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
9250 Deadheads Reginald Hill 1983 British English
9258 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9303 Bleeding Heart Square Andrew Taylor 2008 British English
9336 The Mind Invaders Dave Hunt 1998 American English
9377 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9574 Jenny Treibel Theodor Fontane 1892 German German
9628 Queenpin Megan Abbott 2007 American English
9672 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9659 The Unlucky Murderer Håkan Nesser Swedish Swedish
9683 The Shortest Way To Hades Sarah Caudwell 1985 British English
9721 The Sunday Woman Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini 1972 Italian Italian
9732 The Hard Way Lee Child 2006 British English
9823 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9859 The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
9859 Count Robert Of Paris Sir Walter Scott 1832 British English
9859 Saint Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
9908 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
9917 The Messiah Of Stockholm Cynthia Ozick 1987 American English
9930 The Complete Plays Joe Orton 1976 British English
9929 The Eagle's Throne Carlos Fuentes 2002 Mexican Spanish
10050 Would I Lie To The Duke Eva Leigh 2020 Unknown English
10057 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10066 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10122 Ghostman Roger Hobbs 2013 American English
10161 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10161 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10211 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10245 Billy Bunter Butts In Frank Richards 1950 British English
10245 The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
10370 Sweet Land Stories E. L. Doctorow 2004 American English
10603 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
10610 The Alchemist Ben Jonson 1610 British English
10739 Truth And Truthfulness Bernard Williams 2002 British English
10751 Ballad Of Dogs' Beach José Cardoso Pires 1982 Portuguese Portuguese
10831 The Lime Twig John Hawkes 1961 American English
10830 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
10856 The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge 2015 British English
10856 Berlin Noir Philip Kerr 1989 British English
10949 Golden Hill Francis Spufford 2016 British English
11113 Camouflage Joe Haldeman 2004 American English
11166 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11213 Based On A True Story Norm Macdonald 2016 Canadian English
11217 A Sight for Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell 1999 British English
11230 Carter Beats The Devil Glen David Gold 2001 American English
11455 Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1921 American English
11469 The Real Charlotte Edith Somerville, Violet Florence Martin 1894 Irish English
11508 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead 1995 Canadian English
11539 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11537 Thyestes Seneca 62 Roman Latin
11547 Rory O'more Samuel Lover 1837 Irish English
11547 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
11599 Gone Tomorrow Lee Child 2009 British English
11616 The Prague Cemetery Umberto Eco 2010 Italian Italian
11795 Felicia's Journey William Trevor 1994 British English
11941 The American Leonardo Carleton Mabee 1943 American English
12077 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12163 Harry Lorrequer Charles Lever 1839 Irish English
12236 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12326 Outerbridge Reach Robert Stone 1992 American English
12326 Across The Bridge Mavis Gallant 1993 Canadian English
12326 Headlong Michael Frayn 1999 British English
12442 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee 1962 American English
12957 Clown Town Mick Herron 2025 British Unknown
12982 The Dentist Tim Sullivan 2025 British Unknown
13064 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13071 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13075 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13239 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13362 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, And Other Stories And Essays Mark Twain 1900 American English
13362 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13362 The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1821 American English
13362 The Seersucker Whipsaw Ross Thomas 1967 American English
13600 Faux Passeports Charles Plisnier 1937 Belgian French
13600 L'araigne Henri Troyat French French
13600 Les Bêtises Jacques Laurent 1971 French French
13734 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13766 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov 1953 American English
13814 The Bad Girl Mario Vargas Llosa 2006 Peruvian Spanish
13879 Black Sheep Georgette Heyer 1966 British English
13886 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
13932 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
14011 The Houseguest Thomas Berger 1988 American English
14138 The Echo Wife Sarah Gailey 2021 American English
14132 Death Of My Aunt C. H. B. Kitchin 1929 British English
14152 The Rover Aphra Behn 1677 British English
14162 The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman 1939 American English
14197 What The Butler Saw Joe Orton 1969 British English
14212 Jim Grant Peter Adamson 2001 British Unknown
14212 The Mighty And Their Fall Ivy Compton-Burnett 1961 British English
14212 Trouble Is My Business Raymond Chandler 1950 American English
14232 The Separation Christopher Priest 2002 British English
14232 Topdog Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks 2001 American English
14232 The Lies Of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 American English
14232 Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet 1984 American English
14232 M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang 1988 American English
14232 Means Of Ascent Robert Caro 1990 American English
14335 An Error Of Judgement Pamela Hansford Johnson 1962 British English
14428 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14458 The Image Men J. B. Priestley 1968 British English
14486 Mislaid Nell Zink 2015 American English
14599 Our Story Begins Tobias Wolff 2008 American English
14697 The Brothers Menaechmus Plautus -184 Roman Latin
14698 Falstaff Robert Nye 1976 British English
14719 Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau 1869 French French
14731 The Secret Of Santa Vittoria Robert Crichton 1966 American English
14765 Adelphoe Terence -160 Roman Latin
14767 The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1893 British English
14782 Return Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1905 British English
14823 The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen 1884 Norwegian Norwegian
14834 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14851 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14870 Henry Iv Luigi Pirandello 1922 Italian Italian
14893 The Deceivers John Masters 1952 British English
14873 Jeeves In The Offing P. G. Wodehouse 1960 British English
14899 Guys And Dolls Damon Runyon 1932 American English
14899 Devil Take The Blue Tail Fly John Franklin Bardin 1948 American English
14927 Libro De Buen Amor Juan Ruiz 1330 Spanish Spanish