robert Frost | 2016 | Unknown | English | |
| 17117 | The Secret Diary Of Laura Palmer | Jennifer Lynch | 1990 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Short Drop | Matthew FitzSimmons | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Black Circle | Patrick Carman | 2009 | American | English |