The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Budapest

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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
159 The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1921 Czech Czech
477 Fateless or Fatelessness Imre Kertész 1975 Hungarian Hungarian
1439 Édes Anna Dezső Kosztolányi 1926 Hungarian Hungarian
3552 Divorcing Susan Taubes 1969 American English
4207 The Case Worker György Konrád 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
4678 The Paul Street Boys Ferenc Molnár 1906 Hungarian Hungarian
4762 Metropole Ferenc Karinthy 1970 Hungarian Hungarian
5432 A Journey Round My Skull Frigyes Karinthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5665 The Loser György Konrád 1980 Hungarian Hungarian
5776 My Happy Days In Hell György Faludy 1962 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6144 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
7056 Kaddish For An Unborn Child Imre Kertész 1990 Hungarian Hungarian
7980 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Paul Hoffman 1998 American English
10157 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10496 Between The Woods And The Water Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986 British English
10989 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
13359 Iza's Ballad Magda Szabó 1963 Hungarian Hungarian
14720 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14983 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
16650 I Am Fifteen--and I Don't Want To Die Arnothy Christine 1955 French French
17114 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17114 Memoirs Of An Anti Semite Gregor von Rezzori 1979 Multiple German
17114 The Swimmer Zsuzsa Bánk 2002 German German
17114 An Exclusive Love Johanna Adorján 2009 German German
17114 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17114 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17114 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17114 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17114 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17114 Exit Into History Eva Hoffman 1993 Unknown English
17114 The Invisible Bridge Julie Orringer 2010 American English
17114 The Green Book Mór Jókai 2003 Hungarian Hungarian
17114 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17114 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17114 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17114 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17114 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17114 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17114 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17114 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17114 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17114 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17114 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown