The Greatest Books of All Time
This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 254 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books.
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Rank |
Title | Author | Published | Country | Original Language | Page Range | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 1967 | Colombian | spanish | 300-500 | 144,000 |
| 2 | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | American | english | 47-180 | 47,000 |
| 3 | Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | Irish | english | 730-1000 | 265,000 |
| 4 | In Search of Lost Time | Marcel Proust | 1913 | French | french | 3000-4300 | 1,200,000 |
| 5 | The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger | 1945 | American | english | 220-277 | 73,440 |
| 6 | Nineteen Eighty Four | George Orwell | 1949 | British | english | 300-400 | 88,942 |
| 7 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | American | english | 300-400 | 112,473 |
| 8 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American | english | 600-700 | 212,000 |
| 9 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | 1605 | Spanish | spanish | 800-1000 | 500,000 |
| 10 | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | British | english | 432 | 122,189 |
Notes
- Last updated on April 1, 2024
- The Greatest Books of All Time data as of April 1, 2024 courtesy of The Greatest LLC..