The Greatest British Books of All Time on Work

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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
492 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell, Peter Miles 1914 British English
508 Black Beauty Anna Sewell 1877 British English
946 The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith 1892 British English
980 News from Nowhere William Morris 1890 British English
1216 Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse 1959 British English
1763 Small Is Beautiful E. F. Schumacher 1973 British English
2090 Parkinson's Law C. Northcote Parkinson 1957 British English
2461 Lark Rise To Candleford Flora Thompson 1945 British English
2884 The Busconductor Hines James Kelman 1984 British English
3034 Novel on Yellow Paper Stevie Smith 1936 British English
4215 The Beginning of Spring Penelope Fitzgerald 1988 British English
4310 The Odd Women George Gissing 1893 British English
4404 A Kind Of Loving Stan Barstow 1960 British English
6363 The Restraint Of Beasts Magnus Mills 1998 British English
6569 Nice Work David Lodge 1988 British English
9861 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope 1883 British English
13362 Past And Present Thomas Carlyle 1843 British English
14232 Dart Alice Oswald 2002 British English
14667 Saville David Storey 1976 British English
15918 Memoirs Of A Medieval Woman Louise Collis 1964 British English
17168 My Father's Fortune Michael Frayn 2010 British English
17168 Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 2021 British English
17168 Dickens Peter Ackroyd 1990 British English