The Greatest Books of All Time on Exile

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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
17163 Complete Critical Prose And Letters Osip Mandelstam 1997 Russian Russian
17163 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17163 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17163 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17163 Selected Poems Su Tung–p’o Chinese Chinese
17163 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17163 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17163 Revelation Freshly Erupting Nelly Sachs German German
17163 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17163 Strangers And Sojourners Michael O'Brien 1997 Canadian English
17163 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17163 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17163 Watermark Joseph Brodsky 1989 Unknown English
17163 A Hand Full Of Stars Rafik Schami 1985 German German
17163 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown
17059 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German