The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Finland

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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
1053 The Kalevala Elias Lönnrot 1835 Finnish Finnish
1263 The Summer Book Tove Jansson 1972 Finnish Swedish
1269 The Unknown Soldier Väinö Linna 1954 Finnish Finnish
2132 Seven Brothers Aleksis Kivi 1870 Finnish Finnish
3215 The Year of the Hare Arto Paasilinna 1975 Finnish Finnish
4688 In Search Of The Miraculous P.D. Ouspensky 1947 Russian English
5615 The Mushroom At The End Of The World Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 American English
5939 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
6791 The True Deceiver Tove Jansson 1982 Finnish Swedish
8406 Meek Heritage Frans Eemil Sillanpää 1919 Finnish Finnish
9342 Not Before Sundown Johanna Sinisalo 2000 Finnish Finnish
10211 Neuromaani Jaakko Yli-Juonikas 2012 Finnish Finnish
10979 They Know Not What They Do Jussi Valtonen 2014 Finnish Finnish
11346 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12657 Eager Ben Goldfarb 2018 American English
14324 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14405 Blaue Frau Antje Rávik Strubel 2021 German German
14698 The Looking Glass War John le Carré 1965 British English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
16863 Mr Puntila And His Man Matti Bertolt Brecht 1940 German German
17164 Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida 2007 American English
17164 My Cat Yugoslavia Pajtim Statovci 2014 Finnish Finnish
17164 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17164 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage 村上春樹 2013 Japanese Japanese
17164 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2013 Japanese Japanese
17164 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17164 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17164 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17164 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17164 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17164 Under The North Star 3 Väinö Linna 1962 Finnish Finnish
17164 Kersantin Poika Veijo Meri 1971 Finnish Finnish
17164 Siinä Näkijä Missä Tekijä Hannu Salama 1972 Finnish Finnish
17164 A Day In Ostrobothnia Antti Tuuri 1982 Finnish Finnish
17164 The Sun, My Father Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1988 Unknown Sami
17164 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17164 Who Killed Bambi? Monika Fagerholm 2019 Finnish Swedish
17164 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17164 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian