The Greatest Books of All Time on Controversy
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Provincial Letters | Blaise Pascal | 1656 | French | French | |
| 2568 | Apologia Pro Vita Sua | John Henry Newman | 1864 | British | English | |
| 2932 | On Overgrown Paths | Knut Hamsun | 1949 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 3112 | The Life of Andrew Jackson | Marquis James | 1937 | American | English | |
| 4420 | The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies | James McNeill Whistler | 1890 | American | English | |
| 5650 | The Unfortunate Experiment | Sandra Coney | 1988 | New Zealand | English | |
| 6716 | Anti Goeze | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | 1778 | German | German | |
| 7028 | Going Clear | Lawrence Wright | 2013 | American | English | |
| 10766 | Huey Long | T. Harry Williams | 1969 | American | English | |
| 11939 | Lindbergh | A. Scott Berg | 1998 | American | English | |
| 12324 | Huxley | Adrian Desmond | 1997 | British | English | |
| 14434 | Vaccine | Arthur Allen | 2007 | American | English | |
| 14983 | In The Freud Archives | Janet Malcolm | 1984 | American | English | |
| 15897 | Hollywood Babylon | Kenneth Anger | 1959 | American | English | |
| 15897 | Wallace | Marshall Frady | 1968 | English | ||
| 17117 | Caravaggio | Andrew Graham Dixon | 2010 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Defenders Of The Truth | Ullica Segerstrale | 1986 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Padre Pio | Sergio Luzzatto | 2007 | Italian | Italian | |
| 17117 | Pandora’s Box | Peter Biskind | 2023 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17117 | Monsters | Claire Dederer | 2023 | Unknown | English |