The Greatest Books of All Time on Idealism

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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
149 All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren 1946 American English
637 The Quiet American Graham Greene 1955 British English
881 Utopia Thomas More 1516 British Latin
907 Hyperion Friedrich Holderlin 1797 German German
999 Chevengur Andrey Platonov 1928 Russian Russian
1215 Explosion In A Cathedral Alejo Carpentier 1962 Cuban Spanish
1592 Niels Lyhne Jens Peter Jacobson 1880 Danish Danish
1632 The Roots of Heaven Romain Gary 1956 French French
1788 Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw 1919 British English
1857 A Lost Lady Willa Cather 1923 American English
2016 The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 British English
2073 The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1852 American English
2534 Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 1996 American English
3289 Candida George Bernard Shaw 1898 Irish English
3818 The Beach Alex Garland 1996 British English
4801 Brand Henrik Ibsen 1866 Norwegian Norwegian
5577 The Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick 1997 American English
5912 Our Lord Don Quixote Miguel de Unamuno 1935 Spanish Spanish
10626 A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge George Berkeley 1710 Irish English
11939 Woodrow Wilson, American Prophet Arthur Walworth 1958 American English
12324 A Moment Of War Laurie Lee 1991 American English
12655 The Spiral Ascent Edward Upward British English
13307 倪煥之 Ye Shengtao 1928 Chinese Chinese
13359 Il Grande Meaulnes Alain-Fournier 1913 French French
13759 Drop City T. Coraghessan Boyle 2003 American English
14212 Plato And Platonism Walter Pater 1893 British English
15602 Moon Calf Floyd Dell 1920 American English
15851 Fame Is The Spur Howard Spring 1940 Welsh English
15897 Idealism And The Endgame Of Theory F. W. J. Schelling 1800 German German
15882 Winds Of Doctrine George Santayana 1913 American English
16644 Waste Harley Granville Barker 1907 British English
17117 Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men Harold Bloom 2000 American English
17117 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English
17097 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1605 Spanish Spanish