The Greatest Books of All Time on Writers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2361 | Bartleby & Co | Enrique Vila-Matas | 2000 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 3022 | Pictures From An Institution | Randall Jarrell | 1954 | American | English | |
| 3577 | The Possessed | Elif Batuman | 2010 | Turkish | English | |
| 5329 | Pushkin Hills | Sergei Dovlatov | 1983 | Russian | Russian | |
| 6674 | Minor Characters | Joyce Johnson | 1983 | American | English | |
| 7967 | The Shores Of Light | Edmund Wilson | 1952 | American | English | |
| 9185 | Envy, Or Yiddish In America | Cynthia Ozick | 1969 | American | English | |
| 10453 | Footsteps | Richard Holmes | 1985 | French | English | |
| 11662 | Bech Is Back | John Updike | 1982 | American | English | |
| 12141 | Yellow Blue Tibia | Adam Roberts | 2009 | British | English | |
| 13362 | The Lives Of The Poets | Samuel Johnson | 1779 | British | English | |
| 13600 | Dingley, L'illustre écrivain | Jérôme Tharaud, Jean Tharaud | 1902 | French | French | |
| 14650 | A Homemade World | Hugh Kenner | 1975 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Tamara Drewe | Posy Simmonds | 2007 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Heroines | Kate Zambreno | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17161 | A Book Of One's Own | Thomas Mallon | 1984 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Trip To Echo Spring | Olivia Laing | 2013 | British | English |