What is the best book of all time?

Explore a thrilling face-off between timeless classics and contemporary treasures, where iconic narratives clash with daring hidden gems, each vying for the ultimate title. Dive in and share your perspective—what's your pick for the best book of all time?

1

1984

Dystopian novel by George Orwell, published in 1949

2

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from 1960

3

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel set in the 1920s

4

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's romantic novel published in 1813

5

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

First book in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series, released in 1997

6

The Lord of the Rings

Epic fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1954

7

The Catcher in the Rye

Novel by J.D. Salinger, exploring teenage angst, published in 1951

8

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Magical realism novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1967

9

The Hobbit

Children's fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1937

10

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel published in 1932

11

Animal Farm

Allegorical novella by George Orwell, published in 1945

12

Crime and Punishment

Psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in 1866

13

War and Peace

Epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1869

14

The Brothers Karamazov

Philosophical novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in 1880

15

Don Quixote

Classic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, published in 1605

16

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville's novel about obsession, published in 1851

17

Ulysses

Modernist novel by James Joyce, published in 1922

18

The Odyssey

Ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer

19

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri's epic poem, completed in the 14th century

20

Hamlet

Shakespeare's tragedy exploring themes of revenge and madness

21

The Iliad

Ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer

22

Jane Eyre

Gothic novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847

23

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë's novel about love and revenge, published in 1847

24

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde's philosophical novel about vanity, published in 1890

25

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's novel about creation and monstrosity, published in 1818

26

Dracula

Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897

27

The Count of Monte Cristo

Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1844

28

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo's historical novel about justice, published in 1862

29

The Little Prince

Philosophical tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943

30

Catch-22

Satirical novel by Joseph Heller, published in 1961

31

Slaughterhouse-Five

Science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1969

32

The Handmaid's Tale

Dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, published in 1985

33

The Road

Post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 2006

34

Beloved

Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison, published in 1987

35

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck's novel about the Great Depression, published in 1939

36

Of Mice and Men

Novella by John Steinbeck about friendship and dreams, published in 1937

37

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner's modernist novel, published in 1929

38

As I Lay Dying

Novel by William Faulkner about a family's journey, published in 1930

39

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad's novella exploring imperialism, published in 1899

40

Lord of the Flies

William Golding's novel about stranded boys, published in 1954

41

The Stranger

Existential novel by Albert Camus, published in 1942

42

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka's novella about transformation, published in 1915

43

The Trial

Novel by Franz Kafka about a man facing an incomprehensible legal system

44

Lolita

Controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955

45

On the Road

Jack Kerouac's defining work of the Beat Generation, published in 1957

46

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, published in 1963

47

A Clockwork Orange

Dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962

48

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury's novel about a future without books, published in 1953

49

Foundation

Isaac Asimov's science fiction series beginning in 1951

50

Dune

Epic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, published in 1965

51

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Comic science fiction series by Douglas Adams, first published in 1979

52

Ender's Game

Science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published in 1985

53

The Name of the Rose

Historical mystery novel by Umberto Eco, published in 1980

54

The Alchemist

Philosophical novel by Paulo Coelho, published in 1988

55

Life of Pi

Novel by Yann Martel about survival and faith, published in 2001

56

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini's novel about friendship and betrayal, published in 2003

57

The Book Thief

Historical novel by Markus Zusak, narrated by Death, published in 2005

58

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mystery novel by Mark Haddon, published in 2003

59

Gone with the Wind

Historical novel by Margaret Mitchell, published in 1936

60

Rebecca

Gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938

61

Memoirs of a Geisha

Historical novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997

62

The Lovely Bones

Novel by Alice Sebold about loss and the afterlife, published in 2002

63

The Da Vinci Code

Thriller novel by Dan Brown, published in 2003

64

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Crime novel by Stieg Larsson, published in 2005