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
15902 Idealism And The Endgame Of Theory F. W. J. Schelling 1800 German German
15902 The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard 1938 Danish English
15902 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Henriette Roosenburg 1957 Dutch English
15902 All Passion Spent Vita Sackville-West 1931 British English
15902 Stray Birds Rabindranath Tagore 1916 Indian Bengali
15902 Summer Edith Wharton 1917 American English
15902 The Myth Of Mental Illness Thomas Szasz 1961 American English
15902 Sister Of The Road Bertha Thompson 1937 American English
15902 In Defence Of Politics Bernard Crick 1962 British English
15902 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15902 The Jew Of Rome Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15902 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
15902 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
15902 The Eagle And The Rock Frances Winwar 1944 Unknown English
15902 Plymouth Adventure Ernest Gebler 1952 Irish English
15902 Conceived In Liberty Howard Fast 1945 American English
15902 Citizen Tom Paine Howard Fast 1943 American English
15902 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
15902 Trumpet To Arms Bruce Lancaster 1944 Unknown English
15902 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker S. Weir Mitchell 1896 American English
15902 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15902 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15902 Lydia Bailey Kenneth Roberts 1940 American English
15902 The Unconquered Ben Ames Williams 1953 American English
15902 None Dare Call It Treason John A. Stormer 1964 American English
15902 Childhood, Youth And Exile Alexander Herzen 1852 Russian Russian
15902 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright 1942 American English
15902 The Naked Woman Armonía Somers 1950 Uruguayan Spanish
16487 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
16611 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16694 The Stars, Like Dust Isaac Asimov 1951 American English
16713 Exiles James Joyce 1918 Irish English
16670 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
16650 The Undiscovered Self C.G. Jung 1957 Swiss German
16614 100 Selected Poems E. E. Cummings 1954 American English
16690 The Ethics Of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir 1947 French French
16756 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
16623 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16707 Travel Light Naomi Mitchison 1952 British English
16741 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
16720 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
17131 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17131 The PowerBook Jeanette Winterson 2000 British English
17131 The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall 2007 British English
17131 Theory of War Joan Brady 1993 American English
17131 The War of Independence Claude H. Van Tyne 1929 American English
17131 Been in the Storm So Long Leon F. Litwack 1979 American English
17131 Liberty's Exiles Maya Jasanoff 2011 American English
17131 Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1973 American English
16893 The Flight from the Enchanter Iris Murdoch 1956 British English
17131 How Democracies Perish Jean François Revel 1983 French French
17131 A Testament of Hope Martin Luther King 1986 American English
17131 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17131 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17131 The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2015 American English
17131 Friday Robert A. Heinlein 1982 American English
16924 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
17073 Logan's Run William F. Nolan 1967 American English
17131 The Lost Girl D. H. Lawrence 1920 British English
17131 Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz 1997 Mexican English
17131 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17131 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17131 Art Matters Neil Gaiman 2018 British English
17131 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17068 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17131 Love Her Wild Atticus 2017 Canadian English
17131 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17131 The Collected Works Of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley 1988 American English
17131 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17131 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
17131 The Inescapable Self Timothy Chappell 2006 British English
17033 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 American English
17131 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17131 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17131 The Other Shore Xingjian Gao 1986 Chinese Chinese
17131 The Art Of Choosing Sheena Iyengar 2010 American English
17131 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17131 Blood On The River Marjoleine Kars 2020 British English
17131 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French
17131 Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros 1991 American English
17131 At Canaan's Edge Taylor Branch 2006 American English
17131 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17131 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17131 On Such A Full Sea Chang-rae Lee 2014 American English
17131 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17131 5150 One Who Flew Into The Cuckoo's Nest Kathi Stringer 2007 American Unknown
17131 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17131 A Tunnel Lit By A Woman Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih 1995 Libyan Unknown
17131 Confessions Of A Silencer Mu’nis al-Razzaz 1986 Jordanian Arabic
17131 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17131 Door To The Courtyard Sahar Khalifeh 1995 Palestinian Arabic
17131 Wandering Wings Jawad Al-Sidawi Unknown Unknown
17131 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 The Courage To Be Disliked Ichirō Kishimi, Fumitake Koga 2013 Japanese Japanese
17131 Finding Freedom Erin French 2021 American English
16772 Caligula Albert Camus 1944 French French
17131 The Meaning Of Freedom Angela Davis 2012 American English
17131 Free To Learn Peter O. Gray 2013 American English
17131 The Wall Jumper Peter Schneider 1982 German German
17131 A Closed And Common Orbit Becky Chambers 2016 American English
17131 The Music Of Chance Paul Auster 1990 American English
17131 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17131 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17131 My Sad Republic Eric Gamalinda 2000 Filipino English
17131 Teaching To Transgress bell hooks 1994 American English
17131 Gild Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17131 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17131 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17131 The Eyes And The Impossible Dave Eggers 2023 American English
17131 Son Lois Lowry 2012 American English
17131 The Winthrop Woman Anya Seton 1958 American English
17131 Gould's Book Of Fish Richard Flanagan 2001 Australian English
17131 The Sovereign Individual James West Davidson 1997 Unknown English
17131 The Basic Political Writings Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1987 French French
17131 Psychopolitics Byung-Chul Han 2017 German German
17131 Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption Stephen King 1982 American English
17131 Eleven Minutes Paulo Coelho 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17131 Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi 2013 American English
17131 The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton 1985 American English