The Greatest Books of All Time on Journey

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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
24 The Odyssey Homer -740 Greek Ancient greek
389 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 Brazilian Portuguese
744 Moscow to the End of the Line Venedikt Yerofeev 1970 Russian Russian
1032 In The Heart Of The Seas Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1938 Israeli Hebrew
1877 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier 1997 American English
1962 The Prose Of The Trans Siberian Blaise Cendrars 1913 French French
2309 The Dead Father Donald Barthelme 1975 American English
2625 The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell 1949 American English
2706 Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli 2019 Mexican English
2913 The Odyssey Nikos Kazantzakis 1938 Greek Greek
2971 The Steppe Anton Chekhov 1888 Russian Russian
3638 Franz Sternbald's Wanderings Ludwig Tieck 1798 German German
3954 Mythistorema George Seferis 1935 Greek Greek
4227 The Frogs Aristophanes -405 Greek Ancient greek
4849 Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Lillian Schiessel 1982 American English
4879 To The End Of The World Blaise Cendrars 1957 French French
5264 The Golden Key George MacDonald 1980 British English
6208 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
6873 Povedal Mi Veštec Tiziano Terzani 2002 Italian Italian
7067 Adventures Of A Breath Hayam Abbas Al-Homi 1989 Egyptian Unknown
7216 Anabasis Saint-John Perse 1924 French French
7216 Exile And Other Poems Saint-John Perse 1942 French French
7713 The Snow Of The Admiral Alvaro Mutis 1986 Colombian Spanish
8032 Sea And Sardinia D. H. Lawrence 1921 British English
8225 The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles 2021 American English
8909 Carreteras Secundarias Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 1996 Spanish Spanish
9131 Mutant Message Down Under Marlo Morgan 1991 American English
9284 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
10508 A Voyage To India Gonçalo M. Tavares 2010 Portuguese Portuguese
13152 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13818 Il Viaggiatore Notturno Maurizio Maggiani 2005 Italian Italian
14985 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
15741 The Bridal Canopy Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1931 Israeli Hebrew
15851 The Journey To The East N109 Hermann Hesse 1932 German German
15916 The Drunken Boat Arthur Rimbaud 1871 French French
15916 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
16678 The Pilgrim's Regress C. S. Lewis 1933 British English
16681 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17163 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17163 River Sing Me Home Eleanor Shearer 2023 Unknown English
17163 No One Writes Back Jang Jin-sung 2013 Unknown Korean
17163 Pilgrims Gerard Mac Unknown English
17163 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17163 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2023 French French
17163 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17163 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English
17163 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
17163 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English
17163 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English