The Greatest Books of All Time on Fate

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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
14231 The King Must Die Mary Renault 1958 British English
14232 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 American English
14411 Greek Tragedies 1 David Grene 1955 Unknown English
14449 Q & A Vikas Swarup 2005 Indian English
14499 The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy 1988 British English
14787 The Beast in the Jungle Henry James 1903 American English
14985 Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut 1985 American English
14985 Forward The Foundation Isaac Asimov 1993 American English
14985 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
15616 Chance Joseph Conrad 1913 British English
15749 The Three Theban Plays Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
15743 The Iliad / The Odyssey Homer -762 Greek Ancient greek
15774 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15916 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
16507 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16601 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16593 Iliad & Odyssey Homer -749 Greek Ancient greek (homeric greek)
16534 Mahabharata Ganguli, translator 1883 Indian English
16605 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16783 Kādambarī Bānabhaṭṭa 650 Indian Sanskrit
16677 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
16685 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
16672 Slaughter House Five Ryan North 1969 Unknown Unknown
16888 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17162 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt 1994 British English
17162 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17162 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17162 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks 2008 American English
17162 The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin 2018 American English
17162 The Witch's Heart Genevieve Gornichec 2021 American English
17162 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17162 With A Tangled Skein Piers Anthony 1985 American English
17162 Practical Demonkeeping Christopher Moore 1992 American English
17153 Vis And Ramin Fakhraddin Gorgani 1048 Persian Persian
17159 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
17103 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
16834 The Biography Of Ying Ying Yuan Zhen 820 Chinese Classical chinese
17162 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17162 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
16951 Fate Is The Hunter Ernest K. Gann 1961 American English
17162 Teresa Degli Oracoli Cecconi 2020 Unknown Italian
17162 The Wicked Day Mary Stewart 1983 British English
17162 The Luck Of Huemac Daniel Peters 1981 Unknown English
17162 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17162 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17162 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
16875 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
16901 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17063 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17162 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
17162 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17162 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17162 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17162 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17162 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17162 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17162 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17162 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17162 La Boutique Del Mistero Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17139 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English