The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Austria

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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
82 The Man Without Qualities Robert Musil 1930 Austrian German
159 The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1921 Czech Czech
177 The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 1899 Austrian German
199 The Radetzky March Joseph Roth 1932 Austrian German
369 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein 1921 Austrian German
438 Philosophical Investigations Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 Austrian German
493 Auto Da Fé Elias Canetti 1935 Bulgarian German
586 The Third Man Graham Greene 1949 British English
592 The Sleepwalkers Hermann Broch 1932 Austrian German
682 The Open Society and Its Enemies Karl Popper 1945 British English
699 The Nibelungenlied Unknown 1200 German Middle high german
716 Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925 German German
789 The Piano Teacher Elfriede Jelinek 1983 Austrian German
806 The Story of Art Ernest H. Gombrich 1950 British English
827 Fear of Flying Erica Jong 1973 American English
829 The Road to Serfdom Friedrich von Hayek 1944 Austrian English
844 Civilization and Its Discontents Sigmund Freud 1930 Austrian German
848 Der Judenstaat Theodor Herzl 1896 Austro-Hungarian German
869 Woodcutters Thomas Bernhard 1984 Austrian German
915 Malina Ingeborg Bachmann 1971 Austrian German
923 The World Of Yesterday Stefan Zweig 1942 Austrian German
944 Indian Summer Adalbert Stifter 1857 Austrian German
1175 The Demons Heimito von Doderer 1956 Austrian German
1212 A General Introduction to Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud 1920 Austrian German
1246 Danube Claudio Magris 1986 Italian Italian
1271 Extinction Thomas Bernhard 1986 Austrian German
1293 Salem's Lot Stephen King 1975 American English
1411 Concrete Thomas Bernhard 1982 Austrian German
1412 The Constitution of Liberty Friedrich von Hayek 1960 Austrian English
1436 Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke 1929 Austrian German
1446 The Tongue Set Free Elias Canetti 1977 Austrian German
1600 The Ego and the Id Sigmund Freud 1923 Austrian German
1767 Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 Irish English
1777 The Strudlhof Steps Heimito von Doderer 1951 German German
1807 Beware Of Pity Stefan Zweig 1939 Austrian German
1811 A Time Of Gifts Patrick Leigh Fermor 1977 British English
2015 The Greater Hope Ilse Aichinger 1948 Austrian German
2031 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2031 Gedanken Und Erinnerungen Otto von Bismarck 1898 German German
2219 King Solomon's Ring Konrad Lorenz 1949 Austrian German
2256 Correction Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German
2264 Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality Sigmund Freud 1905 Austrian German
2388 It Can't Always Be Caviar Johannes Mario Simmel 1960 Austrian German
2404 A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Peter Handke 1972 Austrian German
2406 Lust Elfriede Jelinek 1989 Austrian German
2498 Psychopathia Sexualis Richard von Krafft-Ebing 1886 German German
2524 Beyond the Pleasure Principle Sigmund Freud 1920 Austrian German
2766 Decisive Moments in History Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
2775 Gedichte Walther von der Vogelweide 1200 German Middle high german
2778 Lay Down Your Arms! Bertha von Suttner 1889 Austrian German
2787 A Cultural History Of The Modern Age Egon Friedell 1927 Austrian English
2786 By Night Under The Stone Bridge Leo Perutz 1953 Austrian German
3139 Als Wär’s Ein Stück Von Mir Carl Zuckmayer 1966 German German
3159 Weights And Measures Joseph Roth 1937 Austrian German
3173 The Thirtieth Year Ingeborg Bachmann 1961 Austrian German
3322 Confusion Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
3323 None but the Brave Arthur Schnitzler 1895 Austrian German
3323 The Guiltless Hermann Broch 1950 Austrian German
3517 Bureaucracy Ludwig von Mises 1944 Austrian English
3521 Balzac Stefan Zweig 1946 Austrian German
3583 Married Life David Vogel 1986 Jewish English
3637 Sex And Character Otto Weininger 1903 Austrian German
3637 Lieutenant Gustl Arthur Schnitzler 1900 Austrian German
3637 A Child of Our Time Ödön von Horváth 1938 Austrian German
3637 Krambambuli Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1901 Austrian German
3637 The Poor Musician Franz Grillparzer 1848 Austrian German
3637 The Future Has Already Begun Robert Jungk 1952 Austrian German
3637 New Astronomy Johannes Kepler 1609 German Latin
3637 The Raging Reporter Egon Erwin Kisch 1924 Czech German
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
3637 The Sexual Revolution Wilhelm Reich 1936 German German
3637 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
3637 The Road Into The Open Arthur Schnitzler 1908 Austrian German
3637 Art In Crisis Hans Sedlmayr 1948 Austrian German
3637 A Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 Johann Gottfried Seume 1803 German German
3637 The Embezzled Heaven Franz Werfel 1940 Austrian German
3809 Wittgenstein's Nephew Thomas Bernhard 1982 Austrian German
3907 Med Ana Schwoazzn Dintn Hans Carl Artmann 1958 Austrian German
3940 Three Case Histories Sigmund Freud 1963 Austrian German
4080 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
4105 Wolfskin Hans Lebert 1960 Austrian German
4153 Like A Tear In The Ocean Manès Sperber 1961 Unknown German
4371 Frost Thomas Bernhard 1963 Austrian German
4430 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4586 The Loser Thomas Bernhard 1983 Austrian German
4640 The Psychopathology Of Everyday Life Sigmund Freud 1901 German German
4668 Beethoven's Letters Ludwig van Beethoven 1866 German German
4722 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
4868 Human Action Ludwig von Mises 1949 Austrian English
4978 The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal 2010 British English
4994 Persepolis Two Marjane Satrapi 2004 Iranian French
5130 The Snows Of Yesteryear Gregor von Rezzori 1989 Austrian German
5291 Tante Jolesch Or The Decline Of The West In Anecdotes Friedrich Torberg 1975 Austrian German
5360 Foundations Of Christian Faith Karl Rahner 1976 German German
5520 The Logic of Scientific Discovery Karl Popper 1934 Austrian German
5585 Brother Of Sleep Robert Schneider 1992 Austrian German
5860 The Last Days of Mankind Karl Kraus 1919 Austrian German
5915 The Tale Of The 1002nd Night Joseph Roth 1938 Austrian German
5976 The Boys From Brazil Ira Levin 1976 American English
5999 The Classical Style Charles Rosen 1971 American English
6002 Men In Dark Times Hannah Arendt 1968 German English
6002 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6002 Collected Stories Franz Kafka 1931 Austrian German
6002 The Lord Chandos Letter And Other Writings Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1902 Austrian German
6002 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 Three Women Robert Musil 1924 Austrian German
6152 Women As Lovers Elfriede Jelinek 1975 Austrian German
6215 The Origin Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German
6293 Dream Story Arthur Schnitzler 1926 Austrian German
6334 The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner 1953 American English
6340 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6340 Repetition Peter Handke 1986 Austrian German
6353 Yes Thomas Bernhard 1978 Austrian German
6379 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
6379 Friedrich Hebbels Tagebücher Friedrich Hebbel 1885 German German
6546 Heldenplatz Thomas Bernhard 1988 Austrian German
6667 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
6716 Stories of Adalbert Stifter Adalbert Stifter 1801 Austrian German
6819 Killing Stella Marlen Haushofer 1958 Austrian German
6902 Autobiography Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German