The Greatest Books of All Time on Honor

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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
8 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes 1605 Spanish Spanish
119 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
125 Antigone Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
129 First Folio William Shakespeare 1623 British English
137 Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1900 British English
138 The Charterhouse of Parma Stendhal 1839 French French
199 The Radetzky March Joseph Roth 1932 Austrian German
242 The Godfather Mario Puzo 1969 American English
249 A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Lermontov 1840 Russian Russian
272 The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Joao Guimaraes Rosa 1956 Brazilian Portuguese
297 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
299 Kristin Lavransdatter Sigrid Undset 1920 Norwegian Norwegian
338 Effi Briest Theodor Fontane 1895 German German
422 Ramayana Valmiki -200 Indian Sanskrit
474 Embers Sandor Marai 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
507 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper 1826 American English
548 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
571 And Quiet Flows The Don Mikhail Sholokhov 1928 Russian Russian
630 The Swindler Francisco de Quevedo 1626 Spanish Spanish
687 The Time of the Hero Mario Vargas Llosa 1963 Peruvian Spanish
688 From Here to Eternity James Jones 1951 American English
699 The Nibelungenlied Unknown 1200 German Middle high german
705 Oroonoko Aphra Behn 1688 British English
713 The Killer Angels Michael Shaara 1974 American English
724 Michael Kohlhaas Heinrich von Kleist 1810 German German
805 Gaudy Night Dorothy L. Sayers 1935 British English
810 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
839 Winnetou Karl May 1893 German German
931 The House by the Medlar Tree Giovanni Verga 1881 Italian Italian
951 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
972 The Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1516 Italian Italian
978 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
1066 Antony And Cleopatra William Shakespeare 1606 British English
1091 Shahnameh Ferdowsi 1010 Iranian Persian
1109 Othello William Shakespeare 1603 British English
1124 Ajax Sophocles -440 Greek Ancient greek
1177 Phèdre Jean Racine 1677 French French
1186 Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 German Middle high german
1198 Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore 1869 British English
1284 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
1289 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
1291 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1310 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand 1897 French French
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
1375 The Sea of Fertility Yukio Mishima 1965 Japanese Japanese
1410 Poem of the Cid Unknown 1207 Spanish Old spanish
1434 R. E. Lee Douglas Southall Freeman 1934 American English
1440 The Virginian Owen Wister 1902 American English
1455 Antigone Jean Anouilh 1944 French French
1521 The Robbers Friedrich Schiller 1781 German German
1544 The Poetic Edda Unknown 1270 Multiple Old norse
1550 Njal's Saga Iceland 1280 Icelandic Old norse
1555 Troilus And Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer 1385 British Middle english
1645 Shogun James Clavell 1975 British English
1658 The Song of Roland Unknown 1100 French Old french
1667 The Poetry of Alexander Pushkin Alexander Pushkin 1836 Russian Russian
1753 The Long Ships Frans G. Bengtsson 1941 Swedish Swedish
1779 Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott 1817 British English
1805 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
1947 Shame Salman Rushdie 1983 British English
2106 Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel García Márquez 1981 Colombian Spanish
2122 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2139 The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 1922 British English
2155 Don Juan Molière 1665 French French
2211 Exemplary Stories Miguel de Cervantes 1613 Spanish Spanish
2212 Swordspoint Ellen Kushner 1987 American English
2241 Flashman George MacDonald Fraser 1969 British English
2255 Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz 1834 Polish Polish
2343 Mastro Don Gesualdo Giovanni Verga 1889 Italian Italian
2429 A View From The Bridge Arthur Miller 1955 American English
2451 Henry V William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2459 The Prisoner Of Zenda Anthony Hope 1894 British English
2462 Men At Arms Evelyn Waugh 1952 British English
2511 Curial e Güelfa Unknown 1450 Spanish Catalan
2518 Hippolytus Euripides -428 Greek Ancient greek
2550 Stories Heinrich von Kleist 1810 German German
2547 Martín Fierro José Hernández 1872 Argentinian Spanish
2590 Sir Charles Grandison Samuel Richardson 1753 British English
2626 The Captain's Daughter Alexander Pushkin 1836 Russian Russian
2715 Coriolanus William Shakespeare 1608 British English
2720 Richard Ii William Shakespeare 1595 British English
2719 The Sagas Of Icelanders Örnólfur Thorsson 1000 Icelandic Old norse
2746 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2815 La Débâcle Émile Zola 1892 French French
2817 The Belkin Tales Alexander Pushkin 1831 Russian Russian
2879 The Patriot Antonio Fogazzaro 1906 Italian Italian
2889 Hadji Murat Leo Tolstoy 1912 Russian Russian
2916 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
2918 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2991 The Tale Of Igor's Campaign Unknown 1187 Russian Old east slavic
3014 The Game Of Kings Dorothy Dunnett 1961 British English
3016 The American Henry James 1877 American English
3037 They Were Counted Miklos Banffy 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
3069 An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro 1986 British English
3226 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3266 Old Mortality Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
3292 Bérénice Jean Racine 1670 French French
3306 Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare 1597 British English
3324 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell 1490 Spanish Catalan
3324 Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry Eliza Haywood 1719 British English
3324 None but the Brave Arthur Schnitzler 1895 Austrian German
3376 Le Cid Pierre Corneille 1637 French French
3418 Plays Pierre Corneille 1641 French French
3497 Devil's Cub Georgette Heyer 1932 British English
3592 Legends of The Fall Jim Harrison 1979 American English
3596 Les Destinées Alfred de Vigny 1864 French French
3638 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3638 Schach Von Wuthenow Theodor Fontane 1883 German German
3638 The Marquise Of O Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
3638 The Criminal Of Lost Honor Friedrich Schiller 1786 German German
3638 Cavalleria Rusticana Giovanni Verga 1896 Italian Italian
3813 Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3822 The Edge of the Sword Charles De Gaulle 1959 French French
3954 Η Τιμη Και Το Χρημα Konstantinos Theotokis 1914 Greek Greek
3954 Freedom Or Death Nikos Kazantzakis 1953 Greek Greek
3954 Odes Andreas Kalvos 1824 Greek Greek
4083 Death And The King's Horsemen Wole Soyinka 1975 Nigerian English
4091 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian