The Greatest Western Books of All Time

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
9073 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9073 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow 2004 American English
9078 Event Factory Renee Gladman 2010 American English
9080 The Prince Of Broadway Joanna Shupe 2019 American English
9080 Polaris Rising Jessie Mihalik 2019 American English
9080 Brazen And The Beast Sarah MacLean 2019 American English
9079 Good Material Dolly Alderton 2024 British English
9087 Toys In The Attic Lillian Hellman 1960 American English
9089 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
9090 Pluto's Republic Peter B. Medawar 1982 British English
9092 The Cunning Man Robertson Davies 1994 Canadian English
9091 Consuelo George Sand 1842 French French
9094 Prizzi's Honor Richard Condon 1982 American English
9097 Rock, Paper, Scissors And Other Stories Maxim Osipov 2019 Russian Russian
9104 Foundations Of Fear David Hartwell 1992 American English
9103 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9097 Eifel Liebe Jacques Berndorf 2003 German German
9107 Happy Place Emily Henry 2023 American English
9109 The Collected Short Stories Of Roald Dahl Roald Dahl 1991 British English
9110 Operating Instructions Anne Lamott 1993 American English
9111 Cosmopolis Don DeLillo 2003 American English
9112 Cruddy Lynda Barry 1999 American English
9115 The Wine Dark Sea Leonardo Sciascia 1968 Italian Italian
9115 The Heron Giorgio Bassani 1968 Italian Italian
9115 Poems Of Basil Bunting Basil Bunting 1968 British English
9115 Poems For People Who Don't Read Poems Hans Magnus Enzensberger 1968 German German
9115 Poems Of Daryl Hine Daryl Hine 1968 Canadian English
9115 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English
9115 The Blue Estuaries Louise Bogan 1968 American English
9115 Bending The Bow Robert Duncan 1968 American English
9124 Beyond Black Hilary Mantel 2005 British English
9114 The Dunwich Horror And Others H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
9125 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9125 The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin 2014 American English
9127 Génie Divin Guillaume Dustan 2001 French French
9128 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9129 Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley 1855 British English
9130 Mutant Message Down Under Marlo Morgan 1991 American English
9131 Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris 2010 British English
9131 Through the Language Glass Guy Deutscher 2010 British English
9131 My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout 2016 American English
9135 The Dream Life Of Sukhanov Olga Grushin 2005 Russian English
9134 Raised From The Ground José Saramago 1980 Portuguese Portuguese
9139 George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl 1981 British English
9138 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9140 Bangkok 8 John Burdett 2003 British English
9141 My Mother's Castle Marcel Pagnol 1957 French French
9143 Talk Before Sleep Elizabeth Berg 1994 American English
9144 Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 2014 British English
9146 The World For Sale Jack Farchy, Javier Blas 2021 British English
9147 Physics In My Generation Max Born 1968 German English
9147 Language And Mind Noam Chomsky 1968 American English
9147 Knowledge And Human Interests Jürgen Habermas 1968 German German
9150 Mercy Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 Danish Danish
9151 Limberlost Robbie Arnott 2022 Australian English
9152 In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke Raymond Fraser 2003 Canadian English
9153 The Curve Of Time M. Wylie Blanchet 1961 Canadian English
9153 My Friend Annie Jane Duncan 1961 Scottish English
9156 How to Cook Delia Smith 1971 British English
9157 From The Beast To The Blonde Marina Warner 1994 British English
9159 This Is Water David Foster Wallace 2009 American English
9159 Correspondance Avec Le Mur Hélène Cixous 2009 French French
9159 La Blessure Et La Soif Laurence Plazenet 2009 French French
9163 The Betrayer Michael Hennessey 2003 Canadian English
9164 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9165 84, Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff 1970 American English
9166 The Dying Animal Philip Roth 2001 American English
9168 Oleanna David Mamet 1992 American English
9170 Memories Of The Body Lisa Tuttle 1992 American English
9170 MetaHorror Dennis Etchison 1992 American English
9170 Christian Fantasy C. N. Manlove 1992 British English
9170 The Impulse Of Fantasy Literature C. N. Manlove 1992 British English
9169 Tales Of Terror Charles Higham 1961 British English
9174 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9175 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9177 War Powers Peter Irons 1987 American English
9176 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9181 Red Clocks Leni Zumas 2018 American English
9179 Beautiful Bastard Christina Lauren 2013 American English
9182 What Salmon Know Elwood Reid 1999 American English
9184 The Writer on Her Work Janet Sternburg 1980 American English
9191 Carry Me Down M. J. Hyland 2006 Australian English
9191 Kieron Smith, Boy James Kelman 2008 Scottish English
9191 Cost Roxana Robinson 2008 American English
9191 American Rust Philipp Meyer 2009 American English
9191 Nemesis Philip Roth 2010 American English
9184 Bruno's Dream Iris Murdoch 1969 British English
9184 Complete Poems Randall Jarrell 1969 American English
9184 Envy, Or Yiddish In America Cynthia Ozick 1969 American English
9184 Untitled Subjects Richard Howard 1969 American English
9191 The Undoing Project Michael M. Lewis 2016 American English
9191 Words On The Move John McWhorter 2016 American English
9191 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9191 The Accidental Universe Alan Lightman 2014 American English
9191 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9191 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9191 How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America Kiese Laymon 2013 American English
9191 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9191 Talking Back, Talking Black John McWhorter 2017 American English
9191 Violation Sallie Tisdale 2016 American English
9191 A Sliver Of Light Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd 2014 American English
9191 But What If We're Wrong? Chuck Klosterman 2016 American English
9191 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9191 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9191 Future Sex Emily Witt 2015 American English
9191 The Death Class Erika Hayasaki 2014 American English
9184 By The Sea Abdulrazak Gurnah 2001 British English
9217 Game, Set & Match Len Deighton 1983 British English
9218 Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss 2003 British English
9219 On Tyranny Timothy Snyder 2017 American English
9220 The Danger Dick Francis 1983 British English
9221 The Rachel Papers Martin Amis 1973 British English
9222 Slan A. E. van Vogt 1940 Canadian English
9223 The Passenger Cormac McCarthy 2022 American English
9224 Burning Your Boats Angela Carter 1995 British English
9228 Sun Dancing Geoffrey Moorhouse 1997 British English
9227 That's How It Was Natalia Ginzburg Italian Italian
9229 Foal's Bread Gillian Mears 2011 Australian English
9231 Multitudes Lucy Caldwell 2016 Irish English
9236 Primal Fear William Diehl 1993 American English