The Greatest Books of All Time on Teachers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Muriel Spark | 1961 | British, Scottish | English | |
| 250 | Anne of Green Gables | L. M. Montgomery | 1908 | Canadian | English | |
| 360 | Ada or Ardor | Vladimir Nabokov | 1969 | American | English | |
| 442 | The Magus | John Fowles | 1965 | British | English | |
| 605 | Claudine | Colette | 1900 | French | French | |
| 760 | Decline and Fall | Evelyn Waugh | 1928 | British | English | |
| 1101 | Outline | Rachel Cusk | 2014 | British | English | |
| 1146 | Nicholas Nickleby | Charles Dickens | 1839 | British | English | |
| 1346 | Matilda | Roald Dahl | 1988 | British | English | |
| 1354 | Olive Kitteridge | Elizabeth Strout | 2008 | American | English | |
| 1552 | Waterland | Graham Swift | 1983 | British | English | |
| 1585 | Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke | 2004 | British | English | |
| 1723 | 1Q84 | Haruki Murakami | 2009 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 2456 | Molesworth | Geoffrey Willans, Ronald Searle | 1953 | British | English | |
| 3102 | Reading Lolita in Tehran | Azar Nafisi | 2003 | Iranian | English | |
| 3375 | Juan De Mairena | Antonio Machado | 1936 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 4062 | Down With Skool! | Geoffrey Willans | 1953 | British | English | |
| 4310 | Hurrah For St Trinian's | Ronald Searle | 1948 | British | English | |
| 4500 | Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones | 2006 | New Zealand | English | |
| 7080 | The Blazing World | Siri Hustvedt | 2014 | American | English | |
| 10453 | Half Broke Horses | Jeannette Walls | 2009 | American | English | |
| 12179 | The Centaur | John Updike | 1963 | American | English | |
| 14363 | Who's Teaching Your Children? | Vivian Troen | 2003 | American | English | |
| 14499 | Liberating Learning | Terry M. Moe | 2009 | American | English | |
| 14554 | Class Warfare | Steven Brill | 2011 | American | English | |
| 14554 | Value Added Measures In Education | Douglas N. Harris | 2011 | American | English | |
| 14667 | The Finkler Question | Howard Jacobson | 2010 | British | English | |
| 14985 | A Disaffection | James Kelman | 1989 | Scottish | English | |
| 15916 | Village School | Miss Read | 1955 | British | English | |
| 17162 | Owl in Love | Patrice Kindl | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17162 | A Classical Education | Richard Cobb | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17162 | Al Mu’allim ‘Ala | Abdul Karim Ghalib | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17162 | Ms. Hempel Chronicles | Sarah Shun-lien Bynum | 2008 | American | English |