The Greatest Books of All Time on Execution

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 743 '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
959 A Tomb for Boris Davidovich Danilo Kiš 1976 Serbian Serbo-croatian
1009 Invitation To A Beheading Vladimir Nabokov 1935 American Russian
2913 Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel 2012 British English
5138 Dawn Elie Wiesel 1961 Romanian French
5723 Anne Of The Thousand Days Maxwell Anderson 1950 American English
5850 Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller 1800 German German
6299 Burial Rites Hannah Kent 2013 Australian English
8940 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
9840 Mary Queen Of Scots Antonia Fraser 1969 British English
10749 Sandalwood Death Yan Mo 2001 Chinese Chinese
11636 The Rosenberg File Ronald Radosh, Joyce Milton 1983 American English
14648 Measure What Matters John Doerr 2017 American English
14901 The Public Burning Robert Coover 1977 American English
15786 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce 1890 American English
15786 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15786 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15786 The Trial Of Charles I C. V. Wedgwood 1964 British English
16546 The Seven Who Were Hanged Leonid Andreyev 1908 Russian Russian
17008 Fatal Purity Ruth Scurr 2006 British English
17008 The 12 Week Year Brian P. Moran 2013 American English