The Greatest Books of All Time on Imperialism

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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
199 The Radetzky March Joseph Roth 1932 Austrian German
440 The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt 1951 German English
1252 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari 2011 Israeli Hebrew
1529 Orientalism Edward W. Said 1978 Palestinian English
1874 The Proud Tower Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1966 American English
2585 A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn 1980 American English
3824 The Search For Modern China Jonathan Spence 1990 American English
4627 The Opium War Julia Lovell 2011 British English
4899 The River War Winston Churchill 1899 British English
5265 Accumulation On A World Scale Samir Amin 1970 French French
5278 The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling Angus Wilson 1977 British English
5902 The First Men In The Moon H. G. Wells 1901 British English
6888 The Boxer Rebellion Diana Preston 1999 Unknown English
6995 Contours of American History William Appleman Williams 1961 American English
7077 Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom Stephen R. Platt 2012 American English
7215 Complete Verse Rudyard Kipling 1940 British English
9281 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9311 Exterminate All The Brutes Sven Lindqvist 1992 Swedish Swedish
9805 America, América Greg Grandin 2009 Unknown English
9856 Nationalism Rabindranath Tagore 1917 Indian English
10240 The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
10449 A Peace To End All Peace David Fromkin 1989 American English
10758 Notes On A Foreign Country Suzy Hansen 2017 American English
11041 My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy 2019 Indian English
11136 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix 2000 American English
11136 Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins 2005 British English
11136 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11660 Conrad In The Nineteenth Century Ian Watt 1979 British English
14025 Time's Monster Priya Satia 2020 American English
14983 War Without Mercy John W. Dower 1986 American English
14983 The Boer War Thomas Pakenham 1979 British English
15897 Listen, Yankee C. Wright Mills 1960 American English
15897 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
16681 The Stars, Like Dust Isaac Asimov 1951 American English
17119 In Our Image Stanley Karnow 1989 American English
17119 The Coming of the War, 1914 Bernadotte E. Schmitt 1930 American English
17119 In the Days of McKinley Margaret Leech 1959 American English
17119 A Line In The Sand James Barr 2011 British English
17119 The Dawn Watch Maya Jasanoff 2017 American English
17119 The Guardians Susan Pedersen 2015 Canadian English
17119 Anatomy Of A War Gabriel Kolko 1985 American English
17119 The Anglo Boer War, 1899 1902 F. Pretorius 1999 Unknown English
17119 Jameson's Raid Elizabeth Longford 1982 British English
17119 An Insular Possession Timothy Mo 1986 British English
17119 Manchu Robert S. Elegant 1980 American English
17119 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17119 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17119 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17119 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17106 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
16902 Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 6 Book Boxed Set Frank Herbert 1965 American English