The Greatest Books of All Time on Discipline

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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
687 The Time of the Hero Mario Vargas Llosa 1963 Peruvian Spanish
835 The Art of War Sun Tzu -500 Chinese Classical chinese
1265 On Writing Stephen King 2000 American English
1301 The Road Less Traveled M. Scott Peck 1978 American English
1733 Zen In The Art Of Archery Eugen Herrigel 1948 German German
1959 Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault 1975 French French
2327 Tom Brown's School Days Thomas Hughes 1857 British English
3810 The Writing Life Annie Dillard 1989 American English
4554 A Naughty Boy G'afur G'ulоm 1940 Uzbek Uzbek
5110 The War Of Art Steven Pressfield 2002 American English
5625 School At The Frontier Géza Ottlik 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5665 The boys Henry de Montherlant 1969 French French
6588 American Shaolin Matthew Polly 2007 American English
8897 Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1836 British English
8983 Good Little Girls Countess of Ségur. 1857 French French
10514 Sweet Days of Discipline Fleur Jaeggy 1989 Swiss Italian
10745 Spanking The Maid Robert Coover 1982 American English
13359 Household Education Harriet Martineau 1848 British English
13986 Parenting With Love And Logic Foster Cline 1990 American English
14130 Passagère Du Silence Fabienne Verdier 2001 French French
14750 Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa 1935 Japanese Japanese
14983 12 Rules For Life Jordan B. Peterson 2018 Canadian English
14983 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
15897 Study Is Hard Work William H. Armstrong 1956 American English
15897 Mutiny On The Bounty Charles Nordhoff 1932 American English
15897 Seven Little Australians Ethel Turner 1894 Australian English
16489 Sun & Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
16743 Mutiny on the Bounty William Bligh 1932 British English
16719 Life With Father Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse 1939 American English
16794 Sun And Steel Yukio Mishima 1968 Japanese Japanese
17117 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17117 No Excuses! Brian Tracy 2010 American English
17117 They Call Me Coach John Wooden, Jack Tobin 1972 American English
17117 Miss Nelson Is Missing! Harry Allard 1977 American English
17117 Zen In The Art Of Writing Ray Bradbury 1990 American English
17117 On Becoming A Novelist John Gardner 1983 American English
17117 Writing Down The Bones Natalie Goldberg 1986 American English
17117 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17117 The Combat Codes Charles Darwin Unknown Unknown
17117 Trading In The Zone Mark Douglas 2000 American English
17117 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
17117 Never Let Go Dan John 2009 Unknown English
17117 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English
17117 Master At Arms Rafael Sabatini British English