The Greatest Books of All Time on Courtship

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
83 Emma Jane Austen 1815 British English
425 Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1811 British English
590 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 1817 British English
1047 The Egoist George Meredith 1879 British English
1109 Othello William Shakespeare 1603 British English
1340 As You Like it William Shakespeare 1600 British English
1382 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde 1895 Irish English
2248 Roman De La Rose Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun 1237 French Old french
2511 Curial e Güelfa Unknown 1450 Spanish Catalan
2590 Sir Charles Grandison Samuel Richardson 1753 British English
2747 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2776 Gedichte Walther von der Vogelweide 1200 German Middle high german
3016 The American Henry James 1877 American English
3226 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3324 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
3638 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3921 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
4483 The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1871 British English
4783 The Art Of Love Ovid 2 Roman Latin
5389 The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 Lawrence Stone 1977 British English
6504 The Coquette Hannah Webster Foster 1797 American English
7216 Prison Of Love Diego de San Pedro 1485 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Complete English Poems John Skelton 1500 British English
7216 The Poems Of Thomas Carew Thomas Carew 1640 British English
7216 The Man Of Mode George Etherege 1676 British English
7216 The Precious Ridiculous Molière 1659 French French
7216 A Princesa De Clèves Madame de La Fayette 1678 French French
10140 Sir Thomas Wyatt Thomas Wyatt 1978 British English
10537 Mediaeval Latin Lyrics Helen Waddell 1929 Unknown English
10604 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
14927 Libro De Buen Amor Juan Ruiz 1330 Spanish Spanish
15730 Love’s Labour’s Lost William Shakespeare 1598 British English
16712 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17044 These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder 1943 American English