The Greatest Books of All Time on Trauma

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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
10097 Twenty Years And A Day Jorge Semprún 2003 Spanish Spanish
10099 écrits 2003 2014 Angélica Liddell 2015 Spanish Spanish
10106 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10140 A Lesson From Aloes Athol Fugard 1978 South African English
10174 March Geraldine Brooks 2005 American English
10182 Monkey Beach Eden Robinson 2000 Canadian English
10190 Winter Journal Paul Auster 2012 American English
10236 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10241 The Apology Eve Ensler 2019 American English
10298 April Fool's Day Josip Novakovich 2004 Croatian English
10304 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10306 Requiem Shizuko Gō 1986 Japanese Japanese
10395 Mudwoman Joyce Carol Oates 2012 American English
10422 Matterhorn Karl Marlantes 2010 American English
10437 She's Come Undone Wally Lamb 1992 American English
10451 The Speed Of Light Javier Cercas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10454 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
10516 Postcolonial Love Poem Natalie Diaz 2020 American English
10552 A Book Of Scars William Shaw 2015 British English
10558 The Body Keeps The Score Bessel van der Kolk 2014 American English
10577 Ghost Jason Reynolds 2016 American English
10603 Autobiography Of A Family Photo Jacqueline Woodson 1995 American English
10727 Seminary Boy John Cornwell 2006 British English
10734 Big Swiss Jen Beagin 2023 American English
10786 Grown Ups Marian Keyes 2020 Irish English
10822 An Untamed State Roxane Gay 2014 American English
10826 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
10896 Lola In The Mirror Trent Dalton 2023 Australian English
10904 The Hooligan's Return Norman Manea 2003 Romanian Romanian
10919 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
10926 Fools of Fortune William Trevor 1983 Irish English
10962 The Bird's Nest Shirley Jackson 1954 American English
10990 Stop Time Frank Conroy 1967 American English
10997 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
11006 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11029 Four Novels Marguerite Duras 1985 French French
11046 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11060 Coin Locker Babies Ryū Murakami 1980 Japanese Japanese
11062 Look Solmaz Sharif 2016 American English
11086 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11113 The Healer's War Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 1988 American English
11113 Slow River Nicola Griffith 1995 British English
11217 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English
11232 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11239 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11257 In My Mother's House Kim Chernin 1983 American English
11333 White Oleander Fitch, Janet 1999 American English
11334 Molnfri Bombnatt Vibeke Olsson 1995 Swedish Swedish
11335 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11358 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11390 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
11393 His Daughter Yoram Kaniuk 1988 Israeli Hebrew
11422 The Onion Field Joseph Wambaugh 1973 American English
11438 Philadelphia fire John Edgar Wideman 1990 American English
11504 Hibakusha Gaynor Sekimori 1986 Hibakusha Unknown
11581 Paradise Toni Morrison 1997 American English
11629 May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes 2012 American English
11644 Silence Is A Sense Layla AlAmmar 2021 Unknown English
11663 The Furrows Namwali Serpell 2022 Unknown English
11663 Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips 2019 American English
11663 No Visible Bruises Rachel Louise Snyder 2019 American English
11663 The Association Of Small Bombs Karan Mahajan 2016 Indian English
11663 War And Turpentine Stefan Hertmans 2013 Belgian Dutch
11663 The Good Soldiers David Finkel 2009 American English
11663 Falling Through The Earth Danielle Trussoni 2006 American English
11796 The Bride Collector Ted Dekker 2010 American English
11663 The Witch Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
11813 My Father's House Sylvia Fraser 1987 Canadian English
11846 Le Pavillon Des Enfants Fous Valérie Valère 1978 French French
11880 Sololand Hassan Blasim 2021 Iraqi Arabic
11896 Kinder Than Solitude Yiyun Li 2014 American English
11901 Sans Souci And Other Stories Dionne Brand 1988 Canadian English
11941 A Prince of Our Disorder John E. Mack 1976 American English
11941 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12010 The Echo Maker Richard Powers 2006 American English
12018 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12025 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12050 Omega Minor Paul Verhaeghen 2004 Belgian Dutch
12050 Irakisk Kristus Hassan Blasim 2009 Unknown Arabic
12063 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
12084 Jasmine Bharati Mukherjee 1989 American English
12084 John Dollar Marianne Wiggins 1989 American English
12188 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
12201 The Solitude Of Prime Numbers Paolo Giordano 2008 Italian Italian
12214 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman 2017 British English
12259 Beirut Fragments Jean Said Makdisi 1990 Lebanese English
12259 The Dust Roads Of Monferrato Rosetta Loy 1990 Italian Italian
12259 The Worry Girl Andrea Freud Loewenstein 1990 American English
12291 All Russians Love Birch Trees Olga Grjasnowa 2012 German German
12310 When I Was Five I Killed Myself Howard Buten 1981 American English
12326 Holocaust Testimonies Lawrence L. Langer 1991 American English
12394 Little Lazarus Michael Bible 2025 American English
12496 This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga 2018 Zimbabwean English
12515 Eve's Tattoo Emily Prager 1991 American English
12515 Family Album Claribel Alegría 1991 Nicaraguan Spanish
12515 The House Tibet Georgia Savage 1991 Australian English
12515 The Montreal Massacre Louise Malette, Marie Chalouh 1991 Canadian French
12515 Nampally Road Meena Alexander 1991 Indian English
12515 The Revolution Of Little Girls Blanche McCrary Boyd 1991 American English
12551 Minimosca Gustavo Faverón Patriau 2024 Peruvian Spanish; castilian
12567 Shattered Hanif Kureishi 2024 British English
12601 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
12740 Small Country Gaël Faye 2016 French French
12756 Maidenhair Mikhail Shishkin 2005 Russian Russian
12773 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
12794 Echine Philippe Djian 1982 French French
12795 The Red Star Anthoninthasan Jesuthasan Unknown Unknown
12821 Rage Steve Gerlach 2006 Australian English
12834 A Chorus Of Stones Susan Griffin 1992 American English
12834 Killing Color Charlotte W. Sherman 1992 American English
12834 Still Loved By The Sun Migael Scherer 1992 American English
12863 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
12976 The Death Of Us Abigail Dean 2025 Unknown Unknown
13075 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13102 The Autobiography Of H. Lan Thao Lam Lana Lin 2025 American English
13144 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13220 One Hundred Demons Lynda Barry 2002 American English
13239 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13259 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13259 The Corpse Washer Sinan Antoon 2010 Iraqi Arabic