The Greatest Books of All Time on Heroism

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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
6766 Harriet, The Moses Of Her People Sarah H. Bradford 1886 American English
6766 The Charles Men Verner von Heidenstam 1897 Swedish Swedish
6895 O Guarani José de Alencar 1857 Brazilian Portuguese
7215 Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Edmund Dulac 1916 British English
7215 The Reason Why Cecil Woodham-Smith 1953 British English
7215 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
7215 The Countess Of Pembroke's Arcadia Philip Sidney 1590 British English
7215 The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
7215 Poems Of Michael Drayton Michael Drayton 1605 British English
7215 Egmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1788 German German
7215 Barbarian Odes Giosué Carducci 1877 Italian Italian
7215 Rhymes And Rhythms Giosué Carducci 1899 Italian Italian
7215 Poems Of Alfred De Vigny Alfred de Vigny 1837 French French
7215 Ballads And Songs John Davidson 1894 British English
7215 Early Romances William Morris 1890 British English
7215 The Poems Of William Morris William Morris 1868 British English
7215 The Earthly Paradise William Morris 1868 British English
7215 Narrative Poems Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov 1830 Russian Russian
7215 Tales Nikolai Leskov 1870 Russian Russian
7215 Representative Men Ralph Waldo Emerson 1850 American English
7215 Poems Of Sidney Lanier Sidney Lanier 1884 American English
7215 Stories And Poems Of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane 1900 American English
7215 The Mystery Of The Charity Of Joan Of Arc Charles Péguy 1910 French French
7215 The Shadow Of A Gunman Sean O'Casey 1923 Irish English
7215 Selected Poems Angelos Sikelianos 1900 Greek Greek
7215 Death In Silver Lester Dent 1934 American English
7575 The Toilers Of The Sea Victor Hugo 1866 French French
7942 The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
8008 The Hounds Of The Morrigan Pat O'Shea 1985 Irish English
8105 The Cavalry Maiden Nadezhda Durova 1836 Russian Russian
8274 Tennyson Christopher Ricks 1972 British English
8347 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8562 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
8644 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8684 Fantasy Literature For Children And Young Adults Ruth Nadelman Lynn 1989 American English
9049 Charles O'malley Charles Lever 1841 Irish English
9191 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9239 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
9315 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9611 Ascent Jed Mercurio 2007 British English
9620 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
9750 800 Horseman Col Stringer 1987 Australian English
9753 The Denial of Death Ernest Becker 1973 American English
9906 Aru Shah And The End Of Time Roshani Chokshi 2018 American English
10025 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
10032 Hannah Senesh Hannah Senesh 1971 Hungarian Hebrew
10241 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
10612 Verdun Jules Romains 1938 French French
10977 The Maid Of The North Ethel Johnston Phelps 1980 American English
11133 An Arrow’s Flight Mark Merlis 1998 American English
11249 Tiger At The Gates Jean Giraudoux 1935 French French
11264 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11533 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11544 Old St Paul's William Harrison Ainsworth 1841 British English
11544 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11939 John Paul Jones Samuel Eliot Morison 1959 American English
11939 A Prince of Our Disorder John E. Mack 1976 American English
12029 Fighting Mc Kenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer 2002 Australian English
13294 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13359 The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott 1830 Scottish English
13359 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13359 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13359 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
13548 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
13583 Two Years Ago Charles Kingsley 1857 British English
13599 Private Gaspard René Benjamin 1915 French French
13599 The Flame That Is France Henry Malherbe French Unknown
13715 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13770 Garibaldi And The Thousand, May 1860 George Macaulay Trevelyan 1907 British English
13805 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
13923 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
14025 The Big Book Of Adventure Stories Otto Penzler 2011 American English
14180 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
14197 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14212 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14212 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14230 The King Must Die Mary Renault 1958 British English
14358 The Crystal Shard R. A. Salvatore 1988 American English
14620 The Book Of Wonder Lord Dunsany 1912 British English
14627 Collected Poems By Alfred Noyes Alfred Noyes 1913 British English
14679 Меч Без Имени Andrei Belyanin 1999 Russian Russian
14679 Alvklingan Nick Perumov 1999 Russian Russian
14783 The Collected Poems Of Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke 1918 British English
14850 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14897 We Die Alone David Howarth 1955 British English
14934 Digenes Akritas Unknown 1050 Multiple Greek
14953 The Tain Thomas Kinsella 1969 Irish English
14984 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
14984 Hawkeye Matt Fraction 2012 American English
14984 Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce 1988 American English
14984 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14984 The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Robert E. Howard 2003 American English
15660 The Collected Poems Of John Masefield John Masefield 1923 British English
15736 The Iliad / The Odyssey Homer -762 Greek Ancient greek
15812 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15835 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15898 The Works of George Peele George Peele 1593 British English
15898 The Aide De Camp James Grant 1848 British English
15898 The Lady Of The Lake Sir Walter Scott 1810 Scottish English
15875 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
16556 Moonraker Ian Fleming 1955 British English
16508 The Book Of Dede Korkut Unknown 1400 Multiple Oghuz turkic
16706 Croatian Tales of Long Ago Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic 1916 Croatian Croatian
16649 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
16850 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17120 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17120 Unfinished Tales Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien 1980 British English
16854 The Gods Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1913 American English
17120 Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques 2000 British English
17120 Spitfire John Nichol 2020 British English
17120 How To Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell 2003 British English
17120 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17120 Somewhither John C. Wright 2015 American English
17120 Monster Hunter Memories Larry Correia, John Ringo 2016 American English
17105 Robin Hood Henry Gilbert 1912 British English
17120 Greek Lyrics Richmond Lattimore 1960 Greek English
16918 At The Hawk's Well William Butler Yeats 1916 Irish English
17120 American Ground William Langewiesche 2002 American English
17120 The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan 2005 American English