The Greatest Books of All Time on Aviation
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1470 | Wind, Sand and Stars | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1939 | French | French | |
| 1981 | West With the Night | Beryl Markham | 1942 | British | English | |
| 2093 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Lindbergh | 1953 | American | English | |
| 3388 | Bomber | Len Deighton | 1970 | British | English | |
| 5616 | Shadow 81 | Lucien Nahum | 1978 | American | English | |
| 6004 | Pylon | William Faulkner | 1935 | American | English | |
| 6401 | The Last Inch | James Aldridge | 1958 | British | English | |
| 6788 | The Splendid And The Vile | Erik Larson | 2020 | American | English | |
| 7168 | Two Captains | Veniamin Kaverin | 1940 | Russian | Russian | |
| 9611 | Ascent | Jed Mercurio | 2007 | British | English | |
| 10593 | Unseen Wings | Stanton A. Coblentz | 1949 | American | English | |
| 10613 | Ships Of The Sky | Gunnar Gunnarsson | 1938 | Icelandic | Unknown | |
| 11661 | Fly Girls | Keith O'Brien | 2018 | American | English | |
| 11939 | Lindbergh | A. Scott Berg | 1998 | American | English | |
| 12579 | The Aviator And The Showman | Laurie Gwen Shapiro | American | English | ||
| 13924 | No Highway | Nevil Shute | 1948 | British | English | |
| 14232 | The Separation | Christopher Priest | 2002 | British | English | |
| 14598 | The Carpetbaggers | Harold Robbins | 1961 | American | English | |
| 14984 | Carrying the Fire | Michael Collins | 1974 | American | English | |
| 14984 | The Wright Brothers | David McCullough | 2015 | American | English | |
| 16671 | The Dam Busters | P Brickhill | 1951 | British | English | |
| 17126 | Her Last Flight | Beatriz Williams | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Spitfire | John Nichol | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17126 | Almost Astronauts | Tanya Lee Stone | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Saint Exupery | Stacy Schiff | 1994 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Black Sun | Geoffrey Wolff | 1976 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Great Circle | Maggie Shipstead | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Trans Atlantic | Colum McCann | 2013 | Irish | English | |
| 17126 | Circling The Sun | Paula McLain | 2015 | American | English | |
| 16918 | Fate Is The Hunter | Ernest K. Gann | 1961 | American | English | |
| 17126 | Ufo | Garrett M. Graff | 2023 | Unknown | English |