The Greatest Books of All Time on Aristocracy

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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
877 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov 1904 Russian Russian
1419 The Viceroys Federico De Roberto 1894 Italian Italian
1665 The House of Ulloa Emilia Pardo Bazán 1886 Spanish Spanish
1704 Celestial Harmonies Peter Esterhazy 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
2102 Collected Short Stories of Saki Saki 1930 British English
2229 A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles 2016 American English
2362 Sybil Benjamin Disraeli 1845 British English
2433 The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1905 British English
3034 They Were Counted Miklos Banffy 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
4309 Ennui Maria Edgeworth 1809 Irish English
4309 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
8666 The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope 1712 British English
13574 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13587 Spring Snow Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
15586 Jennie Ralph G. Martin 1969 American English
15852 The Setting Sun Osamu Dazai 1947 Japanese Japanese
16612 Another Self James Lees-Milne 1970 British English
17119 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17119 The House Of Lee Gertrude Atherton 2005 American English