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
14985 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt 2007 American English
14985 The Fairy Tale Detectives Michael Buckley 2005 American English
15594 The Mandela Plot Kenneth Bonert 2018 Canadian English
15609 The Raft Coningsby Dawson 1920 British English
15614 The Conquest Of Fear Basil King 1921 Canadian English
15667 The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway 1972 American English
15676 Through The Wheat Thomas Boyd 1923 American English
15679 The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1923 American English
15686 Волонтёры Челкеля Andrey Valentinov 2009 Russian Russian
15723 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15792 To The Indies C.S. Forester 1940 British English
15826 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15846 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15873 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15916 The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Ernest Hemingway 1936 American English
15887 Endurance F. A. Worsley 1931 British English
15902 Scrambles Amongst the Alps Edward Whymper 1871 British English
16501 Scott's Last Expedition Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922 British English
15916 Apu Ollontay Peru 1780 Peruvian Quechua
15916 The House Of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton 1968 American English
15916 Officers And Gentlemen Evelyn Waugh 1955 British English
16502 The Iron Giant Ted Hughes 1968 British English
16506 The Prince Of Homburg Heinrich von Kleist 1821 German German
15906 Български народни приказки Angel Karaliichev 1961 Bulgarian Bulgarian
15916 Their Finest Hour Winston Churchill 1949 British English
15916 Slightly Out Of Focus Robert Capa 1947 American English
15916 Ill Met By Moonlight W. Stanley Moss 1950 British English
15916 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Henriette Roosenburg 1957 Dutch English
15916 How The Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 1932 Russian Russian
15916 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15916 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
15916 Commando Deneys Reitz 1930 South African English
15916 Proceed, Sergeant Lamb Robert Graves 1940 British English
15916 Mary Shalom Asch 1949 Unknown Yiddish
15916 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
15916 Fourteenth Of October Bryher 1952 British English
15916 High Are The Mountains Hannah Closs 1945 Unknown English
15916 The Unhurrying Chase Hilda Prescott 1949 British English
15916 I, John Mordaunt Virgil Scott 1952 Unknown English
15916 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15916 The Forest And The Fort Hervey Allen 1943 American English
15916 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts 1937 American English
15916 Drums James Boyd 1928 American English
15916 The Crossing Winston Churchill 1904 American English
15916 Drums Along The Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds 1936 American English
15916 Citizen Tom Paine Howard Fast 1943 American English
15916 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
15916 Trumpet To Arms Bruce Lancaster 1944 Unknown English
15916 Blind Journey Bruce Lancaster 1953 American English
15916 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker S. Weir Mitchell 1896 American English
15916 Arundel Kenneth Roberts 1930 American English
15916 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15916 Lively Lady Kenneth Roberts 1931 American English
15916 Captain Caution Kenneth Roberts 1934 American English
15916 Lydia Bailey Kenneth Roberts 1940 American English
15916 The Unconquered Ben Ames Williams 1953 American English
15916 Marching On James Boyd 1927 American English
15916 The Bugles Blow No More Clifford Dowdey 1942 American English
15916 Long Remember MacKinlay Kantor 1934 American English
15916 Roll, Shenandoah Bruce Lancaster 1949 American English
15916 House Divided Ben Ames Williams 1947 American English
15916 The Cruise Of The Snark Jack London 1911 American English
15916 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
15916 The Letter For The King Tonke Dragt 1962 Dutch Dutch
15895 Mountain Meadow John Buchan 1941 Scottish English
16586 K2 The Savage Mountain Charles Houston, Robert Bates 1954 American English
16550 A Walk Out Of The World Ruth Nichols 1969 Canadian English
16527 The Book Of Dede Korkut Unknown 1400 Multiple Oghuz turkic
16599 Typhoon Joseph Conrad 1902 British English
16636 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16746 Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex Owen Chase 1821 American English
16765 My Life As an Explorer (Amundsen) Roald Amundsen 1927 Norwegian Norwegian
16690 I Am Fifteen--and I Don't Want To Die Arnothy Christine 1955 French French
16775 Tournament Shelby Foote 1949 American English
16637 The Flying Classroom Erich Kästner 1933 German German
16743 Croatian Tales of Long Ago Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic 1916 Croatian Croatian
16694 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
16669 Khosrow And Shirin Nezami Ganjavi 1180 Persian Persian
16650 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
17163 Becoming a Man Paul Monette 1992 American English
17163 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
16890 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17163 My Experiences in the World War John J. Pershing 1931 American English
17163 Minus 148 Art Davidson 1969 American English
17163 Conquistadors of the Useless Lionel Terray 1961 French French
17163 The Mountains of My Life Walter Bonatti 1998 Italian Italian
17163 The Crystal Horizon Reinhold Messner 1989 Italian German
17163 One Man's Mountains Tom Patey 1971 British English
17163 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
17163 The Firelings Carol Kendall 1981 American English
17163 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17163 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17163 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17163 The Kingdom of Kevin Malone Suzy McKee Charnas 1977 American English
17163 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17163 The Hollow Kingdom Clare B. Dunkle 2003 American English
17163 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17163 Castle Hangnail Ursula Vernon 2015 American English
17163 The Inquisitor's Tale Adam Gidwitz 2016 American English
17163 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee 2019 American English
17163 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17163 The Sparrow Enid Blyton 1991 British Unknown
17163 The Testament Of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers 2011 British English
17163 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17163 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17163 Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk 2016 American English
17163 The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson 2018 American English
17163 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
17163 A Ship Of The Line C. S. Forester 1938 British English
17163 Flying Colours C. S. Forester 1938 British English
17163 Through The Valley Robert Henriques 1950 British English
17163 Act Of Destruction Ronald Hardy 1971 British English
17163 Words Of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer 2014 American English
17163 The Beauty And The Sorrow Peter Englund 2011 Swedish Swedish
17163 Wizard And Glass Stephen King 1997 American English
17163 Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques 2000 British English
17163 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17163 The Redundancy Of Courage Timothy Mo 1991 British English
17163 Demon Slayer Koyoharu Gotouge 2016 Japanese Japanese
17163 Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre 2016 British English