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
11046 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11068 All The Wrong Places James Fenton 1994 British English
11167 Krilon Eyvind Johnson 1941 Swedish Swedish
11324 The Children’s Crusade Rebecca Brown 2003 Unknown English
11358 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11366 The Lantern Bearers Robert Louis Stevenson Unknown Unknown
11480 Jessica Bryce Courtenay 1998 Australian English
11489 I Shall Not Be Moved Maya Angelou 1990 American English
11526 Memorabilia Xenophon -371 Greek Ancient greek
11536 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11547 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11547 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11606 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
11663 The Good Soldiers David Finkel 2009 American English
11663 Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick 2006 American English
11663 Fly Girls Keith O'Brien 2018 American English
11813 Road Song Natalie Kusz 1987 American English
11897 Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1834 British English
11901 Alicia Alicia Appleman-Jurman 1988 Polish English
11901 Dumba Nengue, Run For Your Life Lina Magaia 1988 Mozambican Portuguese
11901 Margaret Bourke White Vicki Goldberg 1988 American English
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11941 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12031 Fighting Mc Kenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer 2002 Australian English
12149 Snow In August Pete Hamill 1997 American English
12164 On the Bus with Rosa Parks Rita Dove 1999 American English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12205 Lola Rose Jacqueline Wilson 2003 British English
12251 The Endurance Caroline Alexander 1998 Unknown English
12318 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
12326 A Moment Of War Laurie Lee 1991 American English
12438 High Exposure David Breashears 1999 American English
12474 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12588 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12816 Flanagan's Run Tom McNab 1982 British English
13067 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 American English
13217 The Crisis Winston Churchill 1901 British English
13259 The Photographer Emmanuel Guibert 2003 French English
13259 She’s Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan 2003 American English
13362 The Wizard Of The Emerald City Alexander Wolkow 1939 Russian Russian
13362 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13560 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 2013 Pakistani English
13600 The Flame That Is France Henry Malherbe French Unknown
13600 Sang Et Lumières Joseph Peyre French French
13600 Week End At Zuydcoote Robert Merle 1949 French French
13772 Over And Under Todd Tucker 2008 Unknown English
13818 Il Clandestino Mario Tobino 1962 Italian Italian
13818 La Morte Del Fiume Guglielmo Petroni 1958 Italian Italian
13879 Self Help Samuel Smiles 1859 British English
13886 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 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
14335 Выстрел с монитора Vladislav Krapivin 1986 Russian Russian
14342 The Man From Glengarry Ralph Connor 1901 Canadian English
14359 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
14407 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English
14411 Youth, A Narrative Joseph Conrad 1898 British English
14478 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
14499 Бездна голодных глаз H. L. Oldie 1993 Ukrainian Russian
14554 волкодав Maria Semyonova 1995 Russian Russian
14599 Running The Rift Naomi Benaron 2010 American English
14750 Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa 1935 Japanese Japanese
14731 The Secret Of Santa Vittoria Robert Crichton 1966 American English
14771 The Tree Of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 British English
14815 Old Yeller Fred Gipson 1956 American English
14822 The Face Of War Martha Gellhorn 1959 American English
14853 If Rudyard Kipling 1910 British English
14860 Furies Of Calderon Jim Butcher 2004 American English
14899 The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz 1956 Polish English
14899 We Die Alone David Howarth 1955 British English
14899 The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan 1959 American English
14929 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14936 Digenes Akritas Unknown 1050 Multiple Greek
14985 A Stillness at Appomattox Bruce Catton 1953 American English
14983 Alive Piers Paul Read 1974 British English
14985 Touching the Void Joe Simpson 1988 British English
14985 Borrowed Time Paul Monette 1988 American English
14985 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
14985 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14985 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14985 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14985 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14985 George Alex Gino 2015 American English
14985 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14985 The Warrior's Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold 1986 American English
14985 Armor John Steakley 1984 American English
14985 The Skystone (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 1) Jack Whyte 1992 Canadian English
14985 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
14985 Sabriel Garth Nix 1995 Australian English
14985 In The Hand Of The Goddess Tamora Pierce 1984 American English
14985 The Woman Who Rides Like A Man Tamora Pierce 1986 American English
14985 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14985 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
14985 The Cellist Of Sarajevo Steven Galloway 2008 Canadian English
14985 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14985 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14985 The Maze Runner James Dashner 2009 American English
14969 The Trumpet Of The Swan E. B. White 1970 American English
14985 Stalingrad Antony Beevor 1998 British English
14985 The World At Night Alan Furst 1996 American English
14985 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
14985 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
14985 The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 1980 Canadian English