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
17117 The Simple Art Of Murder Raymond Chandler 1950 American English
17117 The Rum Diary Hunter S. Thompson 1998 American English
17117 North Dallas Forty Peter Gent 1973 American English
17117 Uniform Justice Donna Leon 2003 American English
17117 The Yacoubian Building علاء الأسواني 2002 Egyptian Arabic
17117 The Lords Of The Rings Vyv Simson, Andrew Jennings 1992 Unknown English
17117 The Storm Before The Storm Mike Duncan 2017 American English
17117 Season Of The Swamp Yuri Herrera 2022 Unknown English
17117 Smaller And Smaller Circles FH Batacan 2002 Philippine English
17117 Hoot Carl Hiaasen 2002 American English
17117 Gun Before Butter Nicolas Freeling 1963 British English
17117 The Investigation Dorothy Uhnak 1977 American English
17117 A Pinch Of Snuff Reginald Hill 1978 British English
17117 The Glitter Dome Joseph Wambaugh 1981 American English
17117 The Artful Egg James McClure 1984 South African English
17117 Dead Street Mickey Spillane 2007 American English
17117 End Games Michael Dibdin 2007 British English
17117 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17117 Wanting Tom Burgis 2021 Unknown English
17117 Coma Robin Cook 1977 American English
17117 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17117 The Queen Of The Tearling Erika Johansen 2014 American English
17117 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17117 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17117 Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men Harold Bloom 2000 American English
17117 The Master And Margarita: A Critical Companion Laura Weeks 1996 Unknown English
17117 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17117 Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 Naoki Urasawa 1994 Japanese Japanese
17117 The Short Drop Matthew FitzSimmons 2015 American English
17117 I, The Supreme Augusto Roa Bastos 1974 Paraguayan Spanish
17117 The Third Man And Other Stories Graham Greene 2011 British English
17117 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17117 I Will Marry When I Want Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1977 Kenyan Gikuyu
17117 City Of Libertines William G. Hardy 1957 Unknown English
17117 Antichrist Cecelia Holland 1970 Unknown English
17117 City Of God Cecelia Holland 1979 American English
17117 The Gods Are Thirsty Tabitha Lee Unknown Unknown
17117 Deception Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1993 Unknown English
17117 The Rascal King Jack Beatty 1992 American English
17117 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17117 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
17117 Devil Makes Three Ben Fountain 2023 Unknown English
17117 An Inconvenient Cop Edwin Raymond, Jon Sternfeld 2023 Unknown English
17117 Günahkar Tess Gerritsen 2003 American English
17117 Traitor's Blade Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17117 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17117 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17117 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17117 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17117 The Wife, The Maid, And The Mistress Ariel Lawhon 2014 American English
17117 A Drop Of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett Unknown Unknown
17117 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17117 Knight's Shadow Sebastien de Castell 2014 Canadian English
17117 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17117 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17117 One Shot Harry Gary Phillips 2022 Unknown English
17117 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17117 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17117 Saint Joan Of The Stockyards Bertolt Brecht 1931 German German
17117 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17117 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17117 The Age Of Kali William Dalrymple 1998 British English
17117 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17117 The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo Stieg Larsson 2005 Swedish Swedish
17117 Animal Factory Edward Bunker 1977 American English
17117 Oath Of Gold Elizabeth Moon 1989 American English
17117 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17117 Cold Harbor Matthew FitzSimmons 2017 American English
17117 A Burning Megha Majumdar 2020 American English