The Greatest Books of All Time on Evil

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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
17 The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1959 English English
378 Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin 1820 British English
463 The Songs of Maldoror Comte de Lautréamont 1868 French French
866 The Black Spider Jeremias Gotthelf 1842 Swiss German
981 It Stephen King 1986 American English
1088 The Dwarf Par Lagerkvist 1944 Swedish Swedish
1159 Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt 1963 German English
1288 The 13 Clocks James Thurber 1950 American English
1293 Salem's Lot Stephen King 1975 American English
1314 Under Satan's Sun Georges Bernanos 1926 French French
1370 The House Of Souls Arthur Machen 1906 British English
1459 The City of God Augustine 413 Roman Latin
1528 The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius 524 Roman Latin
1713 The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1894 British English
2182 The Little Demon Fedor Sologub 1907 Russian Russian
2224 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
2689 The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein 1984 American English
3137 The Keep F. Paul Wilson 1981 American English
3243 Death Is My Trade Robert Merle 1952 French French
3465 Murgunstrumm And Others Hugh B. Cave 1977 American English
3510 Alone With The Horrors Ramsey Campbell 1993 British English
3551 The Cloven Viscount Italo Calvino 1952 Italian Italian
4517 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 1965 American English
5131 The Influence Ramsey Campbell 1988 British English
8542 Milton's God William Empson 1961 British English
11605 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
12326 Reading The Holocaust Inga Clendinnen 1999 Australian English
14359 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
14985 Floating Dragon Peter Straub 1983 American English
15817 Into That Darkness Gitta Sereny 1974 British English
15845 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15914 Old House Of Fear Russell Kirk 1961 American English
15913 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
16587 Screwtape Letters Clive Staples Lewis 1942 British English
17158 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil Stephen Collins 2013 British English
17158 Evil In Modern Thought Susan Neiman 2002 American English
17158 Odd Thomas Dean R. Koontz 2003 American English
17158 Desperation Stephen King 1996 American English
17158 Orthodoxy And The Kingdom Of Satan Spyridon Bailey Unknown English
17158 Mefisto Kulübü Tess Gerritsen 2006 American English
17158 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17158 All The Fiends Of Hell Adam Nevill British Unknown
17158 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English