The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Denmark

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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
71 Hamlet William Shakespeare 1600 British English
225 Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen 1835 Danish Danish
669 Beowulf Unknown 1000 Unknown Old english
862 Smilla's Sense of Snow Peter Høeg 1992 Danish Danish
1514 Pelle The Conqueror Martin Andersen Nexø 1906 Danish Danish
1582 Quicksand Nella Larsen 1928 American English
1592 Niels Lyhne Jens Peter Jacobson 1880 Danish Danish
1988 Seven Gothic Tales Isak Dinesen 1934 Danish English
2654 Iceland’s Bell Halldor Laxness 1943 Icelandic Icelandic
2690 Dependency Tove Ditlevsen 1971 Danish Danish
2691 Childhood Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
2744 Ved Vejen Herman Bang 1886 Danish Danish
2752 Out Of Africa Karen Blixen 1937 Danish Danish
2884 Physics And Beyond Werner Heisenberg 1971 German German
3573 Youth Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
4124 Either Or Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
4463 The Royal Physician's Visit Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
4871 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
5152 The Copenhagen Trilogy Tiina Nunnally, Michael Favala Goldman, Tove Ditlevsen 1967 Danish Danish
5171 Anecdotes of Destiny Isak Dinesen 1958 Danish Danish
5863 Winter's Tales Isak Dinesen 1942 Danish Danish
5939 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
6005 Seven Gothic Tales Karen Blixen 1934 Danish Danish
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
7681 The Long Journey Johannes V. Jensen 1908 Danish Danish
8107 The Dangerous Age Karin Michaelis 1910 Danish Danish
8107 Early Spring Tove Ditlevsen 1940 Danish Danish
9151 Mercy Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 Danish Danish
9192 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9376 Stolen Spring Hans Scherfig 1940 Danish Danish
9979 Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors 2016 Danish English
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10400 The Bog People P. V. Glob 1965 Danish Danish
10542 My Struggle: Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgård 2011 Norwegian Norwegian
11131 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11167 Scattered All Over The Earth Yoko Tawada 2018 Japanese Japanese
11345 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11566 The Sickness Unto Death Soren Kierkegaard 1849 Danish Danish
11612 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11650 Money To Burn Asta Olivia Nordenhof 2020 Danish Danish
11662 Isak Dinesen Judith Thurman 1982 American English
11825 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
12049 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
13543 The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner 1976 American English
13792 When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back Naja Marie Aidt 2017 Danish Danish
14232 Copenhagen Michael Frayn 1998 British English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14387 Sublunar Harald Voetmann 2022 Danish Danish
14785 Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
14957 Lucky Per Henrik Pontoppidan 1898 Danish Danish
14985 Number The Stars Lois Lowry 1989 American English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14985 Baboon Naja Marie Aidt 2006 Danish Danish
15725 The Diary Of A Parish Clerk Steen Steensen Blicher 1824 Danish Danish
15740 Deliver Us From Love Suzanne Brogger 1976 Danish Danish
15915 Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature Niels Bohr 1932 Danish English
15915 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
15915 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15907 Angle Of Repose, The Spectator Bird, Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner 1971 American English
16506 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16582 The Fall Of The King Johannes V. Jensen 1900 Danish Danish
16600 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16604 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16733 Diary Of A Seducer Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
17161 Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology Niels Bohr 1949 Danish Unknown
17161 Butterfly Valley Inger Christensen 1991 Danish Danish
17161 Winter’s Child Dea Trier Morch 1976 Danish Danish
16961 Jammers Minde Leonora Christina 1869 Danish Danish
17109 Terminal Innocence Klaus Rifbjerg 1958 Danish Unknown
16792 The Present Age Soren Kierkegaard 1846 Danish Danish
17161 Woman At 1000 Degrees Hallgrímur Helgason 2011 Icelandic Icelandic
16912 The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, Volume 2 William Shakespeare 1623 British English
17161 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17161 An Exclusive Love Johanna Adorján 2009 German German
17161 Bonk Mary Roach 2008 American English
17161 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17161 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17161 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17161 Caspar David Friedrich Markus Bertsch, Johannes Grave 2024 Unknown German
17161 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17161 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17161 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Marriage Question Clare Carlisle 2022 British English
17161 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17161 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17161 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17161 The Legionnaires Per Olov Enquist 1968 Swedish Swedish
17161 Anna, I, Anna Klaus Rifbjerg 1969 Danish Danish
17161 Coast Of Slaves, Ships Of Slaves And Islands Of Slaves Thorkild Hansen 1967 Danish Danish
17161 Bang. En Roman Om Herman Bang Dorrit Willumsen 1996 Danish Danish
17161 I Curse The River Of Time Per Petterson 2008 Norwegian Norwegian
17161 The Prophets Of Eternal Fjord Kim Leine 2012 Danish Danish
17161 After The Sun Jonas Eika 2018 Danish Danish
17161 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17161 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17161 Camille Pissarro Anka Muhlstein 2023 Unknown French
16906 Attack Upon Christendom Soren Kierkegaard 1944 Danish Danish
17161 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17161 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17094 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17161 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17161 Journals And Papers Soren Kierkegaard 1839 Danish Danish
17161 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English