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
9372 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9566 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9680 The Shortest Way To Hades Sarah Caudwell 1985 British English
9856 The Monastery Sir Walter Scott 1820 Scottish English
10217 Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood 1977 English English
11128 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11218 Malpertuis Jean Ray 1943 Belgian French
11509 Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken 2019 American English
11660 She Has Her Mother's Laugh Carl Zimmer 2018 American English
12378 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12878 Birchwood John Banville 1973 Irish English
13031 Fortune's Wheel Rebecca Gablé 2014 German German
13556 The Spoils of Poynton Henry James 1897 American English
13878 Black Sheep Georgette Heyer 1966 British English
13878 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
14389 The Lockwood Concern John O'Hara 1965 American English
14679 The Country House John Galsworthy 1907 British English
14787 Experiments on Plant Hybridization Gregor Mendel 1866 Austrian German
14983 Ship Of Magic Robin Hobb 1998 American English
15669 His Children's Children Arthur Cheney Train 1923 American English
15818 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
15897 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15897 A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Thomas Hunt Morgan 1916 American English
15873 Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic) P. G. Wodehouse 1929 British English
15897 A Murder Is Announced Agatha Christie 1950 British English
15897 The Flint Anchor Sylvia Townsend Warner 1954 British English
15897 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15897 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15897 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15897 The Theory Of The Gene Thomas Hunt Morgan 1926 American English
15897 Cecilia Fanny Burney 1782 British English
16518 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16588 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16670 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
17117 Time, Love, Memory Jonathan Weiner 1999 American English
17117 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17117 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17117 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17117 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17117 The Inheritance Matthew Lopez 2020 American English
17117 Proof David Auburn 2000 American English
17117 Bad Jews Joshua Harmon 2013 American English
17117 The Piano Lesson August Wilson 1987 American English
17117 The Testament John Grisham 1999 American English
17117 The Summons John Grisham 2002 American English
17117 تشريفة آل المر Abdul-Karim Nassif 1998 Syrian Arabic
17117 Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs 2023 American English
17117 The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro 2013 Unknown English
16996 Crooked House Agatha Christie 1949 British English
17117 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17117 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson 1980 Australian English
17117 The Eye Of Osiris R Austin Freeman 1911 British English
17117 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17117 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17117 Family Favorites Alfred Duggan 1960 British English
17117 The Heirs Of The Kingdom Zoe Oldenbourg 1970 French French
17117 Campion Towers John Beatty, Patricia Beatty 1965 Unknown English
17117 A Madman’s Will Gregory May 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Heirs Susan Rieger 2017 American English
17117 The Imperfects Amy Meyerson 2020 American English
17117 Good Riddance Elinor Lipman 2019 American English
17117 Gilt Jamie Brenner 2022 American English
17117 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17117 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17092 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17108 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17117 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English