The Greatest Books of All Time on Curses

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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
286 Oresteia Aeschylus -458 Greek Ancient greek
601 The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 American English
616 Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1904 British English
1949 The Jewel Of Seven Stars Bram Stoker 1903 British English
1949 The Second Century Of Creepy Stories Hugh Walpole 1937 British English
1964 The Löwensköld Ring Selma Lagerlöf 1925 Swedish Swedish
2087 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
2450 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
3014 The House With A Clock In Its Walls John Bellairs 1973 American English
3256 Goosebumps R. L. Stine 1992 American English
3408 All Heads Turn When The Hunt Goes By John Farris 1977 American English
3892 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine 1997 American English
5154 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5231 Holes Louis Sachar 1998 American English
6674 Uzumaki Junji Ito 1998 Japanese Japanese
8644 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
10850 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
11274 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
13341 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13734 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
14046 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
15010 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
15010 The Sea Of Monsters Rick Riordan 2006 American English
16507 Reflections On The Psalms C. S. Lewis 1958 British English
17113 The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein 2011 American English
17113 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17113 Calling On Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1993 American English
17113 Talking To Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1985 American English
17113 To Wake The Dead Ramsey Campbell 1980 British English
17113 The Last Wish Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
17113 The Magpie Lord K.J. Charles 2013 British English
17113 What Should Be Wild Julia Fine 2018 American English
17113 Half A Soul Olivia Atwater 2020 Unknown English
17113 The Blacktongue Thief Christopher Buehlman 2021 American English