The Greatest Books of All Time on Courage

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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
16 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 1960 American English
17 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
67 A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
97 For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway 1940 American English
115 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 British English
119 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
137 Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1900 British English
146 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
224 Watership Down Richard Adams 1972 British English
234 The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
236 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
272 The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Joao Guimaraes Rosa 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
273 The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni 1827 Italian Italian
293 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
340 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 American English
381 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis 1950 British English
399 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman 1995 British English
448 Homage to Catalonia George Orwell 1938 British English
481 The Lusiad Luís Vaz Camões 1572 Portuguese Portuguese
507 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper 1826 American English
535 Red Cavalry Isaac Babel 1926 Russian Russian
541 The Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence 1926 British English
552 The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1895 American English
623 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985 American English
626 Promise at Dawn Romain Gary 1960 French French
648 The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien 1990 American English
650 The Flanders Road Claude Simon 1960 French French
655 Stories of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway 1987 American English
669 Beowulf Unknown 1000 Unknown Old english
696 King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard 1885 British English
713 The Killer Angels Michael Shaara 1974 American English
745 Memed, My Hawk Yashar Kemal 1955 Turkish Turkish
770 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead 2016 American English
783 Anabasis Xenophon -390 Greek Ancient greek
825 In Our Time Ernest Hemingway 1925 American English
892 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 Afghan English
926 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
951 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
969 Storm of Steel Ernst Jünger 1920 German German
979 The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922 British English
981 It Stephen King 1986 American English
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1017 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban J. K. Rowling 1999 British English
1055 Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf 1936 American English
1084 Mother Courage and Her Children Bertolt Brecht 1941 German German
1085 The Book Thief Markus Zusak 2005 Australian English
1091 Shahnameh Ferdowsi 1010 Iranian Persian
1134 The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 German German
1138 The Unwomanly Face Of War Svetlana Alexievich 1985 Russian Russian
1232 Patience And Sarah Isabel Miller 1969 American English
1237 Jacob the Liar Jurek Becker 1969 German German
1247 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
1269 The Unknown Soldier Väinö Linna 1954 Finnish Finnish
1288 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
1308 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 1976 American English
1310 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand 1897 French French
1338 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 American English
1350 Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus -467 Greek Ancient greek
1353 William Tell Friedrich Schiller 1804 German German
1376 Tales of the South Pacific James A. Michener 1947 American English
1397 The BFG Roald Dahl 1982 British English
1410 Poem of the Cid Unknown 1207 Spanish Old spanish
1418 The Path to the Nest of Spiders Italo Calvino 1947 Italian Italian
1434 R. E. Lee Douglas Southall Freeman 1934 American English
1470 Wind, Sand and Stars Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1939 French French
1570 The Young Lions Irwin Shaw 1948 American English
1598 Ronia, The Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren 1981 Swedish Swedish
1662 Down Second Avenue Es'kia Mphahlele 1959 South African English
1664 Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
1709 The Guns Of Navarone Alistair MacLean 1957 British English
1793 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle 1968 American English
1833 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
1854 The Courage to Be Paul Tillich 1952 German English
1866 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
1910 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1917 In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez 1994 Dominican English
1932 The Witches Roald Dahl 1983 British English
1935 Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernières 1994 British English
1981 West With the Night Beryl Markham 1942 British English
2003 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs 1861 American English
2047 The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren 1973 Swedish Swedish
2094 The Spirit of St. Louis Charles Lindbergh 1953 American English
2098 Mio, My Son Astrid Lindgren 1954 Swedish Swedish
2125 True Grit Charles Portis 1968 American English
2145 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
2147 The Night Land William Hope Hodgson 1912 British English
2199 The Last Lion William Manchester 1983 American English
2233 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
2250 Emil And The Detectives Erich Kästner 1929 German German
2279 One of Ours Willa Cather 1922 American English
2317 The Cruel Sea Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 British English
2341 Personal History Katharine Graham 1997 American English
2345 Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 Irish English
2346 Goblin Market Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862 British English
2360 August 1914 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1971 Russian Russian
2371 The Power of One Bryce Courtenay 1989 Australian English
2391 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2451 Henry V William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2459 The Prisoner Of Zenda Anthony Hope 1894 British English
2472 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2477 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
2486 The Good War Studs Terkel 1984 American English
2488 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 1995 British English
2505 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
2550 Her Privates We Frederic Manning 1929 Australian English
2574 Lad Albert Payson Terhune 1919 American English
2617 The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman Andrzej Szczypiorski 1986 Polish Polish
2626 The Captain's Daughter Alexander Pushkin 1836 Russian Russian
2682 The Czar's Madman Jaan Kross 1978 Estonian Estonian
2701 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
2703 The Nightingale Kristin Hannah 2015 American English
2709 The Help Kathryn Stockett 2009 American English
2746 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2752 Gods And Heroes Gustav Schwab 1838 German German
2773 Man-Eaters of Kumaon Jim Corbett 1944 British English
2782 The Legend Of Thyl Ulenspiegel And Lamme Goedzak Charles de Coster 1867 Belgian French
2785 Märchenalmanach Auf Das Jahr 1828 Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
2797 The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis 1953 British English
2824 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English