The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Eastern Europe
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 959 | A Tomb for Boris Davidovich | Danilo Kiš | 1976 | Serbian | Serbo-croatian | |
| 1181 | The Painted Bird | Jerzy Kosinski | 1965 | Polish | English | |
| 4101 | Purge | Sofi Oksanen | 2008 | Finnish | Finnish | |
| 4804 | The Dybbuk | S. Ansky | 1914 | Russian | Yiddish | |
| 5447 | Imperium | Ryszard Kapuscinski | 1993 | Polish | Polish | |
| 6882 | The Haunted Land | Tina Rosenberg | 1995 | American | English | |
| 12206 | Laurus | Eugene Vodolazkin | 2012 | Russian | Russian | |
| 12514 | How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed | Slavenka Drakulic | 1991 | Croatian | English | |
| 17126 | Iron Curtain | Anne Applebaum | 2012 | American | English |