The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Istanbul

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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
423 Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie 1934 British English
790 The Mask of Dimitrios Eric Ambler 1939 British English
1299 My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk 1998 Turkish Turkish
2031 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2099 From Russia with Love Ian Fleming 1957 British English
3638 History Of The Art Of Antiquity Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1762 German German
3953 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
4125 The Black Book Orhan Pamuk 1990 Turkish Turkish
4227 The Light Of Day Eric Ambler 1962 British English
4687 In Search Of The Miraculous P.D. Ouspensky 1947 Russian English
5300 The Museum Of Innocence Orhan Pamuk 2008 Turkish Turkish
5515 Journal Of A Soul Pope John XXIII 1964 Italian Italian
5729 Cevdet Bey And His Sons Orhan Pamuk 1982 Turkish Turkish
6145 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6341 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6442 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
6620 Zone Mathias Enard 2008 French French
7215 A Mind At Peace Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1949 Turkish Turkish
7562 Compass Mathias Enard 2015 French French
9301 The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin 2008 British English
9657 The Silk Road Sven Hedin 2012 Swedish Swedish
11354 Walking On The Ceiling Ayşegül Savaş 2019 Turkish English
11354 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds In This Strange World Elif Shafak 2019 Turkish English
11481 The Darkening Age Catherine Nixey 2017 British English
11603 One Hundred Poems By Cavafy Cavafy Greek Greek
11661 Brothers Of The Gun Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple 2018 Unknown English
12048 The White Castle Orhan Pamuk 1985 Turkish Turkish
13286 Seltsame Sterne Starren Zur Erde Emine Sevgi Özdamar 2003 German German
13359 Anastasius Thomas Hope 1819 British English
13359 The Time Regulation Institute Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1954 Turkish Turkish
13786 Dschinns Fatma Aydemir 2022 German German
13814 The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak 2006 Turkish English
13817 The Eunuch Of Constantinople Zülfü Livaneli Turkish Unknown
14984 The Dervish House Ian McDonald 2010 British English
15899 Letters And Poems Mary Wortley Montagu 1800 British English
17120 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English
17120 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17120 Das Flüstern Der Feigenbäume Elif Shafak 2023 Turkish German
17120 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17120 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17120 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17120 Border Kassa Kappabova 2017 Unknown English
17120 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17120 The Last Odyssey James Rollins 2020 American English
17120 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17120 Three Daughters Of Eve Elif Shafak 2016 Turkish English
17120 Kantika Elizabeth Graver 2023 Unknown English
17120 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17120 Strongmen Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020 American English
17120 Unerhörte Stimmen Elif Shafak 2021 Unknown German
17120 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17120 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17120 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17120 The Black Circle Patrick Carman 2009 American English
16941 The Disconnected Oğuz Atay 1972 Turkish Turkish
16860 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17120 The Genius Of Their Age S. Frederick Starr 2023 Unknown English
17120 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17120 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17120 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17120 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
16996 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17120 Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire hopkirk 1994 Unknown English
17120 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English