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
11039 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11061 All The Wrong Places James Fenton 1994 British English
11160 Krilon Eyvind Johnson 1941 Swedish Swedish
11317 The Children’s Crusade Rebecca Brown 2003 Unknown English
11351 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11360 The Lantern Bearers Robert Louis Stevenson Unknown Unknown
11476 Jessica Bryce Courtenay 1998 Australian English
11485 I Shall Not Be Moved Maya Angelou 1990 American English
11523 Memorabilia Xenophon -371 Greek Ancient greek
11533 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11544 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11544 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11603 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
11660 The Good Soldiers David Finkel 2009 American English
11660 Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick 2006 American English
11660 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11811 Road Song Natalie Kusz 1987 American English
11895 Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1834 British English
11899 Alicia Alicia Appleman-Jurman 1988 Polish English
11899 Dumba Nengue, Run For Your Life Lina Magaia 1988 Mozambican Portuguese
11899 Margaret Bourke White Vicki Goldberg 1988 American English
11924 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11939 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12029 Fighting Mc Kenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer 2002 Australian English
12148 Snow In August Pete Hamill 1997 American English
12163 On the Bus with Rosa Parks Rita Dove 1999 American English
12165 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12204 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
12250 The Endurance Caroline Alexander 1998 Unknown English
12324 A Moment Of War Laurie Lee 1991 American English
12436 High Exposure David Breashears 1999 American English
12472 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12586 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12814 Flanagan's Run Tom McNab 1982 British English
13064 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 American English
13214 The Crisis Winston Churchill 1901 British English
13256 The Photographer Emmanuel Guibert 2003 French English
13256 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13359 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
13359 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13359 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13511 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13559 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 2013 Pakistani English
13599 The Flame That Is France Henry Malherbe French Unknown
13599 Sang Et Lumières Joseph Peyre French French
13599 Week End At Zuydcoote Robert Merle 1949 French French
13771 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13817 Il Clandestino Mario Tobino 1962 Italian Italian
13817 La Morte Del Fiume Guglielmo Petroni 1958 Italian Italian
13878 Self Help Samuel Smiles 1859 British English
13885 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
13923 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
13941 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand 2010 American English
13941 The Siege Helen Dunmore 2001 British English
13941 Daring Greatly Brené Brown 2012 American English
13941 The Tale Of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo 2003 American English
14025 The Big Book Of Adventure Stories Otto Penzler 2011 American English
14129 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
14160 The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come John Fox Jr. 1903 American English
14180 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14206 Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey 1971 American English
14208 Have Space Suit—Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 1958 American English
14212 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14232 Berlin Antony Beevor 2002 British English
14232 The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey 1978 American English
14232 The Boys In The Boat Daniel James Brown 2013 American English
14228 Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien 1971 American English
14334 Выстрел с монитора Vladislav Krapivin 1986 Russian Russian
14341 The Man From Glengarry Ralph Connor 1901 Canadian English
14358 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
14406 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English
14410 Youth, A Narrative Joseph Conrad 1898 British English
14477 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
14498 Бездна голодных глаз H. L. Oldie 1993 Ukrainian Russian
14553 волкодав Maria Semyonova 1995 Russian Russian
14598 Running The Rift Naomi Benaron 2010 American English
14750 Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa 1935 Japanese Japanese
14730 The Secret Of Santa Vittoria Robert Crichton 1966 American English
14770 The Tree Of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 British English
14814 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14821 The Face Of War Martha Gellhorn 1959 American English
14850 If Rudyard Kipling 1910 British English
14858 Furies Of Calderon Jim Butcher 2004 American English
14896 The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz 1956 Polish English
14896 We Die Alone David Howarth 1955 British English
14896 The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan 1959 American English
14926 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14933 Digenes Akritas Unknown 1050 Multiple Greek
14983 A Stillness at Appomattox Bruce Catton 1953 American English
14982 Alive Piers Paul Read 1974 British English
14983 Touching the Void Joe Simpson 1988 British English
14983 Borrowed Time Paul Monette 1988 American English
14983 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
14983 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14983 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14983 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14983 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14983 George Alex Gino 2015 American English
14983 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14983 The Warrior's Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold 1986 American English
14983 The Skystone (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 1) Jack Whyte 1992 Canadian English
14983 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
14983 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
14983 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14983 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14983 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14983 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14983 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14983 The Cellist Of Sarajevo Steven Galloway 2008 Canadian English
14983 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14983 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14983 The Maze Runner James Dashner 2009 American English
14968 The Trumpet Of The Swan E. B. White 1970 American English
14983 Stalingrad Antony Beevor 1998 British English
14983 The World At Night Alan Furst 1996 American English
14983 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
14983 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
14983 The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 1980 Canadian English
14983 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt 2007 American English