The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Brussels

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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
3018 An Infamous Army Georgette Heyer 1937 British English
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
4531 The Spiritual Espousals Jan van Ruusbroec 1343 Dutch Middle dutch
4821 Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields Will R. Bird 1931 Canadian English
6171 Ludo Conrad Detrez 1974 Belgian French
6379 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7215 Egmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1788 German German
8591 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
11061 The Thatcher Decade Peter Riddell 1989 British English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12324 Headlong Michael Frayn 1999 British English
14983 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15659 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
15897 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15897 Waterloo Erckmann-Chatrian 1865 French French
15897 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
15886 At The Mind's Limits Jean Améry 1966 German German
15897 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
16681 Selected Writings Karl Marx 1973 German German
17114 A Column Of Fire Ken Follett 2017 British English
16889 Fouché Stefan Zweig 1929 Austrian German
17114 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17114 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17114 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17114 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17114 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17114 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17114 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17114 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17114 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17114 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
16855 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17114 Congo David Van Reybrouck 2010 Belgian Dutch
17114 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17114 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17114 Karl Marx Francis Wheen 1999 British English
17114 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
17114 The Lumumba Plot Stuart A. Reid 2023 Unknown English
17114 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Lumumba Plot Stuart Reid 2023 Unknown English
17114 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch