The Greatest Books of All Time on Corruption

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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
2929 Tourist Season Carl Hiaasen 1986 American English
2971 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 2008 Indian English
2982 Blind Man with a Pistol Chester Himes 1969 American English
3008 The Octopus Frank Norris 1901 American English
3057 Advise and Consent Allen Drury 1959 American English
3059 Ratking Michael Dibdin 1988 British English
3078 Los lanzallamas Roberto Arlt 1931 Argentinian Spanish
3147 All the President's Men Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein 1974 American English
3166 Paris Trout Pete Dexter 1988 American English
3226 Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
3257 Killers Of The Flower Moon David Grann 2017 American English
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
3314 Satires Juvenal 100 Roman Latin
3389 Death Of A Red Heroine Qiu Xiaolong 2000 Chinese English
3406 The Great Indian Novel Shashi Tharoor 1989 Indian English
3460 Captain Pantoja And The Special Service Mario Vargas Llosa 1973 Peruvian Spanish
3471 Little Caesar W. R. Burnett 1929 American English
3550 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3564 The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 1979 Senegalese French
3571 The Inquisitors' Manual António Lobo Antunes 1996 Portuguese English
3609 The Knights Aristophanes -424 Greek Ancient greek
3638 The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens Lincoln Steffens 1931 American English
3638 The School Of Whoredom Pietro Aretino 1536 Italian English
3638 Der Großtyrann Und Das Gericht Werner Bergengruen 1935 German German
3638 Jew Süss Lion Feuchtwanger 1925 German German
3638 Les Rougon Macquart Émile Zola 1871 French French
3832 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3877 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Hunter S. Thompson 1973 American English
3914 The History Of A Town Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1870 Russian Russian
3916 Zayni Barakat Jamal al- Ghitani 1974 Egyptian Arabic
3938 Collected Stories Raymond Chandler 1964 American English
3944 Doña Bárbara Rómulo Gallegos 1929 Venezuelan Spanish
3953 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
4168 The History of the Standard Oil Company Ida Tarbell 1904 American English
4230 The Wasps Aristophanes -422 Greek Ancient greek
4256 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4260 Petals of blood Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1977 Kenyan English
4309 A Gun For Sale Graham Greene 1936 British English
4430 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4448 Abyssinian Chronicles Moses Isegawa 1998 Dutch English
4481 The Duchess Of Malfi John Webster 1623 British English
4504 Different Seasons Stephen King 1982 American English
4644 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4875 The Earl of Louisiana A. J. Liebling 1961 American English
4947 Dark Money Jane Mayer 2016 American English
4948 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
4953 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
5085 Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 American English
5092 The Suns of Independence Ahmadou Kourouma 1968 French French
5124 Αντιποίησις Αρχής Alexandros Kotzias 1979 Greek Greek
5143 Southern Seas Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1979 Spanish Spanish
5260 Death And The Penguin Andrey Kurkov 1996 Ukrainian Russian
5328 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5334 Vendetta Michael Dibdin 1990 British English
5346 The Last Coyote Michael Connelly 1995 American English
5367 White Jazz James Ellroy 1992 American English
5375 The Town in Black Kálmán Mikszáth 1910 Hungarian Hungarian
5411 Nineteen Seventy Four David Peace 1999 British English
5420 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5463 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith 2008 Russian English
5466 L'étrange Destin De Wangrin Amadou Hampâté Bâ 1973 French French
5509 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5581 Democracy Joan Didion 1984 American English
5589 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5643 Pop. 1280 Jim Thompson 1964 American English
5657 March Violets Philip Kerr 1989 British English
5684 The Constant Gardener John le Carré 2001 British English
5760 Cotton Comes To Harlem Chester Himes 1965 American English
5812 The Malcontent John Marston 1604 British English
5860 The Last Days of Mankind Karl Kraus 1919 Austrian German
5858 Jack’s Return Home Ted Lewis 1970 British English
5899 The Beggar's Opera John Gay 1728 British English
5915 A Guest Of Honour Nadine Gordimer 1970 South African English
5908 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
5951 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
5954 House Of Hunger Dambudzo Marechera 1978 Zimbabwean English
5977 Chiefs Stuart Woods 1981 American English
5982 Maximum City Suketu Mehta 2004 American English
6002 Bound To Violence Yambo Ouologuem 1968 Malian French
6078 The Power Of The Dog Don Winslow 2005 American English
6099 Life and a Half Sony Labou Tansi 1979 French French
6121 Monster Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
6135 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6148 The Steam Pig James McClure 1971 South African English
6174 The Mansion William Faulkner 1959 American English
6181 The Accursed Kings Series Maurice Druon 1955 French French
6240 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6245 Claudius The God Robert Graves 1935 British English
6250 The Vortex José Eustacio Rivera 1924 Colombian Spanish
6263 Sozaboy Ken Saro-Wiwa 1985 Nigerian English
6273 American Tabloid James Ellroy 1995 American English
6340 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6445 The Emperor Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
6470 The Neon Rain James Lee Burke 1987 American English
6470 Anthills Of The Savannah Chinua Achebe 1987 Nigerian English
6567 Toxic Shock Sara Paretsky 1988 American English
6581 Hardball Sara Paretsky 2009 American English
6590 A Touch Of Frost R. D. Wingfield 1987 British English
6595 Flood Robert Penn Warren 1964 American Unknown
6651 The Beast Óscar Martínez 2013 Salvadoran Spanish
6704 Ruined City Jia Pingwa 1993 Chinese Chinese
6716 Beat Not The Bones Charlotte Jay 1952 Australian English
6734 The Deep Blue Good By John D. MacDonald 1964 American English
6745 The Seven Solitudes Of Lorsa Lopez Sony Labou Tansi 1985 Congolese French
6747 The Garlic Ballads Yan Mo 1988 Chinese Chinese
6747 De Advocaat Van De Hanen A. F. Th. van der Heijden 1990 Dutch Dutch
6833 The Doorbell Rang Rex Stout 1965 American English
6873 The Late-night News Petros Markaris 1995 Greek Greek
6921 São Bernardo Graciliano Ramos 1934 Brazilian Portuguese
6974 The Good Life Elsewhere Vladimir Lorchenkov 2008 Russian Russian
7048 The King Of Torts John Grisham 2003 American English
7082 The Scholars Wu Ching-tzu 1750 Chinese Chinese
7146 Dead Lagoon Michael Dibdin 1994 British English
7147 Captains And The Kings Taylor Caldwell 1972 American English
7197 Hide And Seek Ian Rankin 1991 British English
7215 Satirical Letter Of Censure Francisco de Quevedo 1601 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Revenger's Tragedy Cyril Tourneur 1607 British English
7215 The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 Poems Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 Tales Nikolai Leskov 1870 Russian Russian