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
6005 The Children Of The Sea Joseph Conrad 1897 British English
6005 Batailles Dans La Montagne Jean Giono 1937 French French
6005 Ceux De 14 Maurice Genevoix 1949 French French
6005 Tous N'étaient Pas Des Anges Joseph Kessel 1970 French French
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6198 One Piece Eiichiro Oda 1997 Japanese Japanese
6314 Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada 1947 German German
6336 Spartacus Raffaello Giovagnoli 1874 Italian Italian
6373 The Body Stephen King 1982 American English
6402 The Last Inch James Aldridge 1958 British English
6416 My Forbidden Face Latifa 2001 Afghan French
6481 I'm Not Scared Niccolò Ammaniti 2001 Italian Italian
6493 The Hidden Hand Or, Capitola The Madcap E. D. E. N. Southworth 1859 American English
6500 The Black Count Tom Reiss 2012 French English
6697 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Australian English
6767 Harriet, The Moses Of Her People Sarah H. Bradford 1886 American English
6788 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
7169 Two Captains Veniamin Kaverin 1940 Russian Russian
7206 Flight From The Ussr Dato Turashvili 2010 Georgian Georgian
7216 The Moon is Down John Steinbeck 1942 American English
7216 The Poems Of Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace 1649 British English
7216 The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1841 American English
7216 Stories And Poems Of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane 1900 American English
7216 The Mystery Of The Charity Of Joan Of Arc Charles Péguy 1910 French French
7216 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7216 Collected Stories Rudyard Kipling 1941 British English
7216 Complete Verse Rudyard Kipling 1940 British English
7216 Vein Of Iron Ellen Glasgow 1935 American English
7216 Children Of Darkness Edwin Justus Mayer 1929 American Unknown
7567 Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang 1997 Chinese English
7576 The Toilers Of The Sea Victor Hugo 1866 French French
7602 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 2012 British English
7629 The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
7692 Nikolaikirche Erich Loest 1995 German German
7765 Annapurna Maurice Herzog 1951 French French
7817 In My Hands Irene Opdyke 1999 American English
7848 The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce 1982 American English
7872 Mr Standfast John Buchan 1919 British English
7878 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7911 Poems Of Keith Douglas Keith Douglas 1951 British English
7923 Uprooted Naomi Novik 2015 American English
7945 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8009 Fire And Hemlock Diana Wynne Jones 1985 British English
8107 The Cavalry Maiden Nadezhda Durova 1836 Russian Russian
8192 Temblor Rosa Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8197 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8330 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8356 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8357 Tracks Robyn Davidson 1980 Australian English
8417 War and Remembrance Herman Wouk 1978 American English
8435 Shadow Divers Robert Kurson 2004 American English
8458 March John Lewis 2013 American English
8564 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
8660 Krabat Otfried Preußler 1971 German German
8670 The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom 1971 Dutch English
8675 Collected Poems Wilfred Owen 1963 British English
8708 Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1829 British English
8876 April Morning Howard Fast 1961 American English
8901 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
8958 Stardust Neil Gaiman 1999 British English
8957 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
8968 Contos Gauchescos João Simões Lopes Neto 1912 Brazilian Portuguese
8996 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9028 Desert Flower Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller 1998 American English
9192 Love And Ruin Evan Ratliff, Susan Orlean 2016 Unknown English
9192 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9317 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9377 In The Midst Of Life Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
9532 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9542 Annapurna Arlene Blum 1980 American English
9592 A Kind Of Spark Elle McNicoll 2020 Scottish English
9613 Ascent Jed Mercurio 2007 British English
9625 Suddenly In The Depth Of The Forest Amos Oz 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9795 The Past Is Myself Christabel Bielenberg 1968 German English
9856 The War Of The Buttons Louis Pergaud 1912 French French
9908 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9919 The Eyes Of The Dragon Stephen King 1987 American English
9963 Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien 1978 American English
10030 Obsidio Amie Kaufman 2018 Australian English
10035 Hannah Senesh Hannah Senesh 1971 Hungarian Hebrew
10070 The Silences Of Hammerstein Hans Magnus Enzensberger 2008 German German
10087 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10098 Deep Down Dark Héctor Tobar 2014 American English
10131 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
10173 March Geraldine Brooks 2005 American English
10245 Moonfleet J. Meade Faulkner 1898 British English
10245 We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea Arthur Ransome 1937 British English
10285 A Bag Of Marbles Joseph Joffo 1973 French French
10291 Ruby Redford Look Into My Eyes Lauren Child 2011 British English
10296 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10308 Walls Hiltgunt Zassenhaus 1974 German English
10308 Episodes Of The Cuban Revolutionary War Che Guevara 1963 Argentinian Spanish
10361 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10378 The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1965 American English
10411 The Free Frenchman Piers Paul Read 1986 British English
10442 Women In The Resistance And In The Holocaust Vera Laska 1975 Czech English
10453 Washington's Crossing David Hackett Fischer 2004 American English
10615 Verdun Jules Romains 1938 French French
10747 A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron 2010 American English
10762 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
10764 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10797 Code Talker Joseph Bruchac 2005 American English
10814 Tomorrow, When The War Began John Marsden 1993 Australian English
10825 Salt To The Sea Ruta Sepetys 2016 American English
10856 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge 2015 British English
10871 Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper 2006 American English
10927 Fear No Evil Natan Sharansky 1988 Israeli English
10957 Tears in the Darkness Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman 2009 American English
10982 The Maid Of The North Ethel Johnston Phelps 1980 American English
10994 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11006 Young Men and Fire Norman Maclean 1992 American English
11014 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11017 Gergő és Az álomfogók Gyula Böszörményi 2007 Hungarian Hungarian