The Greatest Books of All Time on Trust

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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
142 The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 1930 American English
363 The Left Hand Of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 American English
376 The Golden Bowl Henry James 1904 American English
452 A Heart So White Javier Marias 1992 Spanish Spanish
542 Uncle Silas Sheridan Le Fanu 1864 Irish English
643 Silas Marner George Eliot 1861 British English
791 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn 2012 American English
894 Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin 1967 American English
967 The Heat of the Day Elizabeth Bowen 1949 British English
984 Tartuffe Molière 1664 French French
1109 Othello William Shakespeare 1603 British English
1487 Kokoro Natsume Sōseki 1914 Japanese Japanese
1527 The Confidence Man Herman Melville 1857 American English
1812 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon 2003 British English
1989 Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
2357 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 American English
2566 The Caves Of Steel Isaac Asimov 1954 American English
2583 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
3017 The Ministry Of Fear Graham Greene 1943 British English
3144 A Simple Plan Scott Smith 1993 American English
3283 The Door Szabó, Magda 1987 Hungarian Hungarian
3481 The Trusting And The Maimed James Plunkett 1959 Irish English
3507 The Journalist and the Murderer Janet Malcolm 1990 American English
3637 Krambambuli Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1901 Austrian German
4061 The Ice Wall Yasushi Inoue 1959 Japanese Japanese
4227 The Light Of Day Eric Ambler 1962 British English
4309 Epitaph For A Spy Eric Ambler 1938 British English
4707 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4733 Woman Of Straw Catherine Arley 1956 French French
4786 The Way Of The World William Congreve 1700 British English
5315 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5631 Sabrina Nick Drnaso 2018 American English
5649 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5927 Marathon Man William Goldman 1974 American English
5966 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
6002 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6479 I'm Not Scared Niccolò Ammaniti 2001 Italian Italian
6790 The True Deceiver Tove Jansson 1982 Finnish Swedish
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
6891 Bared To You Sylvia Day 2012 American English
6965 Bowling Alone Robert D. Putnam 2000 American English
6974 The Ice House Minette Walters 1992 British English
7215 Smoky the Cowhorse Will James 1926 American English
7215 The Doctor Of His Own Honor Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
7215 School For Husbands Molière 1661 French French
7936 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
8322 American Buffalo David Mamet 1975 American English
8374 Belong To Me Shayla Black 2011 American English
8907 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
9188 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9279 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
9640 All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
10082 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10135 A Lesson From Aloes Athol Fugard 1978 South African English
10157 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10733 Truth And Truthfulness Bernard Williams 2002 British English
10830 The Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 2017 British English
10942 Golden Hill Francis Spufford 2016 British English
11156 The Dark Forest Cixin Liu 2008 Chinese Chinese
11159 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11267 The Turn Of The Key Ruth Ware 2019 British English
11426 Girls Out Late Jacqueline Wilson 1999 British English
11516 The Dare Game Jacqueline Wilson 2000 British English
11536 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11793 Felicia's Journey William Trevor 1994 British English
13071 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13080 Talk To Me Rich Benjamin 2025 American English
13318 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 1999 American English
13715 When We Were Romans Matthew Kneale 2007 British English
14232 Doubt John Patrick Shanley 2004 American English
14983 The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson 2009 British English
14983 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14983 Exit Strategy Martha Wells 2018 American English
14983 Before I Go To Sleep S. J. Watson 2011 British English
14983 The Human Factor Graham Greene 1978 British English
14983 John Annie Baker 2015 American English
14983 Six Degrees Of Separation John Guare 1990 American English
14983 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14983 Winter's Orbit Everina Maxwell 2021 British English
14983 Strega Nona Tomie dePaola 1975 American English
14983 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
15897 A Boy And His Dog Harlan Ellison 1969 American English
15897 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White 1936 British English
16502 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1975 American English
15897 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
17114 The Barracks Thief Tobias Wolff 1984 American English
17114 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17114 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17114 In A Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware 2015 British English
17114 Foreigner C. J. Cherryh 1994 American English
17114 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
17114 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17114 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991 American English
17114 Liespotting Pamela Meyer 2010 American English
17114 The Whirlpool Qamar Kilani Syrian Unknown
17114 The Conspiracy Faraj Al-Huwar Unknown Unknown
17114 A Kingdom Of Dreams Judith McNaught 1989 American English
17114 Bad Blood Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 Unknown English
17114 All In Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 American English
17114 The Bird Tribunal Agnes Ravatn 2013 Norwegian Norwegian
17114 Twisted Love Ana Huang 2021 Unknown English
17114 Historia De Una Gaviota Y Del Gato Que Le Enseñó A Volar Luis Sepúlveda 1996 Chilean Spanish
17114 Fablehaven Brandon Mull 2006 American English
17114 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17114 Run Blake Crouch 2011 American English
17114 Killer Instinct Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2014 American English
17114 Savings And Trust Justene Hill Edwards 2024 Unknown English
17114 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17114 The Last Best Friend George Sims 1967 British English
17114 May Contain Lies Alex Edmans Unknown Unknown
17114 George And Martha James Marshall 1972 American English
17114 Lon Po Po Ed Young 1989 American English
17114 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17114 One Of Us Knows Alyssa Cole Unknown Unknown
17114 Broken Bonds J. Bree 2021 Unknown English
17114 Twisted Lies Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17114 Restore Me Tahereh Mafi 2018 American English
17114 Beyond The Grave Jude Watson 2009 American English
17114 The Sword Thief Peter Lerangis 2009 American English
17114 One False Note Gordon Korman 2024 Canadian English