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
17117 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 1986 American English
16876 A Flea In Her Ear Georges Feydeau 1907 French French
17117 Liespotting Pamela Meyer 2010 American English
17117 Hermit Of Peking Hugh Trevor-Roper 1976 British English
17117 Some Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs Johnson Jones Hooper 1845 American English
17117 The Quaker City, Or The Monks Of Monk Hall George Lippard 1845 American English
17117 Inside The Company Philip Agee 1975 American English
17117 My Silent War Kim Philby 1968 British English
17117 The Whirlpool Qamar Kilani Syrian Unknown
17117 The Conspiracy Faraj Al-Huwar Unknown Unknown
17117 Coyote Waits Tony Hillerman 1990 American English
17117 Lying Low Diane Johnson 1990 American English
17117 The Informant Kurt Eichenwald 2000 American English
17117 Dark Places Gillian Flynn 2009 American English
17117 A Spy Among Friends Ben Macintyre 2014 British English
17117 His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle 1917 British English
17117 Only Time Will Tell Jeffrey Archer 2011 British English
17117 The Simple Art Of Murder Raymond Chandler 1950 American English
16997 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17117 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17117 Darth Plagueis James Luceno 2012 American English
16808 King Henry Vi, Part 2 William Shakespeare 1594 British English
17117 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17117 813 Maurice Leblanc 1910 French French
17117 Tutt And Mr Tutt Arthur Cheney Train 1920 American English
17117 Murder At School James Hilton 1931 British English
17117 Drink To Yesterday Manning Coles 1940 British English
17117 Verdict Of Twelve Raymond Postgate 1940 British English
17117 Love Lies Bleeding Edmund Crispin 1948 British English
17117 The Ark Sakura Kobo Abé 1984 Japanese Japanese
17117 All In Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 American English
17117 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17117 Miss Nelson Is Missing! Harry Allard 1977 American English
17117 The English Understand Wool Helen DeWitt 2022 Unknown English
17117 白夜行 [Byakuyakō] Keigo Higashino 1999 Japanese Japanese
17117 Dan Brown Omnibus Dan Brown 2004 American English
17117 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17117 The Fabulous Clipjoint Frederick Brown 1947 American English
17117 Five Roundabouts To Heaven John Bingham 1953 British English
17117 Post Mortem Guy Cullingford 1953 British English
17117 The Party At No. 5 Shelley Smith 1964 Unknown English
17117 Gideon’s Week John Creasey 1956 British English
17117 Mystery Stories Stanley Ellin 1956 American English
17117 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17117 Gun Before Butter Nicolas Freeling 1963 British English
17117 Murder Against The Grain Emma Lathen 1967 American English
17117 The Last Best Friend George Sims 1967 British English
17117 Mr. Splitfoot Helen McCloy 1968 American English
17117 The Tremor Of Forgery Patricia Highsmith 1969 American English
17117 Young Man, I Think You're Dying Joan Fleming 1970 British English
17117 Beyond This Point Are Monsters Margaret Millar 1970 Canadian English
17117 The Players And The Game Julian Symons 1972 British English
17117 Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Stanley Ellin 1972 American English
17117 The Long Shadow Celia Fremlin 1975 British English
17117 The Naked Nuns Colin Watson 1975 British English
17117 A Death In The Life Dorothy Salisbury Davis 1976 American English
17117 Nobody's Perfect Donald E. Westlake 1977 American English
17117 A Pinch Of Snuff Reginald Hill 1978 British English
17117 Skinflick Joseph Hansen 1979 American English
17117 Kill Claudio P. M. Hubbard 1979 British English
17117 All On A Summer's Day John Wainwright 1981 British English
17117 To Make A Killing June Thomson 1982 British English
17117 The Artful Egg James McClure 1984 South African English
17117 Diary Of A Void Emi Yagi 2020 Japanese Japanese
17117 What I Saw And How I Lied Judy Blundell 2008 American English
17117 Trick Domenico Starnone 2016 Italian Italian
17117 Sammy Keyes And The Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen 1998 American English
17117 End Games Michael Dibdin 2007 British English
17117 Graven Images Paul Fleischman 1982 American English
17117 May Contain Lies Alex Edmans Unknown Unknown
17062 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
16989 The Tales Of Sendebar Unknown -100 Multiple Sanskrit
17083 Uncle’s Dream Fyodor Dostoevsky 1859 Russian Russian
17117 Chato’s Kitchen Gary Soto 1995 American English
17117 Lon Po Po Ed Young 1989 American English
17117 One Of Us Knows Alyssa Cole Unknown Unknown
17117 Twisted Lies Ana Huang 2022 Unknown English
17117 Velvet Was The Night Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 Mexican English
17117 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
16764 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17117 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17117 The Kills Patrick House 2013 Unknown English
17117 Eichmann Before Jerusalem Bettina Stangneth 2011 German German
17117 Entered From The Sun George Garrett 1990 American English
17117 Tales Of The Unexpected Roald Dahl 1979 British English
17117 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17117 Where Eagles Dare Alistair MacLean 1967 British English
17117 The Third Man And Other Stories Graham Greene 2011 British English
17117 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17117 Antichrist Cecelia Holland 1970 Unknown English
17117 Golden Hand Edith Simon 1961 Unknown English
17117 Stage Of Fools Charles Brady Unknown English
17117 The Firedrake's Eye Patricia Finney 1992 British English
17117 Deception Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1993 Unknown English
17117 The Fourth Man Robert Baer 2022 American English
17117 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17117 To Name The Bigger Lie Sarah Viren 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Stolen Coast Dwyer Murphy 2023 Unknown English
17117 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
17117 A History Of Fake Things On The Internet Walter Scheirer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17117 Lies And Sorcery Elsa Morante 2023 Italian Unknown
17117 The Lies Of The Land Steven Conn 2023 Unknown English
17117 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17117 My Husband Maud Ventura 2023 French French
17117 The Peacock And The Sparrow I. S. Berry 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Kind Worth Saving Peter Swanson 2023 American English
17117 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17117 The Lock Up John Banville 2023 Irish English
17117 The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams Daniel Nayeri 2023 Unknown English
17117 Confidence Rafael Frumkin 2023 Unknown English
17117 Up With The Sun Thomas Mallon 2023 American English
17117 The Red Hotel Alan Philps 2019 Unknown English
17117 Siliniş Tess Gerritsen 2005 American English
17117 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17117 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17117 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17117 Twisted Family Values V.C. Chickering 2018 Unknown English
17117 Havoc Christopher Bollen American Unknown
17117 Cobble Hill Cecily von Ziegesar 2020 American English