The Greatest Books of All Time on Social Class

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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
13600 Les Enfants Gâtés Philippe Heriat French French
13600 A Fine Of Two Hundred Francs Elsa Triolet 1944 French English
13879 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13886 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett 2009 British English
13918 Son's Big Doll Huang Chun-ming 1968 Chinese Chinese
14011 The Houseguest Thomas Berger 1988 American English
14195 Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens 1841 British English
14204 High-Rise J. G. Ballard 1975 British English
14385 The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow 1904 American English
14410 Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1955 American English
14457 Collected Stories of Peter Taylor Peter Taylor 1969 American English
14457 The Hearts and Lives of Men Fay Weldon 1987 British English
14484 The Servant In The House Charles Rann Kennedy 1908 British English
14498 The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy 1988 British English
14519 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald 1989 American English
14519 The Status Seekers Vance Packard 1959 American English
14643 Sinister Street Compton Mackenzie 1913 British English
14647 The Woman Thou Gavest Me Hall Caine 1913 British English
14758 The Dyskolos Menander -316 Greek Ancient greek
14864 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky 1930 French French
14870 Jeeves In The Offing P. G. Wodehouse 1960 British English
14984 Poor Things Alasdair Gray 1992 Scottish English
14984 Complete Stories Dorothy Parker 1995 American English
14984 Daughter Of Fortune Isabel Allende 1999 Chilean Spanish
14984 Normal Women Philippa Gregory 2023 British English
15632 Brass Charles Gilman Norris 1921 American English
15721 The Diary Of A Parish Clerk Steen Steensen Blicher 1824 Danish Danish
15734 Dot And Anton Erich Kästner 1931 German German
15770 Xala Ousmane Sembène 1973 Senegalese French
15769 King's Row Henry Bellamann 1940 American English
15792 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15794 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15767 Night In Bombay Louis Bromfield 1940 American English
15805 Paul And Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1788 French French
15815 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
15819 A World I Never Made James T. Farrell 1936 American English
15820 Fielding's Folly Frances Parkinson Keyes 1940 American English
15845 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15871 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
15855 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
15869 The Earth Is The Lord's Taylor Caldwell 1940 American English
15903 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15903 From The Terrace John O'Hara 1958 American English
16513 An Italian Straw Hat Eugène Labiche 1851 French French
15903 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15903 The Harsh Voice Rebecca West 1935 British English
15903 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15903 Kilverts Diary, 1870 1879 Francis Kilvert 1938 British English
15903 Show Boat Edna Ferber 1926 American English
15903 The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow 1932 American English
15903 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15903 Richard Caqrvel Winston Churchill 1899 American English
15903 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
15903 Marching On James Boyd 1927 American English
16497 H.M. Pulham, Esq. John P. Marquand 1941 American English
15896 Random Harvest James Hilton 1941 British English
16525 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16535 Akenfield Ronald Blythe 1969 American English
16591 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16674 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17125 The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul 1973 Trinidadian English
17125 The Soul of Kindness Elizabeth Taylor 1964 British English
17125 The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders 2019 American English
17125 The Middle Age Of Mrs Eliot Angus Wilson 1958 British English
17125 Linden Hills Gloria Naylor 1985 American English
16759 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
17125 Recitatif Toni Morrison 1983 American English
17125 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17125 I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe 2004 American English
17125 Scenes Of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 British English
17125 The Atonement Of Leam Dundas Eliza Lynn Linton 1876 British English
17125 Market Harborough George Whyte-Melville 1860 British English
17125 Plums Of P.G. Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse 1993 British English
17125 The Grandissimes, A Story Of Creole Life George Washington Cable 1880 American English
17125 A Hazard Of New Fortunes William Dean Howells 1890 American English
17125 New Kid Jerry Craft 2019 American English
17043 The Splendid Idle Forties Gertrude Atherton 1902 American English
17125 The Selection Kiera Cass 2012 American English
17125 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
17125 The English Understand Wool Helen DeWitt 2022 Unknown English
17125 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17125 The Party At No. 5 Shelley Smith 1964 Unknown English
17125 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
16895 Family Happiness And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1973 Russian Russian
16820 The Belly Of Paris Émile Zola 1873 French French
17125 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
16774 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17125 The Gardens Of Consolation Parisa Reza 2015 Unknown French
17125 The Neighbors Ahmad Mahmoud 1974 Unknown Persian
17125 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17125 The Cat And The King Louis Auchincloss 1981 American English
17125 The Wife Of Bath Marion Turner 2023 Unknown English
17011 An Unpleasant Predicament Fyodor Dostoevsky 1862 Russian Russian
17125 Carnegie Hill Jonathan Vatner 2019 American English
17125 Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead 2012 American English
17125 A Nobleman’s Guide To Seducing A Scoundrel KJ Charles 2023 British English
17125 My Notorious Life Kate Manning 2013 American English
16916 Herself, Surprised Joyce Cary 1941 British English
17125 The Cheese And The Worms Carlo Ginzburg 1976 Italian Italian
17125 Take A Girl Like You Kingsley Amis 1960 British English
17125 True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff 2001 American English
17125 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17125 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17125 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English
17125 Earth Girl Janet Edwards Australian English
17108 The Death Ivan Ilych And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1886 Russian Russian
17038 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17125 Ember Lane Sheila Kaye-Smith British English
17125 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17125 The Dawn Of Love Barbara Cartland 1980 British English
17125 Flowers For The God Of Love Barbara Cartland British English
16867 The Outlaw Of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
17125 Das Lächeln Der Fortuna Rebecca Gablé 1997 German German
17125 Daring And The Duke Sarah MacLean 2020 American English
17125 Journey To The River Sea Eva Ibbotson 2001 British English
17125 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English