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
6002 The Children Of The Sea Joseph Conrad 1897 British English
6002 Batailles Dans La Montagne Jean Giono 1937 French French
6002 Ceux De 14 Maurice Genevoix 1949 French French
6002 Tous N'étaient Pas Des Anges Joseph Kessel 1970 French French
6075 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6194 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6311 Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada 1947 German German
6333 Spartacus Raffaello Giovagnoli 1874 Italian Italian
6370 The Body Stephen King 1982 American English
6399 The Last Inch James Aldridge 1958 British English
6413 My Forbidden Face Latifa 2001 Afghan French
6479 I'm Not Scared Niccolò Ammaniti 2001 Italian Italian
6491 The Hidden Hand Or, Capitola The Madcap E. D. E. N. Southworth 1859 American English
6498 The Black Count Tom Reiss 2012 French English
6696 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Australian English
6766 Harriet, The Moses Of Her People Sarah H. Bradford 1886 American English
6787 The Splendid And The Vile Erik Larson 2020 American English
6877 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
7040 Hope Against Hope Nadezhda Mandelstam 1970 Russian Russian
7042 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
7074 The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier 1956 British English
7117 A Legend Of Montrose Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
7122 127 Hours Aaron Ralston 2004 American English
7168 Two Captains Veniamin Kaverin 1940 Russian Russian
7205 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7215 The Moon is Down John Steinbeck 1942 American English
7215 The Poems Of Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace 1649 British English
7215 The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1841 American English
7215 Stories And Poems Of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane 1900 American English
7215 The Mystery Of The Charity Of Joan Of Arc Charles Péguy 1910 French French
7215 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7215 Collected Stories Rudyard Kipling 1941 British English
7215 Complete Verse Rudyard Kipling 1940 British English
7215 Vein Of Iron Ellen Glasgow 1935 American English
7215 Children Of Darkness Edwin Justus Mayer 1929 American Unknown
7566 Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang 1997 Chinese English
7575 The Toilers Of The Sea Victor Hugo 1866 French French
7601 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 2012 British English
7628 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7691 Nikolaikirche Erich Loest 1995 German German
7763 Annapurna Maurice Herzog 1951 French French
7816 In My Hands Irene Opdyke 1999 American English
7847 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
7871 Mr Standfast John Buchan 1919 British English
7877 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7910 Poems Of Keith Douglas Keith Douglas 1951 British English
7922 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7944 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7983 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8008 Fire And Hemlock Diana Wynne Jones 1985 British English
8105 The Cavalry Maiden Nadezhda Durova 1836 Russian Russian
8190 Temblor Rosa Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8195 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8328 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8354 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8355 Tracks Robyn Davidson 1980 Australian English
8414 War and Remembrance Herman Wouk 1978 American English
8431 Shadow Divers Robert Kurson 2004 American English
8453 March John Lewis 2013 American English
8560 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
8656 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8666 The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom 1971 Dutch English
8671 Collected Poems Wilfred Owen 1963 British English
8704 Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1829 British English
8872 April Morning Howard Fast 1961 American English
8897 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
8954 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8953 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
8964 Contos Gauchescos João Simões Lopes Neto 1912 Brazilian Portuguese
8992 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9024 Desert Flower Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller 1998 American English
9188 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9188 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9312 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9372 In The Midst Of Life Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
9527 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9537 Annapurna Arlene Blum 1980 American English
9587 A Kind Of Spark Elle McNicoll 2020 Scottish English
9609 Ascent Jed Mercurio 2007 British English
9621 Suddenly In The Depth Of The Forest Amos Oz 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9792 The Past Is Myself Christabel Bielenberg 1968 German English
9853 The War Of The Buttons Louis Pergaud 1912 French French
9905 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9916 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
9959 Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien 1978 American English
10026 Obsidio Amie Kaufman 2018 Australian English
10031 Hannah Senesh Hannah Senesh 1971 Hungarian Hebrew
10065 The Silences Of Hammerstein Hans Magnus Enzensberger 2008 German German
10082 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10093 Deep Down Dark Héctor Tobar 2014 American English
10127 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
10169 March Geraldine Brooks 2005 American English
10239 Moonfleet J. Meade Faulkner 1898 British English
10239 We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea Arthur Ransome 1937 British English
10280 A Bag Of Marbles Joseph Joffo 1973 French French
10286 Ruby Redford Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child 2011 British English
10291 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10303 Walls Hiltgunt Zassenhaus 1974 German English
10303 Episodes Of The Cuban Revolutionary War Che Guevara 1963 Argentinian Spanish
10356 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10373 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
10406 The Free Frenchman Piers Paul Read 1986 British English
10437 Women In The Resistance And In The Holocaust Vera Laska 1975 Czech English
10448 Washington's Crossing David Hackett Fischer 2004 American English
10609 Verdun Jules Romains 1938 French French
10741 A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron 2010 American English
10756 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
10758 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10791 Code Talker Joseph Bruchac 2005 American English
10808 Tomorrow, When The War Began John Marsden 1993 Australian English
10818 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
10849 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge 2015 British English
10864 Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper 2006 American English
10920 Fear No Evil Natan Sharansky 1988 Israeli English
10950 Tears in the Darkness Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman 2009 American English
10975 The Maid Of The North Ethel Johnston Phelps 1980 American English
10986 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
10999 Young Men and Fire Norman Maclean 1992 American English
11007 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11010 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian