The Greatest Books of All Time on Conflict

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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
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
7031 Woodstock Sir Walter Scott 1826 British English
7031 Quentin Durward Sir Walter Scott 1823 Scottish English
7077 Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom Stephen R. Platt 2012 American English
7116 Malvinas Requiem Fogwill 1983 Argentine Spanish
7117 A Legend Of Montrose Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
7122 Generation Kill Evan Wright 2004 American English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7166 A Fable William Faulkner 1954 American English
7168 Timeline Michael Crichton 1999 American English
7178 The Last Harmattan Of Alusine Dunbar Syl Cheney-Choker 1990 Sierra Leonean English
7186 A Funny Dirty Little War Osvaldo Soriano 1983 Argentinian Spanish
7196 The Storm Tomás González 1985 Colombian Spanish
7203 Gb84 David Peace 2004 British English
7206 Voroshilovgrad Serhiy Zhadan 2010 Ukrainian Ukrainian
7216 The Island Within Ludwig Lewisohn 1928 American English
7216 Saul Vittorio Alfieri 1782 Italian Italian
7216 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Mighty Magician Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1637 Spanish Spanish
7216 Mémoires Philippe de Commynes 1524 French French
7216 Polyeucte Pierre Corneille 1643 French French
7216 Nicomède Pierre Corneille 1651 French French
7216 Horace Pierre Corneille 1640 French French
7216 Rodogune Pierre Corneille 1644 French French
7216 Lutrin Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1674 French French
7216 Athaliah Jean Racine 1691 French French
7216 Hermann And Dorothea Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1797 German German
7216 Wallenstein Friedrich Schiller 1799 German German
7216 Emperor And Galilean Henrik Ibsen 1873 Norwegian Norwegian
7216 The Dance Of Death August Strindberg 1900 Swedish Swedish
7216 The Entail John Galt 1823 Scottish English
7216 Weir Of Hermiston Robert Louis Stevenson 1896 Scottish English
7216 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7216 The Storm Aleksandr Ostrovsky 1860 Russian Russian
7216 The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1841 American English
7216 Clarel Herman Melville 1876 American English
7216 Stories And Poems Of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane 1900 American English
7216 The Infernal Machine And Other Works Jean Cocteau 1934 French French
7216 Anabasis Saint-John Perse 1924 French French
7216 The Royal Way Andre Malraux 1930 French French
7216 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7216 The Woman Of The Pharisees François Mauriac 1941 French French
7216 Coup De Grace Marguerite Yourcenar 1939 French French
7216 Complete Verse Rudyard Kipling 1940 British English
7216 Wolf Solent John Cowper Powys 1929 British English
7216 Poems Of D. H. Lawrence D. H. Lawrence 1913 British English
7216 The Wheel Of Fire George Wilson Knight 1930 British English
7216 The Burning Oracle George Wilson Knight 1939 British Unknown
7216 Guilt Laszlo Németh 1943 Hungarian Hungarian
7216 Poems Of Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers 1920 American English
7216 Children Of Darkness Edwin Justus Mayer 1929 American Unknown
7216 Orient Express Graham Greene 1932 British English
7216 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
7564 Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad 2023 British English
7569 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7574 The Fair Maid Of Perth Sir Walter Scott 1828 Scottish English
7579 The Mosquito Coast Paul Theroux 1981 American English
7609 The Complete War Memoirs Of Charles De Gaulle Charles De Gaulle 1954 French French
7616 The Heretic Miguel Delibes 1998 Spanish Spanish
7644 The Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh 2004 Indian English
7649 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7679 The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen 2021 American English
7681 The Long Journey Johannes V. Jensen 1908 Danish Danish
7685 Startide Rising David Brin 1983 American English
7688 The Rest is Noise Alex Ross 2007 American English
7698 The Ruins Scott Smith 2006 American English
7717 Three Tragedies Federico García Lorca 1947 Spanish Spanish
7739 No Turning Back Rania Abouzeid 2018 Unknown English
7772 Summer And Smoke Tennessee Williams 1948 American English
7793 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1972 American English
7820 Men Of Maize Miguel Angel Asturias 1949 Guatemalan Spanish
7832 Ein Mann Im Haus Ulla Hahn 1996 German German
7842 The Little Drummer Girl John le Carré 1983 British English
7878 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 British English
7878 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997 American English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
7904 Arab and Jew David K. Shipler 1986 American English
7908 That Deadman Dance Kim Scott 2010 Australian English
7915 The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho 2000 Brazilian Portuguese
7911 Poems Of Keith Douglas Keith Douglas 1951 British English
7943 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
7963 The Good Hope William Heinesen 1964 Danish Danish
7967 The Long March William Styron 1952 American English
8058 Palestine Hubert Haddad 1989 French French
8061 The Anarchy William Dalrymple 2019 British English
8076 The White Nile Alan Moorehead 1960 British English
8101 The Gates Of Europe Serhii Plokhy 2015 Ukrainian English
8107 Islanders Helen R. Hull 1927 American English
8144 Secrets Nuruddin Farah 1998 Somali English
8192 Temblor Rosa Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8248 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8260 Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 Irish English
8314 Vigilia Del Almirante Augusto Roa Bastos 1992 Paraguayan Spanish
8317 Subterranean James Rollins 1999 American English
8336 The Grass Claude Simon 1958 French French
8336 Three Short Novels Kay Boyle 1958 American English
8336 The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard 1990 British English
8353 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8363 Moral Man And Immoral Society Reinhold Niebuhr 1932 American English
8389 Becket Jean Anouilh 1959 French French
8415 This Hallowed Ground Bruce Catton 1956 American English
8445 Trilogie Des Mittelalters Dieter Kühn 2000 German German
8473 No Longer At Ease Chinua Achebe 1960 Nigerian English
8473 A Dance Of The Forest Wole Soyinka 1960 Nigerian English
8473 Ceremony In Lone Tree Wright Morris 1960 American English
8466 The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010 American English
8542 Plays Of John Arden John Arden 1961 British English
8567 Ghost Wars Steve Coll 2004 American English
8595 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
8607 Shadow Lands Johannes Bobrowski 1962 German German
8607 The Palace Of Shattered Vessels David Shahar 1962 Israeli Hebrew
8633 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
8655 El Hermano Asno Eduardo Barrios 1922 Chilean Spanish
8655 The Abbot Sir Walter Scott 1820 Scottish English
8666 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
8758 Night Draws Near Anthony Shadid 2005 American English
8767 War Diaries Jean Paul Sartre 1940 French French
8763 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
8794 Viper In The Fist Hervé Bazin 1948 French French