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
17015 Discourses And Selected Writings Epictetus 108 Greek Greek
17131 Heartless Marissa Meyer 2016 American English
17131 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
17131 Diary Of A Void Emi Yagi 2020 Japanese Japanese
17131 Turtle Diary Russell Hoban 1975 British English
16934 Trout Fishing In America / The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
17131 Goblin Secrets William Alexander 2012 American English
17131 China Room Sunjeev Sahota 2021 British English
17043 The Wanderer Knut Hamsun 1917 Norwegian Norwegian
17131 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena 2015 Latvian Latvian
17131 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17131 Caminhar Frédéric Gros 2009 French French
17131 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17131 The Underground Girls Of Kabul Jenny Nordberg 2014 Unknown English
17131 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17131 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 American English
17131 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17131 A Dowry Of Blood S.T. Gibson 2021 Unknown English
17131 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Oxford Book Of American Short Stories Joyce Carol Oates 1992 American English
17131 The Five Gates Of Hell Rupert Thomson 1991 British English
17131 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English
17131 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
16911 Notes From Underground & The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 Russian Russian
17131 Breaking And Entering Joy Williams 1988 American English
17131 My Part Of Her Javad Djavahery 2017 Unknown French
17131 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17131 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17131 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17131 Rituals Of Restlessness Yaghoub Yadali 2016 Iranian Persian
17131 The Master And Margarita: A Critical Companion Laura Weeks 1996 Unknown English
17131 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 British English
17131 Once Upon A Time In The North Philip Pullman 2008 British English
17131 Siilo Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17083 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17131 Worlds Of Exile And Illusion Ursula K. Le Guin 1996 American English
17131 City Of Libertines William G. Hardy 1957 Unknown English
16780 And Walk In Love Henrietta Buckmaster 1956 American English
17131 The Year Of The Horsetails R.F. Tapsell 1967 Unknown English
17131 The Gods Are Thirsty Tabitha Lee Unknown Unknown
17131 Vindication Frances Sherwood 1993 Unknown English
17131 The End Of The Hunt Thomas Flanagan 1994 American English
17131 O Beulah Land Mary Lee Settle 1981 American English
17131 The First Rebel Neil Swanson 2009 American English
17131 Long March Jane Barry Unknown Unknown
17131 Liberty Tavern Thomas Fleming 1976 American English
17131 Beulah Land Harold Davis 1973 American English
17131 Know Nothing Mary Lee Settle 1960 American English
17131 Time Of The Gringo Elliott Arnold 1970 Unknown English
17131 Tale Of Valor Vardis Fisher 1958 American English
16780 Shadow Of The Moon M.M. Kaye 1956 British English
17131 Sakuran Edward Tolosko Unknown Unknown
17131 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17131 Drums Of Destiny Bruce Jeffries Unknown Unknown
17131 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17131 Heavenbreaker Christa Wolf Unknown Unknown
17131 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17131 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Unknown Russian
17131 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
17131 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
17131 Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 2023 American English
17131 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English
17131 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17131 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17131 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17131 American Poly Christopher M. Gleason 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17131 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17131 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17131 My Stupid Intentions Bernardo Zannoni 2023 Italian Italian
17131 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17131 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17131 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17131 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17131 Owlish Dorothy Tse 2023 Unknown Chinese
17131 A Life Of One’s Own Joanna Biggs 2023 Unknown English
17131 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17131 Steady Rollin Fred Noland 2023 Unknown Unknown
17131 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17131 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17131 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17131 Iron Curtain Vesna Goldsworthy 2023 Unknown English
17131 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17131 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
17131 The New Life Tom Crewe 2023 Unknown English
17131 Pirate Enlightenment David Graeber 2023 Unknown English
17131 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17131 Forbidden Notebook Alba de Céspedes 2023 Italian Italian
17131 I Do Everything I’m Told Megan Fernandes 2023 Unknown English
17131 To Free The Captives Tracy K. Smith 2023 Unknown English
17131 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2021 French French
17131 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17131 My Men Victoria Kielland 2023 Unknown Norwegian
17131 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17131 Sailing Alone Richard King 2023 Unknown English
17131 Temporary Hilary Leichter 2020 American English
17131 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17131 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17131 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17131 The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland 2012 American English
17131 Die, My Love Ariana Harwicz 2012 Argentinian Spanish
17131 Voyage Of Slaves Brian Jacques 2006 British English
17131 Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor 2017 American English
17131 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17131 The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum Khan 2023 Unknown English
17086 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17131 The Fifth Agreement Don Miguel Ruiz 2010 Mexican English
17131 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17131 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17131 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17131 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English
17131 Sweeney Astray Seamus Heaney 1983 Irish English
17131 Last Of The Breed Louis L'Amour 1987 American English
17014 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17131 Your Wish Is My Command Deena Mohamed 2022 Unknown English
17131 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17131 Erotic Vagrancy Roger Lewis Unknown English
17131 Charon Docks At Daylight Zoe Reed 2013 Unknown English