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
14948 The Dutchman Amiri Baraka 1964 American English
14957 The High Window Raymond Chandler 1942 American English
14983 The Ghost Robert Harris 2007 British English
14983 Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 2003 British English
14983 The Thief Megan Whalen Turner 1996 American English
14983 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14983 Before I Go To Sleep S. J. Watson 2011 British English
14983 The Human Factor Graham Greene 1978 British English
14983 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14983 Six Degrees Of Separation John Guare 1990 American English
14973 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch 1953 Swiss German
14983 Accidental Death Of An Anarchist Dario Fo 1970 Italian Italian
14983 Deception Point Dan Brown 2001 American English
14983 Mouth To Mouth Antoine Wilson 2022 American English
14983 The Man Who Killed Himself Julian Symons 1967 British English
14983 The Blue Hammer Ross Macdonald 1976 American English
14983 The New Confessions William Boyd 1987 British English
14983 La Confidential James Ellroy 1990 American English
14983 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
15646 The Mercy Of Allah Hilaire Belloc 1922 British English
15678 The Good Girl Vincent O'Sullivan 1933 New Zealand Unknown
15678 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15710 Something to Answer For P. H. Newby 1968 British English
15722 Love’s Labour’s Lost William Shakespeare 1598 British English
15733 A Mad World, My Masters Thomas Middleton 1605 British English
15729 Dot And Anton Erich Kästner 1931 German German
15728 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
15749 Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut 1961 American English
15772 The Wife of Martin Guerre Janet Lewis 1941 American English
15764 The Illusion Pierre Corneille 1636 French French
15799 All My Sons Arthur Miller 1947 American English
15823 Laughter In The Dark Vladimir Nabokov 1932 Russian Russian
15807 The Complete Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
15828 The Game Of Love And Chance Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1730 French French
15839 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15831 Bodyguard Of Lies Anthony Cave Brown 1975 British English
15897 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Unknown 1903 Multiple Russian
15897 The Works of George Peele George Peele 1593 British English
15897 Diamonds Are Forever Ian Fleming 1956 British English
15872 Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic) P. G. Wodehouse 1929 British English
15897 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15897 The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer 1950 British English
15897 The West Pier Patrick Hamilton 1952 British English
15897 The Financial Expert R. K. Narayan 1952 Indian English
15897 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15897 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15897 The Dispute Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1744 French French
15897 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15897 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15897 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15897 The Wicked Pavilion Dawn Powell 1954 American English
15897 Classic Crimes William Roughead 1951 Scottish English
15897 Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard Georges Simenon 1953 Belgian French
15897 Charlotte Temple Susanna Haswell Rowson 1791 American English
15897 The Red Right Hand Joel Townsley Rogers 1945 American English
15897 The Sands Of Windee Arthur William Upfield 1931 Australian English
15897 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White 1936 British English
15897 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ian Fleming 1963 British English
16500 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1975 American English
15897 Above The Dark Circus Hugh Walpole 1931 British English
15897 The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing 1946 American English
15897 The Case Of The Abominable Snowman Nicholas Blake 1941 British English
15897 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15897 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15897 An Oxford Tragedy J. C. Masterman 1933 British English
15897 The Red Box Rex Stout 1937 American English
15897 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
16520 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16591 Le Dindon Georges Feydeau 1896 French French
16555 Moonraker Ian Fleming 1955 British English
16530 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16613 The Ballad of Peckham Rye Muriel Spark 1960 British English
16656 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16667 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16613 The Red Thumb Mark R Austin Freeman 1907 British English
16634 Curtain Agatha Christie 1975 British English
16654 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
16756 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16690 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
16680 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17117 The Great Man Kate Christensen 2007 American English
17117 Killshot Elmore Leonard 1989 American English
17117 The Soul of Kindness Elizabeth Taylor 1964 British English
17117 Sleeping Beauty Ross Macdonald 1973 American English
17117 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17117 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17117 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17117 The Widow Fiona Barton 2016 British English
17117 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
16898 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17117 The Impressionist Hari Kunzru 2002 British English
17117 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17117 Miss Mole E. H. Young 1930 British English
17117 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17117 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
16746 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
17117 The Sugar Mother Elizabeth Jolley 1988 Australian English
17117 The Night In Question Tobias Wolff 1996 American English
17117 Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre 2010 British English
17117 The Lambs Of London Peter Ackroyd 2004 British English
17117 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
17117 Betrayal Harold Pinter 1978 British English
17117 Good People David Lindsay-Abaire 2011 American English
17070 The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 1952 British English
16980 Black Comedy Peter Shaffer 1965 British English
17117 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
17117 The Pentagon Papers New York Times 1971 American English
17117 The Golden Butterfly Walter Besant, James Rice 1876 British English
17117 The Firm Of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 British English
17117 Hard Cash Charles Reade 1863 British English
17117 Inside The Bar George Whyte-Melville 1872 British English
17117 At Freddie's Penelope Fitzgerald 1982 British English
17117 The Golden Spur Dawn Powell 1962 American English
17117 Adam Ariel Schrag 2014 American English
17117 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17117 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17117 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17117 P Is For Peril Sue Grafton 2001 American English
17117 The Summons John Grisham 2002 American English
17117 The Partner John Grisham 1997 American English