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
3022 An Infamous Army Georgette Heyer 1937 British English
3638 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
4533 The Spiritual Espousals Jan van Ruusbroec 1343 Dutch Middle dutch
4823 Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields Will R. Bird 1931 Canadian English
6174 Ludo Conrad Detrez 1974 Belgian French
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7216 Egmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1788 German German
8595 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
11067 The Thatcher Decade Peter Riddell 1989 British English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12326 Headlong Michael Frayn 1999 British English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15667 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
15915 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15915 Waterloo Erckmann-Chatrian 1865 French French
15915 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
15902 At The Mind's Limits Jean Améry 1966 German German
15915 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
16721 Selected Writings Karl Marx 1973 German German
17161 A Column Of Fire Ken Follett 2017 British English
16939 Fouché Stefan Zweig 1929 Austrian German
17161 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17161 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17161 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17161 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17161 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17161 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17161 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17161 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
17161 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17161 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
16891 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17161 Congo David Van Reybrouck 2010 Belgian Dutch
17161 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17161 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17161 Karl Marx Francis Wheen 1999 British English
17161 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
17161 The Lumumba Plot Stuart A. Reid 2023 Unknown English
17161 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Lumumba Plot Stuart Reid 2023 Unknown English
17161 Wonder Hugo Claus 1962 Belgian Dutch