The Greatest Books of All Time on Emancipation
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5575 | Lincoln | Gore Vidal | 1984 | American | English | |
| 7216 | What Is To Be Done? | Nikolay Chernyshevsky | 1863 | Russian | Russian | |
| 8107 | Thirty Years As A Slave And Four Years In The White House | Elizabeth Keckley | 1868 | American | English | |
| 11578 | Abraham Lincoln | Carl Sandburg | 1939 | American | English | |
| 12326 | Lincoln | David Herbert Donald | 1995 | American | English | |
| 14672 | Abraham Lincoln | Lord Charnwood | 1916 | British | English | |
| 14985 | The Fiery Trial | Eric Foner | 2010 | American | English | |
| 14985 | The Internal Enemy | Alan Taylor | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Been in the Storm So Long | Leon F. Litwack | 1979 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Sweet Taste of Liberty | W. Caleb McDaniel | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation | David Brion Davis | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Civil War | Geoffrey C. Ward | 1990 | American | English |