The Greatest Books of All Time on Greed

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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
104 Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol 1842 Russian Russian
115 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 British English
142 The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 1930 American English
146 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
283 Nostromo Joseph Conrad 1904 British English
310 Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe 1987 American English
387 Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1864 British English
401 Celestina Or The Tragic-Comedy Of Calisto And Melibea Fernando de Rojas 1499 Spanish Spanish
510 Eugenie Grandet Honoré de Balzac 1833 French French
562 Aesop's Fables Aesop -560 Greek Ancient greek
601 The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 American English
694 La Fontaine's Fables Jean de La Fontaine 1668 French French
750 Money Martin Amis 1984 British English
853 Mc Teague Frank Norris 1899 American English
984 Tartuffe Molière 1664 French French
1161 The Twelve Chairs Ilya Ilf, Evgeniy Petrov 1928 Russian Russian
1193 Double Indemnity James M. Cain 1943 American English
1343 The Hamlet William Faulkner 1940 American English
1377 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 1964 British English
1407 The Golovlyov Family Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1880 Russian Russian
1594 The Imaginary Invalid Molière 1673 French French
1640 The Asphalt Jungle W. R. Burnett 1949 American English
1732 The Government Inspector Nikolai Gogol 1836 Russian Russian
1808 Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1843 British English
1926 Stories of Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Gogol 1831 Russian Russian
1993 The Queen Of Spades Alexander Pushkin 1834 Russian Russian
1994 Fancies And Goodnights John Collier 1951 British English
2007 King Ubu Alfred Jarry 1896 French French
2103 Someone Like You Roald Dahl 1953 British English
2152 Fool's Gold Máro Doýka 1979 Hungarian Unknown
2188 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy 2005 American English
2325 What a Carve Up! Jonathan Coe 1994 British English
2337 The Pearl John Steinbeck 1947 American English
2630 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht 1941 German German
3008 The Octopus Frank Norris 1901 American English
3145 A Simple Plan Scott Smith 1993 American English
3249 Death On The Nile Agatha Christie 1937 British English
3268 The Girl, The Gold Watch And Everything John D. MacDonald 1962 American English
3271 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton 2013 New Zealand English
3615 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
3806 The Miser Molière 1668 French French
3852 JR William Gaddis 1975 American English
3932 Mean Spirit Linda Hogan 1990 American English
4090 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4178 Warenar P. C. Hooft 1617 Dutch Dutch
4193 The Three Robbers Tomi Ungerer 1961 French English
4198 The Mysterious Portrait Nikolai Gogol 1835 Ukrainian Russian
4256 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4276 In The Ravine Anton Chekhov 1900 Russian Russian
4420 Desire Under The Elms Eugene O'Neill 1924 American English
4740 The Man With The Golden Touch Mór Jókai 1872 Hungarian Hungarian
5109 The Winter Of Our Discontent John Steinbeck 1961 American English
5273 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams 1955 American English
5509 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5589 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5832 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
5905 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
5914 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht 1944 German German
6002 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 1895 Russian Russian
6240 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6821 Donald Duck Carl Barks, Walt Disney 1942 American English
6890 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 2001 Irish English
6923 The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs 1902 British English
7051 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt 2011 Canadian English
7215 The Mandrake Niccolo Machiavelli 1518 Italian Italian
7215 Satirical Letter Of Censure Francisco de Quevedo 1601 Spanish Spanish
7215 A New Way To Pay Old Debts Philip Massinger 1633 British English
7215 The Royal Way Andre Malraux 1930 French French
7914 The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho 2000 Brazilian Portuguese
8251 The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 1841 British English
8322 American Buffalo David Mamet 1975 American English
8321 Dream Of Ding Village Yan Lianke 2006 Chinese Chinese
8524 The Secret History Procopius 550 Multiple Greek
9083 Toys In The Attic Lillian Hellman 1960 American English
10239 The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
10604 The Alchemist Ben Jonson 1610 British English
10778 Act Of The Damned António Lobo Antunes 1985 Portuguese Portuguese
12324 Headlong Michael Frayn 1999 British English
13359 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, And Other Stories And Essays Mark Twain 1900 American English
13359 Fardorougha, The Miser William Carleton 1837 Irish English
13554 Almayer's Folly Joseph Conrad 1895 British English
13599 The Wolves Guy Mazeline 1932 French English
14162 The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman 1939 American English
14212 Trouble Is My Business Raymond Chandler 1950 American English
14232 Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet 1984 American English
14666 Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth 1992 British English
14765 Millions Of Cats Wanda Gág 1928 American English
14922 Johann Holtrop Rainald Goetz 2012 German German
14957 The High Window Raymond Chandler 1942 American English
14983 Liar's Poker Michael M. Lewis 1989 American English
15646 The Mercy Of Allah Hilaire Belloc 1922 British English
15733 A Mad World, My Masters Thomas Middleton 1605 British English
15809 30,000 On The Hoof Zane Grey 1940 American English
15897 The Financial Expert R. K. Narayan 1952 Indian English
16500 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1975 American English
15897 The King Of The Golden River John Ruskin 1851 British English
16520 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16528 Oil! Upton Sinclair 1927 American English
16654 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
17086 Hauff's Fairy Tales Wilhelm Hauff 1825 German German
17117 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17117 Seeds Of Corruption Sabri Moussa 1973 Egyptian Arabic
17117 Needful Things Stephen King 1991 American English
16836 Das Kalte Herz Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
17117 Nobody's Perfect Donald E. Westlake 1977 American English
17062 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
17117 Wanting Tom Burgis 2021 Unknown English
17117 Tales Of The Unexpected Roald Dahl 1979 British English
17117 Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen 2013 American English
17117 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17117 Golden Hand Edith Simon 1961 Unknown English
17117 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17117 Abandon Blake Crouch 2009 American English
17117 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17117 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17117 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17117 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17081 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17117 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17071 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English