The Greatest Books of All Time

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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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3952 Η κρύπτη Ε.Χ. Γονατάς 1963 Greek Greek
3952 A Prisoner Of War’s Story Stratis Doukas 1929 Greek Greek
3952 Μπολιβαρ Nikos Engonopoulos 1944 Greek Greek
3952 The Axion Esti Odysseas Elytis 1959 Greek Greek
3952 Ενδοχωρα Andreas Embiricos 1947 Greek Greek
3952 Υψικαμινος Andreas Embiricos 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Η Τιμη Και Το Χρημα Konstantinos Theotokis 1914 Greek Greek
3952 Freedom Or Death Nikos Kazantzakis 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Odes Andreas Kalvos 1824 Greek Greek
3952 Η Αυλή των Θαυμάτων Iakovos Kambanellis 1962 Greek Greek
3952 The Great Chimera M. Karagatsis 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Συνταγματάρχης Λιάπκιν M. Karagatsis 1933 Greek Greek
3952 The Beggar Andreas Karkavitsas 1896 Greek Greek
3952 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3952 Νηπενθή Kostas Karyotakis 1921 Greek Greek
3952 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Εξώστης Nikos Kakhtitsis 1963 Greek Greek
3952 The Memoirs Of General Makriyannis Makriyannis 1907 Greek Greek
3952 Το Πλατύ Ποτάμι Yiannis Beratis 1946 Greek Greek
3952 Life In The Tomb Stratis Myrivilis 1924 Greek Greek
3952 The Schoolmistress With The Golden Eyes Stratis Myrivilis 1933 Greek Greek
3952 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
3952 The Complete Works Of Alexandros Papadiamantis Alexandros Papadiamantis 1952 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Πεθαμένος και η Ανάσταση Nikos-Gabriel Pentzikis 1949 Greek Greek
3952 Eroica Kosmas Politis 1937 Greek Greek
3952 Στου Χατζηφράγκου Kosmas Politis 1929 Greek Greek
3952 Λεμονοδάσος Kosmas Politis 1930 Greek Greek
3952 The Moonlight Sonata Yannis Ritsos 1956 Greek Greek
3952 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
3952 Ποιήματα Α' και Β' Miltos Sachtouris 1945 Greek Greek
3952 Mythistorema George Seferis 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Λυρικός Βίος Angelos Sikelianos 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Το Σόλο του Φίγκαρο Yiannis Skarimbas 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Το Θείο Τραγί Yiannis Skarimbas 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Η Γυναίκα της Ζακύνθου Dionysios Solomos 1829 Greek Greek
3952 The Complete Works Dionysios Solomos 1818 Greek Greek
3952 The Free Besieged Dionysios Solomos 1825 Greek Greek
3952 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
3952 Το Τρίτο Στεφάνι Kostas Taktsis 1962 Greek Greek
3952 Η Χαμένη Άνοιξη Stratis Tsirkas 1946 Greek Greek
3952 The End Of Our Small Town Dimitris Hatzis 1963 Greek Greek
3952 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
3952 The Poems Of Dinos Christianopoulos Dinos Christianopoulos 1958 Greek Greek
3952 Το Ταξίδι Μου Yiannis Psycharis 1888 Greek Greek
3952 Difficult Nights Melpo Axioti 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Ion Liviu Rebreanu 1920 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Uprising Liviu Rebreanu 1932 Romanian Romanian
3952 La Medeleni Ionel Teodoreanu 1925 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Disheveled Maidens Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1926 Romanian Romanian
3952 A Bach Concert Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Hidden Way Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Întunecare Cezar Petrescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3952 Ancuța's Inn Mihail Sadoveanu 1928 Romanian Romanian
3952 Zodia Cancerului Sau Vremea Ducăi Vodă Mihail Sadoveanu 1929 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Hatchet Mihail Sadoveanu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3952 Creanga De Aur Mihail Sadoveanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Frații Jderi Mihail Sadoveanu 1935 Romanian Romanian
3952 Ochi De Urs Mihail Sadoveanu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3952 Rakes Of The Old Court Mateiu I. Caragiale 1929 Romanian Romanian
3952 Pagini Bizare Urmuz 1930 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Last Night Of Love, The First Night Of War Camil Petrescu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Bed Of Procrustes Camil Petrescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 În Preajma Revoluției Constantin Stere 1931 Romanian Romanian
3952 Papucii Lui Mahmud Gala Galaction 1932 Romanian Romanian
3952 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Bengal Nights Mircea Eliade 1933 Romanian French
3952 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
3952 Rusoaica Gib I. Mihăescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3952 Ioana Anton Holban 1934 Romanian Romanian
3952 Jocurile Daniei Anton Holban 1935 Romanian Romanian
3952 For Two Thousand Years Mihail Sebastian 1934 Romanian Romanian
3952 Adventures In Immediate Irreality M. Blecher 1936 Romanian Romanian
3952 Enigma Otiliei G. Călinescu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3952 Bietul Ioanide G. Călinescu 1953 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Thistles Of The Bărăgan Panaït Istrati 1928 Romanian French
3952 Sfârșit De Veac în București Ion Marin Sadoveanu 1944 Romanian Romanian
3952 întâlnirea Din Pământuri Marin Preda 1948 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Morometes Marin Preda 1955 Romanian Romanian
3952 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
3952 Family Jewels Petru Dumitriu 1949 French Unknown
3952 Cireșarii Constantin Chiriță 1956 Romanian Romanian
3952 Groapa Eugen Barbu 1957 Romanian Romanian
3952 Princepele Eugen Barbu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3952 Iarna Bărbaților Ștefan Bănulescu 1965 Romanian Romanian
3952 Povestiri Vasile Voiculescu 1966 Romanian Romanian
3952 În Absența Stăpânilor Nicolae Breban 1966 Romanian Romanian
3952 Îngerul A Strigat Fănuș Neagu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3952 Dincolo De Nisipuri Fănuș Neagu 1962 Romanian Romanian
3952 The Life And Opinions Of Zacharias Lichter Matei Călinescu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3952 Căderea în Lume Constantin Țoiu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3952 Solstițiu Tulburat Paul Georgescu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3952 Ασκητική Nikos Kazantzakis 1927 Greek Greek
4054 Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner 2011 American English
4055 The Tunnel William H. Gass 1995 American English
4056 Bad Behavior Mary Gaitskill 1988 American English
4057 The Woutertje Pieterse Chronicles Multatuli 1890 Dutch Dutch
4057 Gedichten J.H. Leopold 1912 Dutch Dutch
4057 Awater Martinus Nijhoff 1934 Dutch Dutch
4060 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4060 Serengeti Shall Not Die Bernhard Grzimek 1959 German German
4060 The Ice Wall Yasushi Inoue 1959 Japanese Japanese
4060 Mit Dem Fahrstuhl In Die Römerzeit Rudolf Pörtner 1959 German German
4064 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4065 The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 2000 American English
4066 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
4067 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4068 The Great Terror Robert Conquest 1968 British English
4069 Phantom Lady Cornell Woolrich 1942 American English
4069 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
4071 Private Renaissance Maria Bellonci 1985 Italian Italian
4072 The Song Of Everlasting Sorrow Wang Anyi 1995 Chinese Chinese
4073 The Bronze Horseman Alexander Pushkin 1837 Russian Russian
4074 Travels With Lizbeth Lars Eighner 1993 American English
4075 Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand 2001 American English
4076 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 1998 British English
4077 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4078 The Life Of Jesus Ernest Renan 1863 French French
4079 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
4080 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian