The Greatest Books of All Time on Youth

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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
14154 The Vortex Noel Coward 1924 British English
14232 Jerusalem Jez Butterworth 2009 British English
14335 Выстрел с монитора Vladislav Krapivin 1986 Russian Russian
14411 Youth, A Narrative Joseph Conrad 1898 British English
14680 Teenage Jon Savage 2007 British English
14765 Adelphoe Terence -160 Roman Latin
14783 The Collected Poems Of Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke 1918 British English
14854 To Be Young, Gifted, And Black Lorraine Hansberry 1969 American English
14899 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Siegfried Sassoon 1928 British English
14946 Picnic William Inge 1953 American English
14986 A False Spring Pat Jordan 1975 American English
14986 Can't Stop Won't Stop Jeff Chang 2005 American English
14986 English, August Upamanyu Chatterjee 1988 Indian English
15597 The Making Of A Counter Culture Theodore Roszak 1969 American English
15607 A Few Figs From Thistles Edna St. Vincent Millay 1920 American English
15613 Moon Calf Floyd Dell 1920 American English
15678 The Love Story Of A Young Monk Wang Zengqi 2011 Chinese Chinese
15923 De Perfil José Agustín 1966 Mexican Spanish
16641 The Flying Classroom Erich Kästner 1933 German German
16737 Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1906 Japanese Japanese
16741 Sanshirō Natsume Sōseki 1908 Japanese Japanese
17175 An American Childhood Annie Dillard 1987 American English
17175 The Testament Of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers 2011 British English
17175 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
17175 Stonedogs Craig Marriner 2002 New Zealander English
17175 No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference Greta Thunberg 2019 Swedish English
17115 Logan's Run William F. Nolan 1967 American English
17175 Johnno David Malouf 1975 Australian English
17175 Unequal City Carla Shedd 2015 American English
17175 Kingbird Highway Kenn Kaufman 1997 American English
16867 Sweet Bird Of Youth Tennessee Williams 1959 American English
17175 This Is Our Youth Kenneth Lonergan 1996 American English
17175 I'll Be Right There Kyung-sook Shin 2010 South Korean Korean
17175 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17175 Summer In Williamsburg Daniel Fuchs 1934 American English
17175 Berlin Blues Sven Regener 2001 German German
17175 Heaven Is A Playground Rick Telander 1976 American English
17175 Mina Kim Sagwa 2008 Korean Korean
16958 Capitães Da Areia Jorge Amado 1937 Brazilian Portuguese
17146 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
17175 Morrer Na Primavera Ralf Rothmann 2015 German German
17175 Tokyo Express Taiyō Matsumoto Unknown Unknown
17175 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17175 Live To See The Day Nikhil Goyal 2023 Unknown English
17175 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
17175 Nothing Special Nicole Flattery 2023 Irish English
16986 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
17175 Montpelier Parade Karl Geary 2017 Irish English
17175 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17175 The Long Walk Stephen King 1979 American English
17112 The Mad Scientists' Club Bertrand R. Brinley 1961 American English
17175 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17175 Райский сад первой любви Линь Ихань 2017 Chinese Chinese (traditional)
17058 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German