The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Hungary

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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
159 The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1921 Czech Czech
199 The Radetzky March Joseph Roth 1932 Austrian German
474 Embers Sandor Marai 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
477 Fateless or Fatelessness Imre Kertész 1975 Hungarian Hungarian
996 Journey by Moonlight Antal Szerb 1937 Hungarian Hungarian
1246 Danube Claudio Magris 1986 Italian Italian
1438 Édes Anna Dezső Kosztolányi 1926 Hungarian Hungarian
1452 History And Class Consciousness Georg Lukacs 1923 German German
1664 Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
1704 Celestial Harmonies Peter Esterhazy 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
1764 Tales Of The Hasidim Martin Buber 1949 German German
1811 A Time Of Gifts Patrick Leigh Fermor 1977 British English
2032 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2394 Satantango László Krasznahorkai 1985 Hungarian Hungarian
2993 A Book Of Memories Péter Nádas 1986 Hungarian Hungarian
3037 They Were Counted Miklos Banffy 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
3285 The Door Szabó, Magda 1987 Hungarian Hungarian
3553 Divorcing Susan Taubes 1969 American English
3880 Garden, Ashes Danilo Kiš 1965 Serbian Serbo-croatian
4208 The Case Worker György Konrád 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
4503 Parallel Stories Péter Nádas 2005 Hungarian Hungarian
4680 The Paul Street Boys Ferenc Molnár 1906 Hungarian Hungarian
4742 The Man With The Golden Touch Mór Jókai 1872 Hungarian Hungarian
4764 Metropole Ferenc Karinthy 1970 Hungarian Hungarian
4780 Helping Verbs Of The Heart Peter Esterhazy 1985 Hungarian Hungarian
4937 The Baron's Sons Mór Jókai 1869 Hungarian Hungarian
5004 Tüskevár István Fekete 1957 Hungarian Hungarian
5005 Be Faithful Unto Death Zsigmond Móricz 1921 Hungarian Hungarian
5188 Kincskereső Kisködmön Ferenc Móra 1918 Hungarian Hungarian
5249 Orphalina Zsigmond Móricz 1937 Hungarian Hungarian
5261 St. Peter's Umbrella Kálmán Mikszáth 1895 Hungarian Hungarian
5289 A Nap Szerelmese Sándor Dallos 1931 Hungarian Hungarian
5339 Aranyecset Sándor Dallos 1931 Hungarian Hungarian
5377 The Town in Black Kálmán Mikszáth 1910 Hungarian Hungarian
5423 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5428 Revulsion Laszlo Németh 1937 Hungarian Unknown
5435 A Journey Round My Skull Frigyes Karinthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5443 Ida Regénye Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5445 Egy polgár vallomásai Sandor Marai 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5446 The Red Lion Mária Szepes 1946 Hungarian Hungarian
5464 Téli Berek István Fekete 1957 Hungarian Hungarian
5628 School At The Frontier Géza Ottlik 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5659 Abigél Szabó, Magda 1970 Hungarian Hungarian
5668 The Loser György Konrád 1980 Hungarian Hungarian
5779 My Happy Days In Hell György Faludy 1962 Hungarian Hungarian
6005 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6005 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6147 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6197 Bezzeg Az én Időmben Klára Fehér 1966 Hungarian Hungarian
6200 Tóték István Örkény 1967 Hungarian Hungarian
6217 Indul A Bakterház Sándor Rideg 1973 Hungarian Hungarian
6219 Holocaust Charles Reznikoff 1975 American English
6343 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6567 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6629 Csárdás Diane Pearson 1975 British English
6893 Régimódi Történet Szabó, Magda 1977 Hungarian Hungarian
6894 Ne Féljetek Anna Jókai 1977 Hungarian Hungarian
6969 Six Studies In Communism Arthur Koestler, Richard Crossman 1960 Multiple English
7056 Kaddish For An Unborn Child Imre Kertész 1990 Hungarian Hungarian
7216 Perched On Nothing's Branch Attila József 1932 Hungarian Hungarian
7216 Guilt Laszlo Németh 1943 Hungarian Hungarian
7575 I Have Lived a Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson 1997 Hungarian English
7743 Flesh David Szalay 2025 British English
7803 Für Elise Szabó, Magda 1984 Hungarian Hungarian
7981 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers Paul Hoffman 1998 American English
8076 Selected Poems Ferenc Juhasz 1954 Hungarian Hungarian
8727 In Praise Of Older Women Stephen Vizinczey 1965 Canadian English
9058 In The Darkroom Susan Faludi 2016 American English
9233 Jadviga Párnája Pál Závada 1996 Hungarian Hungarian
9952 The Book Of Fathers Miklós Vámos 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
10035 Hannah Senesh Hannah Senesh 1971 Hungarian Hebrew
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10161 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10501 Between The Woods And The Water Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986 British English
10996 állítsátok Meg Terézanyut! Zsuzsa Rácz 2015 Hungarian Hungarian
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
13033 The Last Days Of Budapest Adam LeBor 2025 British English
13362 Iza's Ballad Magda Szabó 1963 Hungarian Hungarian
14122 The Choice Dr. Edith Eva Eger 2017 American English
14721 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15567 Music For Wartime Rebecca Makkai 2015 American English
15912 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16690 I Am Fifteen--and I Don't Want To Die Arnothy Christine 1955 French French
16666 They Were Divided Miklos Banffy 1940 Hungarian Hungarian
16777 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
17162 Martians Of Science Istvan Hargittai 2006 Unknown English
17162 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17162 Memoirs Of An Anti Semite Gregor von Rezzori 1979 Multiple German
17162 The Swimmer Zsuzsa Bánk 2002 German German
17162 An Exclusive Love Johanna Adorján 2009 German German
17162 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17162 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17162 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17162 The Myth Of Normal Gabor Maté 2023 Canadian English
17162 Herscht 07769 László Krasznahorkai 2024 Hungarian Hungarian
17162 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17162 Bury Me Standing Isobel Fonseca 1995 Unknown English
17162 Exit Into History Eva Hoffman 1993 Unknown English
17162 The Invisible Bridge Julie Orringer 2010 American English
17162 The Green Book Mór Jókai 2003 Hungarian Hungarian
17162 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17162 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17162 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17162 The Russian Window Dragan Velikić 2007 Unknown Serbian
17162 Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World Jack Weatherford 2004 American English
17162 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17162 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17141 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17162 The Man From The Future Ananyo Bhattacharya 2021 Unknown English
17162 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17162 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17162 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17162 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17162 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
16947 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17162 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown