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
14952 The Dutchman Amiri Baraka 1964 American English
14959 The High Window Raymond Chandler 1942 American English
14985 The Ghost Robert Harris 2007 British English
14985 Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 2003 British English
14985 The Thief Megan Whalen Turner 1996 American English
14985 The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling 2019 American English
14985 Before I Go To Sleep S. J. Watson 2011 British English
14985 The Human Factor Graham Greene 1978 British English
14985 The Appeal Janice Hallett 2021 British English
14985 Six Degrees Of Separation John Guare 1990 American English
14975 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch 1953 Swiss German
14985 Accidental Death Of An Anarchist Dario Fo 1970 Italian Italian
14985 Deception Point Dan Brown 2001 American English
14985 Mouth To Mouth Antoine Wilson 2022 American English
14985 The Man Who Killed Himself Julian Symons 1967 British English
14985 The Blue Hammer Ross Macdonald 1976 American English
14985 The New Confessions William Boyd 1987 British English
14985 La Confidential James Ellroy 1990 American English
14985 Other People's Clothes Calla Henkel 2022 Unknown English
15654 The Mercy Of Allah Hilaire Belloc 1922 British English
15686 The Good Girl Vincent O'Sullivan 1933 New Zealand Unknown
15686 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15718 Something to Answer For P. H. Newby 1968 British English
15730 Love’s Labour’s Lost William Shakespeare 1598 British English
15742 A Mad World, My Masters Thomas Middleton 1605 British English
15739 Dot And Anton Erich Kästner 1931 German German
15736 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
15757 Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut 1961 American English
15793 The Wife of Martin Guerre Janet Lewis 1941 American English
15782 The Illusion Pierre Corneille 1636 French French
15818 All My Sons Arthur Miller 1947 American English
15835 Laughter In The Dark Vladimir Nabokov 1932 Russian Russian
15823 The Complete Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
15842 The Game Of Love And Chance Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1730 French French
15854 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15844 Bodyguard Of Lies Anthony Cave Brown 1975 British English
15916 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Unknown 1903 Multiple Russian
15916 The Works of George Peele George Peele 1593 British English
15916 Diamonds Are Forever Ian Fleming 1956 British English
15884 Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic) P. G. Wodehouse 1929 British English
15916 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15916 The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer 1950 British English
15916 The West Pier Patrick Hamilton 1952 British English
15916 The Financial Expert R. K. Narayan 1952 Indian English
15916 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15916 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15916 The Dispute Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1744 French French
15916 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15916 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15916 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15916 The Wicked Pavilion Dawn Powell 1954 American English
15916 Classic Crimes William Roughead 1951 Scottish English
15916 Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard Georges Simenon 1953 Belgian French
15916 Charlotte Temple Susanna Haswell Rowson 1791 American English
15916 The Red Right Hand Joel Townsley Rogers 1945 American English
15905 The Adventures Of Gil Blas Alain-René Le Sage 1715 French French
15916 The Sands Of Windee Arthur William Upfield 1931 Australian English
15916 The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White 1936 British English
16525 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
15916 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ian Fleming 1963 British English
16518 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1975 American English
15916 Above The Dark Circus Hugh Walpole 1931 British English
15916 The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing 1946 American English
15916 The Case Of The Abominable Snowman Nicholas Blake 1941 British English
15916 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15916 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15916 An Oxford Tragedy J. C. Masterman 1933 British English
15916 The Red Box Rex Stout 1937 American English
15916 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
15888 Ocean Of The Streams Of Story Somadeva 1063 Indian Sanskrit
16542 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16625 Le Dindon Georges Feydeau 1896 French French
16549 Moonraker Ian Fleming 1955 British English
16550 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16534 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
16650 The Ballad of Peckham Rye Muriel Spark 1960 British English
16692 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16700 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16787 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
16650 The Red Thumb Mark R Austin Freeman 1907 British English
16646 Curtain Agatha Christie 1975 British English
16772 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16781 De Dødes Tjern André Bjerke 1942 Norwegian Norwegian
16712 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17163 The Great Man Kate Christensen 2007 American English
17163 Killshot Elmore Leonard 1989 American English
17163 The Soul of Kindness Elizabeth Taylor 1964 British English
17163 Sleeping Beauty Ross Macdonald 1973 American English
17163 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17163 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17163 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17163 The Widow Fiona Barton 2016 British English
17163 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
16935 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17163 The Impressionist Hari Kunzru 2002 British English
17163 The Devil In The Dustbin Indi Rana 1989 Unknown Unknown
17163 Miss Mole E. H. Young 1930 British English
17163 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17163 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17163 The Sugar Mother Elizabeth Jolley 1988 Australian English
17163 The Night In Question Tobias Wolff 1996 American English
17163 Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre 2010 British English
17163 The Lambs Of London Peter Ackroyd 2004 British English
17163 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
17163 Betrayal Harold Pinter 1978 British English
17163 Good People David Lindsay-Abaire 2011 American English
17110 The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 1952 British English
17024 Black Comedy Peter Shaffer 1965 British English
17163 Castle In The Air Diana Wynne Jones 1990 British English
17163 The Pentagon Papers New York Times 1971 American English
17163 The Golden Butterfly Walter Besant, James Rice 1876 British English
17163 The Firm Of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 British English
17163 Hard Cash Charles Reade 1863 British English
17163 Inside The Bar George Whyte-Melville 1872 British English
17163 At Freddie's Penelope Fitzgerald 1982 British English
17163 The Golden Spur Dawn Powell 1962 American English
17163 Adam Ariel Schrag 2014 American English
17163 The Isle Of Youth Laura Van den Berg 2013 American English
17163 The Islanders Christopher Priest 2011 British English
17163 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English