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
17163 The Closing Of The Western Mind Charles Freeman 2002 British English
17028 Discourses And Selected Writings Epictetus 108 Greek Greek
17163 August Blue Deborah Levy 2023 British English
17163 Fire From Heaven Mary Renault 1969 British English
17163 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17163 The Wrong End Of The Telescope Rabih Alameddine 2021 American English
17163 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17163 Länsimaisen Filosofian Historia Huipulta Huipulle, Sokrateesta Marxiin Esa Saarinen 1985 Finnish Finnish
17153 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
16912 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
16969 Paideia Werner Wilhelm Jaeger 1934 German German
17163 Besieger Of Cities Alfred Duggan 1963 British English
17163 Funeral Games Mary Renault 1981 British English
17163 The Praise Singer Mary Renault 1978 British English
17163 My Name Is Sappho Martha Rofheart 1974 Unknown English
17163 The Flowers Of Adonis Rosemary Sutcliff 1969 British English
17163 Pericles The Athenian Rex Warner 1963 British English
17163 Sword Of Pleasure Peter Green 1957 British English
17163 Augustus Allan Massie 1986 British English
17163 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17163 Eleni Or Nobody Rhea Galanaki 1998 Greek Greek
17163 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17163 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17163 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Trial Of Socrates I.F. Stone 1988 American English
17163 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17163 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17163 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17163 Pagans And Christians Robin Lane Fox 1986 British English
17163 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
16873 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17163 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
16930 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17163 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17163 Is Science Western In Origin? C.K. Raju Indian English
17045 The Twilight Of The Idols Nietzsche 1889 German German
17163 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Anne Brasheres 2001 American English
17076 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
17163 Christ Is Recrucified Kazantzakis Greek Greek