The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Brazil

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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
9610 Galáxias Haroldo De Campos 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
9679 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9915 Crooked Plow Itamar Vieira Junior 2019 Brazilian Portuguese
9923 A Senhorita Simpson Sérgio Sant'Anna 1989 Brazilian Portuguese
10002 Where Tigers Are At Home Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès 2008 French French
10087 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10125 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10180 Harmada João Gilberto Noll 1993 Brazilian Portuguese
10439 Dora, Doralina Rachel de Queiroz 1975 Brazilian Portuguese
10859 Nova Antologia Poética Vinícius De Moraes 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
10945 Travelling In The Family Carlos Drummond de Andrade 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
11032 My Life And The Beautiful Game Pele 1977 Brazilian English
11061 A Vida Como Ela é... Nelson Rodrigues 2006 Brazilian Portuguese
11205 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11342 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11363 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11501 State Of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 American English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11612 The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History Andrew Walls 2002 Unknown English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11837 The Balance Of Nature John Kricher 2009 Unknown English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12258 Through The Arc Of The Rain Forest Karen Tei Yamashita 1990 American English
12513 A Bag Of Stories Edla Van Steen 1991 Brazilian Portuguese
12696 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
13359 The Descent Of Man Charles Darwin 1871 British English
13599 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
13735 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13797 Obra Poética Gregório De Matos Brazilian Portuguese
13885 Googled Ken Auletta 2009 American English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14553 Eradication Nancy Leys Stepan 2011 American English
14818 Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado, Harriet de Onís 1966 Brazilian Portuguese
14984 Death Without Weeping Nancy Scheper-Hughes 1992 American English
14984 Ultra Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
15661 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15899 The Masters and the Slaves Gilberto Freyre 1933 Brazilian Portuguese
15899 Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming 1933 British English
15899 The Sea And The Jungle H. M. Tomlinson 1912 British English
15879 água Viva Clarice Lispector 1973 Brazilian Portuguese
16493 An Apprenticeship Or The Book Of Pleasures Clarice Lispector 1969 Brazilian Portuguese
15899 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
16518 Cows, Pigs, Wars And Witches: The Riddels Of Culture Marvin Harris 1974 American English
17120 The Raw and the Cooked Claude Lévi-Strauss 1964 French French
17120 In Trouble Again Redmond O'Hanlon 1988 British English
17120 Running the Amazon Joe Kane 1989 American English
16853 Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1914 American English
17120 Neither Black Nor White Carl N. Degler 1971 American English
17120 Pele Pele 2006 Brazilian English
17120 Brasyl Ian McDonald 2007 British English
17120 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17120 The Partner John Grisham 1997 American English
17120 The River Of Doubt Candice Millard 2005 American English
17120 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
16883 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Craft Ananda Lima 2024 Unknown English
17120 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17120 The 4 Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss 2007 American English
17120 Colonel Roosevelt Edmund Morris 2010 American English
17076 O Escaravelho Do Diabo Lúcia Machado de Almeida 1972 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
16864 Reinações De Narizinho Monteiro Lobato 1920 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17120 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17120 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17120 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17120 The Viceroy Of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin 1980 British English
17120 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17120 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17120 Blue Light Hours Bruna Dantas Lobato 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17120 Red Menace Joe Thomas 2024 Unknown English
17120 Os Malaquias Andréa del Fuego 2010 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The 6th Extinction James Rollins 2014 American English
17120 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17120 Portraits Of Power Mark Gevisser 1996 Unknown English
17120 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17120 Last Chance To See Douglas Adams 1989 British English
17120 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17120 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17120 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17120 High Art Rubem Fonseca 1983 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Republic Of Dreams Nélida Piñon 1984 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The Killer Patrícia Melo 1995 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 A Delicate Crime Sérgio Sant'Anna 1997 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Showdown Jorge Amado 1984 Brazilian Unknown
17120 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17120 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17120 Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17120 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
16909 Capitães Da Areia Jorge Amado 1937 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 An Intimate History Of Humanity Theodore Zeldin 1994 British English
17120 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17120 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17120 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
16911 Fate Is The Hunter Ernest K. Gann 1961 American English
17091 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
16860 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17120 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17120 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17120 The Love Of Singular Men Victor Heringer 2023 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17120 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17120 Into The Amazon Larry Rohter 2017 Unknown English
17120 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17120 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
16872 O Meu Pé De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17120 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17120 Never Finished David Goggins 2022 American English
17120 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17120 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
16962 Antes Do Baile Verde Lygia Fagundes tellles 1970 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Tudo é Rio Carla Madeira 2014 Brazilian Portuguese