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
4134 The Nonexistent Knight Italo Calvino 1959 Italian Italian
4197 The Master Of Go Yasunari Kawabata 1951 Japanese Japanese
4216 Andromache Euripides -425 Greek Ancient greek
4221 Iphigenia At Aulis Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
4310 Peace In War Miguel de Unamuno 1897 Spanish Spanish
4412 Sharpe's Eagle Bernard Cornwell 1981 British English
4480 Perceval, Or The Story Of The Grail Chrétien de Troyes 1181 French Old french
4680 The Paul Street Boys Ferenc Molnár 1906 Hungarian Hungarian
4779 Odes Pindar -518 Greek Ancient greek
4782 Pharsalia Lucan 61 Roman Latin
4795 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
4937 The Baron's Sons Mór Jókai 1869 Hungarian Hungarian
4951 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
4955 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4992 The Wandering Falcon Jamil Ahmed 2011 Pakistani English
5019 Broken April Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
5087 The Horsemen Joseph Kessel 1967 French French
5096 Sartoris William Faulkner 1929 American English
5112 The Winter Of Our Discontent John Steinbeck 1961 American English
5277 Slave Of The Huns Géza Gárdonyi 1901 Hungarian Hungarian
5412 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5423 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5447 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5502 The Crowned Wanderer Rahim Esenov 1994 Turkmen Unknown
5602 Doruntine Ismail Kadare 1980 Albanian Albanian
5761 The Disorderly Knights Dorothy Dunnett 1966 British English
5832 Poems Archilochos -650 Greek Ancient greek
5833 Fuente Ovejuna Lope de Vega 1619 Spanish Spanish
5852 The Recruiting Officer George Farquhar 1706 Irish English
5862 Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller 1800 German German
5911 Complete Prose Tales Alexander Pushkin 1831 Russian Russian
5914 The Cossacks Leo Tolstoy 1863 Russian Russian
6105 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6152 The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet David Mitchell 2010 British English
6183 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
6401 The Fencing Master Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1988 Spanish Spanish
6558 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6877 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
6895 O Guarani José de Alencar 1857 Brazilian Portuguese
6939 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
7031 Quentin Durward Sir Walter Scott 1823 Scottish English
7042 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
7109 Ashes Stefan Zeromski 1904 Polish Polish
7117 The Fortunes Of Nigel Sir Walter Scott 1822 Scottish English
7117 A Legend Of Montrose Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
7141 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
7216 Orlando Innamorato Matteo Maria Boiardo 1483 Italian Italian
7216 La Dorotea Lope de Vega 1632 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Knight Of Olmedo Lope de Vega 1620 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Doctor Of His Own Honor Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
7216 Poems Of Henry Howard Henry Howard 1557 British English
7216 Poems Of Lord Brooke Fulke Greville Lord Brooke Fulke Greville 1601 British English
7216 The Poems Of Sir Walter Raleigh Walter Ralegh 1600 British English
7216 The Spanish Tragedy Thomas Kyd 1587 British English
7216 The Poems Of Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace 1649 British English
7216 Plays Francis Beaumont 1607 British English
7216 Comedies, Tragedies, Poems George Chapman 1600 British English
7216 'Tis Pity She's A Whore John Ford 1633 British English
7216 The Plain Dealer William Wycherley 1676 British English
7216 Polyeucte Pierre Corneille 1643 French French
7216 Nicomède Pierre Corneille 1651 French French
7216 Horace Pierre Corneille 1640 French French
7216 Oraisons funèbres Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet 1689 French French
7216 Verse Plays Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1800 German German
7216 Five Plays Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
7216 Little Novels Of Sicily Giovanni Verga 1883 Italian Italian
7216 The She Wolf And Other Stories Giovanni Verga 1880 Italian Italian
7216 Poems Of Alfred De Vigny Alfred de Vigny 1837 French French
7216 The Poems And Plays Of Thomas Wade Thomas Wade 1800 British English
7216 Weir Of Hermiston Robert Louis Stevenson 1896 Scottish English
7216 Narrative Poems Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov 1830 Russian Russian
7216 Coup De Grace Marguerite Yourcenar 1939 French French
7216 A Princesa De Clèves Madame de La Fayette 1678 French French
7574 The Fair Maid Of Perth Sir Walter Scott 1828 Scottish English
7717 Three Tragedies Federico García Lorca 1947 Spanish Spanish
7861 World Enough And Time Robert Penn Warren 1950 American English
8389 Becket Jean Anouilh 1959 French French
8414 The Palace Of Illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakurni 2008 American English
8445 Trilogie Des Mittelalters Dieter Kühn 2000 German German
8666 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
8669 The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope 1712 British English
8675 Selected Plays And Libretti Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1963 Austrian German
8940 The Rage Of Dragons Evan Winter 2019 Canadian English
8968 Contos Gauchescos João Simões Lopes Neto 1912 Brazilian Portuguese
9589 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
9719 Laxdæla Saga Unknown 1245 Icelandic Old norse
9860 Castle Dangerous Sir Walter Scott 1831 Scottish English
9860 Count Robert Of Paris Sir Walter Scott 1832 British English
9860 Peveril Of The Peak Sir Walter Scott 1823 British English
9860 Saint Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
10246 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
10489 Until The Lions Karthika Nair 2015 French English
10634 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
10780 Sandalwood Death Yan Mo 2001 Chinese Chinese
11237 The Illustrious House of Ramires Eça de Queirós 1900 Portuguese Portuguese
11414 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
11547 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11547 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11884 Honor Thrity Umrigar 2022 American English
11897 Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1834 British English
12104 Sword Of Honour Evelyn Waugh 1965 British English
13217 The Crisis Winston Churchill 1901 British English
13306 The Final Reflection John M. Ford 1984 American English
13321 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13362 The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott 1830 Scottish English
13362 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13362 The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1821 American English
13588 Spring Snow Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
13596 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13600 Sang Et Lumières Joseph Peyre French French
13600 The Law Roger Vailland 1957 French French
13600 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13716 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13924 The Cowboy And The Cossack Clair Huffaker 1973 American English
14073 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
14152 The Rover Aphra Behn 1677 British English
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14226 To Have And To Hold Mary Johnston 1900 American English