The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Copenhagen

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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
862 Smilla's Sense of Snow Peter Høeg 1992 Danish Danish
983 A Study In Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 British English
1582 Quicksand Nella Larsen 1928 American English
2654 Iceland’s Bell Halldor Laxness 1943 Icelandic Icelandic
2690 Dependency Tove Ditlevsen 1971 Danish Danish
2691 Childhood Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
2752 Out Of Africa Karen Blixen 1937 Danish Danish
2884 Physics And Beyond Werner Heisenberg 1971 German German
3573 Youth Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
4871 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
5152 The Copenhagen Trilogy Tiina Nunnally, Michael Favala Goldman, Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
6005 Seven Gothic Tales Karen Blixen 1934 Danish Danish
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
8107 Early Spring Tove Ditlevsen 1940 Danish Danish
9151 Mercy Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 Danish Danish
9192 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9376 Stolen Spring Hans Scherfig 1940 Danish Danish
9980 Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors 2016 Danish English
10543 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
11132 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11168 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11663 Apollo’s Angels Jennifer Homans 2010 American English
12050 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
13792 When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back Naja Marie Aidt 2017 Danish Danish
14232 Copenhagen Michael Frayn 1998 British English
14785 Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
14985 Number The Stars Lois Lowry 1989 American English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15740 Deliver Us From Love Suzanne Brogger 1976 Danish Danish
15916 Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature Niels Bohr 1932 Danish English
15916 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
15916 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
16748 Diary Of A Seducer Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
17163 Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology Niels Bohr 1949 Danish Unknown
16965 Jammers Minde Leonora Christina 1869 Danish Danish
17109 Terminal Innocence Klaus Rifbjerg 1958 Danish Unknown
17163 Woman At 1000 Degrees Hallgrímur Helgason 2011 Icelandic Icelandic
17163 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17163 An Exclusive Love Johanna Adorján 2009 German German
17163 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17163 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 Caspar David Friedrich Markus Bertsch, Johannes Grave 2024 Unknown German
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17163 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2022 British English
17163 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17163 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17163 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17163 The Legionnaires Per Olov Enquist 1968 Swedish Swedish
17163 Anna, I, Anna Klaus Rifbjerg 1969 Danish Danish
17163 Coast Of Slaves, Ships Of Slaves And Islands Of Slaves Thorkild Hansen 1967 Danish Danish
17163 Bang. En Roman Om Herman Bang Dorrit Willumsen 1996 Danish Danish
17163 I Curse The River Of Time Per Petterson 2008 Norwegian Norwegian
17163 The Prophets Of Eternal Fjord Kim Leine 2012 Danish Danish
17163 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17163 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17163 Camille Pissarro Anka Muhlstein 2023 Unknown French
16908 Attack Upon Christendom Soren Kierkegaard 1944 Danish Danish
17163 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17163 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17163 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish