The Greatest Books of All Time on Dictatorship

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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
701 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 Peruvian Spanish
716 Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925 German German
1260 The President Miguel Angel Asturias 1946 Guatemalan Spanish
1635 The Autumn of the Patriarch Gabriel García Márquez 1975 Colombian Spanish
1917 In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez 1994 Dominican English
2481 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich William L. Shirer 1960 American English
2631 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht 1941 German German
2927 The Return Hisham Matar 2016 Libyan English
3237 The Man Died Wole Soyinka 1972 Nigerian English
3896 The Meaning of Hitler Sebastian Haffner 1978 German German
4365 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4443 Oblivion Héctor Abad Faciolince 2006 Colombian Spanish
4453 Zurita Raul Zurita 1979 Chilean Spanish
4981 The Emperor Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
5149 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez 2002 American English
5438 Communism In Spain In The Franco Era Jorge Semprún 1980 Spanish Spanish
6102 Life and a Half Sony Labou Tansi 1979 French French
8062 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8466 The Successor Ismail Kadare 2003 Albanian Albanian
9540 A Case Of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif 2008 Pakistani English
9743 Reasons Of State Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
10063 Die Totalitäre Erfahrung Karl Dietrich Bracher 1987 German German
10453 Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number Jacobo Timerman 1981 Argentinian Spanish
10495 A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare 2023 Albanian Unknown
10997 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
11257 Scraps Of Life Marjorie Agosín 1983 Chilean Spanish
11576 The Last Days of Hitler Hugh Trevor-Roper 1947 British English
11941 The Pope and Mussolini David I. Kertzer 2014 American English
13589 The Coup John Updike 1978 American English
13600 Cry, Mother Spain Lydie Salvayre 2014 French French
13818 M Antonio Scurati 2018 Italian Italian
14650 The Myth Of The Strong Leader Archie Brown 2014 British English
14718 El Supremo Edward Lucas White 1916 American English
14985 Rubicon Tom Holland 2003 British English
14985 Hitler And Stalin Alan Bullock 1991 British English
14985 Hitler Ian Kershaw 1998 British English
15667 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
17162 I, The Supreme Augusto Roa Bastos 1974 Paraguayan Spanish