The Greatest Books of All Time on Freedom

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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
15922 Idealism And The Endgame Of Theory F. W. J. Schelling 1800 German German
15922 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
15922 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Henriette Roosenburg 1957 Dutch English
15922 All Passion Spent Vita Sackville-West 1931 British English
15922 Stray Birds Rabindranath Tagore 1916 Indian Bengali
15922 Summer Edith Wharton 1917 American English
15922 The Myth Of Mental Illness Thomas Szasz 1961 American English
15922 Sister Of The Road Bertha Thompson 1937 American English
15922 In Defence Of Politics Bernard Crick 1962 British English
15922 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15922 The Jew Of Rome Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15922 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
15922 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
15922 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15922 Plymouth Adventure Ernest Gebler 1952 Irish English
15922 Conceived In Liberty Howard Fast 1945 American English
15922 Citizen Tom Paine Howard Fast 1943 American English
15922 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
15922 Trumpet To Arms Bruce Lancaster 1944 Unknown English
15922 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker S. Weir Mitchell 1896 American English
15922 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15922 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15922 Lydia Bailey Kenneth Roberts 1940 American English
15922 The Unconquered Ben Ames Williams 1953 American English
15922 None Dare Call It Treason John A. Stormer 1964 American English
15922 Childhood, Youth And Exile Alexander Herzen 1852 Russian Russian
15922 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15922 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
15920 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
16640 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16729 The Stars, Like Dust Isaac Asimov 1951 American English
16747 Exiles James Joyce 1918 Irish English
16706 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
16794 Caligula Albert Camus 1944 French French
16682 The Undiscovered Self C.G. Jung 1957 Swiss German
16646 100 Selected Poems E. E. Cummings 1954 American English
16716 The Ethics Of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir 1947 French French
16786 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
16653 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16699 Travel Light Naomi Mitchison 1952 British English
16769 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
16746 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
17173 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17173 The PowerBook Jeanette Winterson 2000 British English
17173 The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall 2007 British English
17173 Theory of War Joan Brady 1993 American English
17173 The War of Independence Claude H. Van Tyne 1929 American English
17173 Been in the Storm So Long Leon F. Litwack 1979 American English
17173 Liberty's Exiles Maya Jasanoff 2011 American English
17173 Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1973 American English
16928 The Flight from the Enchanter Iris Murdoch 1956 British English
17173 How Democracies Perish Jean François Revel 1983 French French
17173 A Testament of Hope Martin Luther King 1986 American English
17173 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17173 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17173 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17173 Friday Robert A. Heinlein 1982 American English
16961 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
17117 Logan's Run William F. Nolan 1967 American English
17173 The Lost Girl D. H. Lawrence 1920 British English
17173 Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz 1997 Mexican English
17173 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17173 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17173 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17173 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17097 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17173 Love Her Wild Atticus 2017 Canadian English
17173 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17173 The Collected Works Of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley 1988 American English
17173 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17173 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
17173 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17071 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 American English
17173 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17173 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17173 The Other Shore Xingjian Gao 1986 Chinese Chinese
17173 The Art Of Choosing Sheena Iyengar 2010 American English
17173 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17173 Blood On The River Marjoleine Kars 2020 British English
17173 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French
17173 Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros 1991 American English
17173 At Canaan's Edge Taylor Branch 2006 American English
17173 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17173 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17173 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17173 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17173 5150 One Who Flew Into The Cuckoo's Nest Kathi Stringer 2007 American Unknown
17173 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17173 A Tunnel Lit By A Woman Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih 1995 Libyan Unknown
17173 Confessions Of A Silencer Mu’nis al-Razzaz 1986 Jordanian Arabic
17173 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17173 Door To The Courtyard Sahar Khalifeh 1995 Palestinian Arabic
17173 Wandering Wings Jawad Al-Sidawi Unknown Unknown
17173 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17173 The Courage To Be Disliked Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 2013 Japanese Japanese
17173 Finding Freedom Erin French 2021 American English
17173 The Meaning Of Freedom Angela Davis 2012 American English
17173 Free To Learn Peter O. Gray 2013 American English
17173 The Wall Jumper Peter Schneider 1982 German German
17173 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17173 The Music Of Chance Paul Auster 1990 American English
17173 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17173 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17173 My Sad Republic Eric Gamalinda 2000 Filipino English
17173 Teaching To Transgress bell hooks 1994 American English
17173 Gild Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17173 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17173 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17173 The Eyes And The Impossible Dave Eggers 2023 American English
17173 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17173 The Winthrop Woman Anya Seton 1958 American English
17173 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17173 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17173 The Basic Political Writings Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1987 French French
17173 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17173 Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption Stephen King 1982 American English
17173 Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17173 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17173 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17173 The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton 1985 American English