The Greatest Books of All Time on Free Will

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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
18 The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 Russian Russian
84 Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut 1969 American English
127 Paradise Lost John Milton 1667 British English
153 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 1962 British English
193 East of Eden John Steinbeck 1952 American English
412 Jacques the Fatalist and His Master Denis Diderot 1796 French French
529 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
793 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1959 American English
904 Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut 1973 American English
1698 Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang 2002 American English
1828 The Mysterious Stranger Mark Twain 1916 American English
2723 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
2781 Mist Miguel de Unamuno 1914 Spanish English
3055 The Sinful Ones Fritz Leiber 1953 American English
3127 The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis 1942 British English
5482 The Inferno Dante Alighieri 1308 Italian Italian
5905 Notes From Underground & Other Stories Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 Russian Russian
6899 Exhalation Ted Chiang 2019 American English
7812 Cain José Saramago 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
8542 Milton's God William Empson 1961 British English
11663 Philosophical Explanations Robert Nozick 1981 American English
13600 Hath Not The Potter Maxence Van Der Meersch 1936 French English
13716 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13731 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick 2002 American English
15916 Paradise Lost And Other Poems John Milton 1667 British English
15903 Space Trilogy C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
16672 Slaughter House Five Ryan North 1969 Unknown Unknown
16637 The Brothers Karamazov Fedor Dostoyevsky 1880 Russian Russian
16782 Will To Believe And Other Essays In Popular Philosophy William James 1897 American English
17162 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17162 What Does It All Mean? Thomas Nagel 1987 American English
17162 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17162 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17162 You Are Not A Brain Markus Gabriel 2015 German German
17162 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick American English
16919 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
17162 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17162 East Of Eden & Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck American Unknown