The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Greece

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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
24 The Odyssey Homer -740 Greek Ancient greek
70 The Aeneid Virgil -19 Roman Latin
106 Oedipus the King Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
123 Memoirs of Hadrian Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
125 Antigone Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
207 Zorba the Greek Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 Greek Greek
285 Oresteia Aeschylus -458 Greek Ancient greek
307 Medea Euripides -431 Greek Ancient greek
334 Parallel Lives Plutarch 100 Greek Greek
383 Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles -401 Greek Ancient greek
388 The Complete Works of Plato Plato -387 Greek Ancient greek
402 The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle -334 Greek Ancient greek
442 The Magus John Fowles 1965 British English
512 The Golden Ass Apuleius 158 Roman Latin
562 Aesop's Fables Aesop -560 Greek Ancient greek
596 The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides -410 Greek Ancient greek
613 The Persians Aeschylus -471 Greek Ancient greek
624 The Histories of Herodotus Herodotus -450 Greek Ancient greek
765 The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough 1977 Australian English
876 Lysistrata Aristophanes -411 Greek Ancient greek
884 Homo Faber Max Frisch 1957 Swiss German
900 The Poems of Sappho Sappho -569 Greek Ancient greek
932 The Clouds Aristophanes -423 Greek Ancient greek
943 The Bacchae Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
985 Mythology Edith Hamilton 1942 American English
1016 Poems Of C. P. Cavafy C. P. Cavafy 1935 Greek Greek
1049 Works and Days Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
1101 Outline Rachel Cusk 2014 British English
1123 The Symposium Plato -385 Greek Ancient greek
1124 Ajax Sophocles -440 Greek Ancient greek
1126 Women of Trachis Sophocles -450 Greek Ancient greek
1156 Apology Plato -389 Greek Ancient greek
1172 My Family And Other Animals Gerald Durrell 1956 British English
1192 The Politics Aristotle -350 Greek Ancient greek
1297 Poetics Aristotle -322 Greek Greek
1330 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 American English
1350 Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus -467 Greek Ancient greek
1351 The Suppliants Aeschylus -463 Greek Ancient greek
1383 The Birds Aristophanes -414 Greek Ancient greek
1526 A History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell 1945 British English
1624 The Mediterranean And The Mediterranean World In The Age Of Philip Ii Fernand Braudel 1949 French French
1647 Phaedo Plato -379 Greek Ancient greek
1661 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 1595 British English
1694 Cassandra Christa Wolf 1983 German German
1708 The Guns Of Navarone Alistair MacLean 1957 British English
1724 Logbook George Seferis 1940 Greek Greek
1814 Christ Recrucified Nikos Kazantzakis 1948 Greek Greek
1843 Euclid's Elements Euclid -300 Greek Ancient greek
1845 Drifting Cities Stratis Tsirkas 1960 Greek Greek
1849 Z Vassilis Vassilikos 1967 Greek Greek
1934 Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernières 1994 British English
2031 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2081 Στροφή George Seferis 1931 Greek Greek
2199 Trojan Women Euripides -415 Greek Ancient greek
2227 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 2017 Pakistani English
2265 The Murderess Alexandros Papadiamantis 1903 Greek Greek
2298 Poems Of George Seferis George Seferis 1931 Greek Greek
2421 Phaedrus Plato -370 Greek Ancient greek
2480 Mangeclous Albert Cohen 1938 French French
2657 The Daughter Pavlos Matesis 1990 Greek Greek
2744 Dialogues of the Courtesans Lucian of Samosata 150 Unknown Ancient greek
2787 A Cultural History Of The Modern Age Egon Friedell 1927 Austrian English
2800 Collected Plays Of Euripides Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
2837 Kassandra And The Wolf Margarita Karapanou 1974 Greek Greek
2911 The Odyssey Nikos Kazantzakis 1938 Greek Greek
2920 Discourses Of Epictetus Epictetus -108 Greek Greek
2955 Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels 1996 Canadian English
3086 The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony Roberto Calasso 1988 Italian Italian
3105 Alcestis Euripides -438 Greek Ancient greek
3192 The Aesthetics Of Resistance Peter Weiss 1975 German German
3255 The Theogony Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
3299 The Works Of Philodemus Philodemus -50 Greek Greek
3546 Daphnis and Chloe Longus -200 Greek Ancient greek
3597 The Third Wedding Kōstas Tachtsēs 1962 Greek Greek
3609 The Knights Aristophanes -424 Greek Ancient greek
3638 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron 1812 British English
3638 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
3638 The Bible As History Werner Keller 1955 German German
3638 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
3638 History Of The Art Of Antiquity Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1762 German German
3953 Η κάθοδος των εννιά Thanassis Valtinos 1963 Greek Greek
3953 Συναξάρι Αντρέα Κορδοπάτη Thanassis Valtinos 1964 Greek Greek
3953 Το φως που καίει Kostas Varnalis 1922 Greek Greek
3953 The Plant, The Well, The Angel Vassilis Vassilikos 1963 Greek Unknown
3953 Land Of Aeolia Elias Venezis 1943 Greek Greek
3953 Modern Greek Stories Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3953 My Mother's Sin Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3953 The Only Journey Of His Life Georgios Vizyinos 1887 Greek Greek
3953 Amorgos Nikos Gatsos 1943 Greek Greek
3953 A Prisoner Of War’s Story Stratis Doukas 1929 Greek Greek
3953 The Axion Esti Odysseas Elytis 1959 Greek Greek
3953 Ενδοχωρα Andreas Embiricos 1947 Greek Greek
3953 Υψικαμινος Andreas Embiricos 1935 Greek Greek
3953 Freedom Or Death Nikos Kazantzakis 1953 Greek Greek
3953 Odes Andreas Kalvos 1824 Greek Greek
3953 Η Αυλή των Θαυμάτων Iakovos Kambanellis 1962 Greek Greek
3953 The Great Chimera M. Karagatsis 1953 Greek Greek
3953 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3953 Ο Συνταγματάρχης Λιάπκιν M. Karagatsis 1933 Greek Greek
3953 The Beggar Andreas Karkavitsas 1896 Greek Greek
3953 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3953 Νηπενθή Kostas Karyotakis 1921 Greek Greek
3953 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3953 Ο Εξώστης Nikos Kakhtitsis 1963 Greek Greek
3953 The Memoirs Of General Makriyannis Makriyannis 1907 Greek Greek
3953 Το Πλατύ Ποτάμι Yiannis Beratis 1946 Greek Greek
3953 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
3953 The Complete Works Of Alexandros Papadiamantis Alexandros Papadiamantis 1952 Greek Greek
3953 Eroica Kosmas Politis 1937 Greek Greek
3953 Στου Χατζηφράγκου Kosmas Politis 1929 Greek Greek
3953 Λεμονοδάσος Kosmas Politis 1930 Greek Greek
3953 The Moonlight Sonata Yannis Ritsos 1956 Greek Greek
3953 Ποιήματα Α' και Β' Miltos Sachtouris 1945 Greek Greek
3953 Mythistorema George Seferis 1935 Greek Greek
3953 Λυρικός Βίος Angelos Sikelianos 1938 Greek Greek
3953 Το Σόλο του Φίγκαρο Yiannis Skarimbas 1938 Greek Greek
3953 The Complete Works Dionysios Solomos 1818 Greek Greek
3953 The Free Besieged Dionysios Solomos 1825 Greek Greek
3953 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
3953 Το Τρίτο Στεφάνι Kostas Taktsis 1962 Greek Greek