The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Indonesia

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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
2110 The Black Lake Hella S. Haasse 1948 Dutch Dutch
2206 Dreams from My Father Barack Obama 1995 American English
3312 Into The Heart Of Borneo Redmond O'Hanlon 1984 British English
3841 Country Of Origin E. du Perron 1935 Dutch Dutch
4233 Captain Jan Jan de Hartog 1945 Dutch Dutch
5141 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 American English
5603 Krakatoa Simon Winchester 2003 Krakatoa English
6379 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
7130 Beauty Is A Wound Eka Kurniawan 2002 Indonesian Indonesian
7155 This Earth Of Mankind Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1975 Indonesian Indonesian
7810 The Song Of The Dodo David Quammen 1996 American English
7819 On The Track Of Unknown Animals Bernard Heuvelmans 1955 Belgian French
8026 Among The Believers V. S. Naipaul 1981 British English
8105 Letters Of A Javanese Princess Raden Adjeng Kartini 1911 Indonesian Dutch
8286 The Interpretation Of Cultures Clifford Geertz 1973 American English
9018 Kalimantaan C. S. Godshalk 1998 American English
9188 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9598 The Interpreter From Java Alfred Birney 2016 Dutch Dutch
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
11544 The Ten Thousand Things Maria Dermoût 1955 Dutch Dutch
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12134 Buru Quartet Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1980 Indonesian Indonesian
12301 Reflections Of Eden Birute Galdikas 1995 Canadian English
12832 The Painted Alphabet Diana Darling 1992 Indonesian English
13798 The Winged Seed Li-Young Lee 1995 American English
13971 The Bridge David Remnick 2010 Unknown English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14229 Margaret Mead Elesha Coffman Unknown English
14323 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14498 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14553 Poor Economics Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2011 American English
17117 Stranger in the Forest Eric Hansen 1988 American English
17117 Adventures Of A Young Naturalist Sir David Attenborough 2017 British English
17117 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17117 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17117 The Paradise Problem Christina Lauren 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Judas Strain James Rollins 2007 American English
17117 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17117 The Year Of Living Dangerously Christopher Koch 1978 Australian English
17117 Last Chance To See Douglas Adams 1989 British English
17117 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17117 Gadis Kretek Ratih Kumala 2012 Indonesian Indonesian
17117 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17117 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17117 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English