The Greatest Books of All Time on Deception

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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
3638 The Tootinameh; Or, Tales of a Parrot India, Iran 1300 Indian Persian
3638 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3638 The Second Wife E. Marlitt 1899 German German
3638 The Ringer Edgar Wallace 1925 British English
3638 The Captain Of Köpenick Carl Zuckmayer 1931 German German
3802 Manon des sources Marcel Pagnol 1963 French French
3805 The Miser Molière 1668 French French
3813 Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3888 Illywhacker Peter Carey 1985 Australian English
3912 The Tiger In The Smoke Margery Allingham 1952 British English
3921 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3933 Tales from the Kathasaritsagara Somadeva 1070 Indian Sanskrit
3934 The Comedy Of Errors William Shakespeare 1594 British English
3939 Collected Stories Raymond Chandler 1964 American English
3954 The Beggar Andreas Karkavitsas 1896 Greek Greek
3954 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
4071 Phantom Lady Cornell Woolrich 1942 American English
4092 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4112 Brat Farrar Josephine Tey 1949 British English
4141 Le Vieux Nègre Et La Médaille Ferdinand Oyono 1956 French French
4151 The Devotion Of Suspect X Keigo Higashino 2005 Japanese Japanese
4161 The Burning Court John Dickson Carr 1937 American English
4220 Ion Euripides -413 Greek Ancient greek
4221 Iphigenia At Aulis Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
4228 The Light Of Day Eric Ambler 1962 British English
4257 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4288 Gantenbein Max Frisch 1964 Swiss German
4310 Mister Johnson Joyce Cary 1939 British English
4310 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4310 Ennui Maria Edgeworth 1809 Irish English
4310 Charade John Mortimer 1947 British English
4310 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4310 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4310 Piccadilly Jim P. G. Wodehouse 1917 British English
4310 Epitaph For A Spy Eric Ambler 1938 British English
4310 The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 1922 British English
4310 Death At The President's Lodging Michael Innes 1936 British English
4310 The Strange Borders Of Palace Crescent E. Phillips Oppenheim 1934 British English
4310 The Getaway Jim Thompson 1958 American English
4418 A Bright Shining Lie Neil Sheehan 1988 American English
4421 The Voysey Inheritance Harley Granville Barker 1905 British English
4421 Desire Under The Elms Eugene O'Neill 1924 American English
4448 The Greek Coffin Mystery Ellery Queen 1932 American English
4458 Death Of Jezebel Christianna Brand 1948 British English
4483 The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1871 British English
4501 Night Visitor B. Traven 1966 German Unknown
4606 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4617 The Emperor's Snuff Box John Dickson Carr 1942 American English
4646 The Blue Room Georges Simenon 1964 French French
4657 The Egyptian Cross Mystery Ellery Queen 1932 American English
4675 The Witness For The Prosecution Agatha Christie 1925 British English
4716 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
4724 Death of a Lake Arthur William Upfield 1954 Australian English
4735 Woman Of Straw Catherine Arley 1956 French French
4751 The Wycherly Woman Ross Macdonald 1961 American English
4762 For Kicks Dick Francis 1965 British English
4786 Amphitryon Plautus -184 Roman Latin
4788 The Way Of The World William Congreve 1700 British English
4816 A Dram Of Poison Charlotte Armstrong 1956 American English
4828 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
4949 Fata Morgana William Kotzwinkle 1977 American English
4955 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4956 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
4983 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen 2011 Canadian English
5033 The Sluts Dennis Cooper 2004 American English
5091 Past Caring Robert Goddard 1986 British English
5121 Baudolino Umberto Eco 2000 Italian Italian
5146 Southern Seas Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1979 Spanish Spanish
5170 Edith's Diary Patricia Highsmith 1977 American English
5273 Dirty Fred The Captain Jenő Rejtő 1935 Hungarian Hungarian
5275 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams 1955 American English
5305 My Search For Warren Harding Robert Plunket 1973 American English
5317 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5319 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green 1878 American English
5323 The Remorseful Day Colin Dexter 1999 British English
5333 The 14 Carat Roadster Jenő Rejtő 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5336 Bones And Silence Reginald Hill 1990 British English
5357 52 Pick Up Elmore Leonard 1974 American English
5371 Death Comes As The End Agatha Christie 1944 British English
5423 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5469 L'étrange Destin De Wangrin Amadou Hampâté Bâ 1973 French French
5486 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5499 The Underground Man Ross Macdonald 1971 American English
5580 The Journeying Boy Michael Innes 1949 British English
5608 Die Fälschung Nicolas Born 1979 German German
5618 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 1978 American English
5633 Queens' Play Dorothy Dunnett 1964 British English
5646 Pop. 1280 Jim Thompson 1964 American English
5697 Not A Penny More,Not A Penny Less Jeffrey Archer 1976 British English
5763 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5763 With A Bare Bodkin Cyril Hare 1946 British English
5763 Cotton Comes To Harlem Chester Himes 1965 American English
5763 The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun Sebastien Japrisot 1966 French French
5783 The Serpent Luigi Malerba 1966 Italian Italian
5815 The Malcontent John Marston 1604 British English
5816 Cyclops Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
5819 Helen Euripides -412 Greek Ancient greek
5834 Pseudolus Plautus -191 Roman Latin
5838 The Braggart Soldier Plautus -204 Roman Latin
5842 The Girl From Andros Terence -166 Roman Latin
5841 The Eunuch Terence -161 Multiple Latin
5840 The Grotesque Patrick McGrath 1989 British English
5849 The Rope Plautus -204 Roman Latin
5845 The Mother In Law Terence -160 Roman Latin
5851 Love For Love William Congreve 1695 British English
5852 The Recruiting Officer George Farquhar 1706 Irish English
5853 Chatterton Alfred de Vigny 1835 French French
5856 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5863 The School for Wives Molière 1662 French French
5863 The Changeling Thomas, William Rowley Middleton 1622 British English
5863 The New Arabian Nights Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 Scottish English
5863 Elders And Betters Ivy Compton-Burnett 1944 British English
5894 The Power Of Darkness Leo Tolstoy 1886 Russian Russian
5902 The Beggar's Opera John Gay 1728 British English
5899 The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg 1907 Swedish Swedish
5904 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
5918 Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1862 British English
5918 The Valley Of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 1915 British English
5918 The Tale Of The 1002nd Night Joseph Roth 1938 Austrian German