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
14230 The King Must Die Mary Renault 1958 British English
14232 The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 American English
14410 Greek Tragedies 1 David Grene 1955 Unknown English
14448 Q & A Vikas Swarup 2005 Indian English
14498 The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy 1988 British English
14786 The Beast in the Jungle Henry James 1903 American English
14983 Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut 1985 American English
14983 Forward The Foundation Isaac Asimov 1993 American English
14983 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
15608 Chance Joseph Conrad 1913 British English
15740 The Three Theban Plays Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
15735 The Iliad / The Odyssey Homer -762 Greek Ancient greek
15761 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15897 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
16489 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16745 Kādambarī Bānabhaṭṭa 650 Indian Sanskrit
16651 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
16642 Slaughter House Five Ryan North 1969 Unknown Unknown
16847 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17119 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt 1994 British English
17119 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17119 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17119 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks 2008 American English
17119 The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin 2018 American English
17119 The Witch's Heart Genevieve Gornichec 2021 American English
17119 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17119 With A Tangled Skein Piers Anthony 1985 American English
17119 Practical Demonkeeping Christopher Moore 1992 American English
17095 Vis And Ramin Fakhraddin Gorgani 1048 Persian Persian
17071 Victoria Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian Norwegian
17114 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
16796 The Biography Of Ying Ying Yuan Zhen 820 Chinese Classical chinese
17119 Cursed Fates Caroline Peckham 2022 Unknown English
17119 Reverend Insanity Gu Zhen Re 2015 Chinese Chinese
16905 Fate Is The Hunter Ernest K. Gann 1961 American English
17119 Teresa Degli Oracoli Cecconi 2020 Unknown Italian
17119 The Wicked Day Mary Stewart 1983 British English
17119 The Luck Of Huemac Daniel Peters 1981 Unknown English
17119 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17119 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17119 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
16837 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
16886 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17039 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17119 Man In The Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 2013 American English
17119 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17119 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17119 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
16889 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17119 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17119 रश्मिरथी Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' 1981 Indian Hindi
17119 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
16857 Iliad & Odyssey Homer -749 Greek Ancient greek (homeric greek)
17119 1 Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17107 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English