The Greatest Books of All Time on Inheritance

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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
9377 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9571 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9683 The Shortest Way To Hades Sarah Caudwell 1985 British English
9859 The Monastery Sir Walter Scott 1820 Scottish English
10223 Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood 1977 English English
11135 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11225 Malpertuis Jean Ray 1943 Belgian French
11512 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11663 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
12380 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12880 Birchwood John Banville 1973 Irish English
13034 Fortune's Wheel Rebecca Gablé 2014 German German
13557 The Spoils of Poynton Henry James 1897 American English
13879 Black Sheep Georgette Heyer 1966 British English
13879 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
14132 Death Of My Aunt C. H. B. Kitchin 1929 British English
14167 The Secret Of The Old Clock Carolyn Keene 1930 American English
14212 The Mighty And Their Fall Ivy Compton-Burnett 1961 British English
14390 The Lockwood Concern John O'Hara 1965 American English
14680 The Country House John Galsworthy 1907 British English
14788 Experiments on Plant Hybridization Gregor Mendel 1866 Austrian German
14985 Ship Of Magic Robin Hobb 1998 American English
15677 His Children's Children Arthur Cheney Train 1923 American English
15808 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
15916 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15916 A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Thomas Hunt Morgan 1916 American English
15884 Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic) P. G. Wodehouse 1929 British English
15916 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15916 The Flint Anchor Sylvia Townsend Warner 1954 British English
15916 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15916 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15916 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15916 The Theory Of The Gene Thomas Hunt Morgan 1926 American English
15916 Cecilia Fanny Burney 1782 British English
16540 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16613 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16707 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
17162 Time, Love, Memory Jonathan Weiner 1999 American English
17162 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17162 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17162 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17162 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17162 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17162 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
17162 Bad Jews Joshua Harmon 2013 American English
17162 The Piano Lesson August Wilson 1987 American English
17162 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17162 The Summons John Grisham 2002 American English
17162 تشريفة آل المر Abdul-Karim Nassif 1998 Syrian Arabic
17162 Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs 2023 American English
17162 The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro 2013 Unknown English
17013 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17162 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17162 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson 1980 Australian English
17162 The Eye Of Osiris R Austin Freeman 1911 British English
17162 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17162 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17162 Family Favorites Alfred Duggan 1960 British English
17162 The Heirs Of The Kingdom Zoe Oldenbourg 1970 French French
17162 Campion Towers John Beatty, Patricia Beatty 1965 Unknown English
17162 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Heirs Susan Rieger 2017 American English
17162 The Imperfects Amy Meyerson 2020 American English
17162 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17162 Gilt Jamie Brenner 2022 American English
17162 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17162 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17136 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17119 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17162 East Of Eden & Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck American Unknown
17162 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English