The Greatest Books of All Time on Legacy
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17119 | Pele | Pele | 2006 | Brazilian | English | |
| 17119 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | August Wilson | 1984 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Radio Golf | August Wilson | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Red | John Logan | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Master Class | Terrence McNally | 1995 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Bleachers | John Grisham | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Emperor's Last Island | Julia Blackburn | 1991 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Giants And Heroes | Dianne Tittle De Laet | 1995 | Belgian | Unknown | |
| 17119 | Geronimo | Angie Debo | 1976 | American | English | |
| 17119 | George Sprott | Seth | 2009 | Canadian | English | |
| 17119 | Fathers | Herb Gold | 1994 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Secret Book Of Kings | Yokhi Brandes | 2008 | Israeli | Hebrew | |
| 17119 | Bluebeard | Kurt Vonnegut | 1987 | American | English | |
| 17119 | One Two Three Four | Craig Brown | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Colonel Roosevelt | Edmund Morris | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Kingdom Come | Mark Waid | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Joe Di Maggio | Richard Ben Cramer | 2000 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Big Red Of Meadow Stable | William Nack | 1988 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Walnut Mansion | Miljenko Jergović | 2003 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 17119 | The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles | 2000 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World | Jack Weatherford | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17119 | In The Checklist Of Life | Lynn McPhelimy | 1997 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Graven Images | Paul Fleischman | 1982 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Sculptor | Scott McCloud | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Lion And The Lily | Ira Mukhoty | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Angelmaker | Nick Harkaway | 2012 | British | English | |
| 17119 | My Father, The Pornographer | Andrew J. Offutt | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Romanovs | Simon Sebag Montefiore | 2016 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Beyond The Grave | Jude Watson | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Thunderclap | Laura Cumming | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Damnation Spring | Ash Davidson | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Unconquerable Game | Callaway, Ely | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17119 | A God Against The Gods | Allen Drury | 1976 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Return To Thebes | Allen Drury | 1977 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Twelfth Transforming | Pauline Gedge | 1984 | Canadian | English | |
| 17119 | Besieger Of Cities | Alfred Duggan | 1963 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Trojan Generals Talk | Phillip Paroti | 1986 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Farewell Great King | Jill Paton Walsh | 1972 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Funeral Games | Mary Renault | 1981 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Hannibal | Ross Leckie | 1995 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Augustus | Allan Massie | 1986 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Tiberius | Allan Massie | 1991 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Caesar | Allan Massie | 1993 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Son Of Laughter | Frederick Buechner | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Singing Sword | Jack Whyte | 1994 | Canadian | English | |
| 17119 | The Lion Of England | Margaret Butler | Unknown | English | ||
| 17119 | The Heirs Of The Kingdom | Zoe Oldenbourg | 1970 | French | French | |
| 17119 | White Boar | Marian Palmer | 1988 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Reckoning | Sharon Kay Penman | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Golden Hand | Edith Simon | 1961 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Hand Of Michelangelo | Sidney Alexander | 1976 | Unknown | English | |
| 16769 | Immortal Queen | Elizabeth Byrd | 1956 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Death Of The Fox | George Garrett | 1972 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Glass Blowers | Daphne du Maurier | 1963 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Carrington | Michael Straight | 1960 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Chinese Emperor | Jean Levi | 1985 | French | French | |
| 17119 | The Incas | Daniel Peters | 1991 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Old Lion | Jeff Shaara | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Dilla Time | Dan Charnas | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Obra Maestra | Juan Tallón | 2022 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 17119 | King | Jonathan Eig | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Camille Pissarro | Anka Muhlstein | 2023 | Unknown | French | |
| 17119 | Young Queens | Leah Redmond Chang | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Father And Son | Jonathan Raban | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Rhythm Man | Stephanie Stein Crease | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | A Madman’s Will | Gregory May | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The 272 | Rachel L. Swarns | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Holding The Note | David Remnick | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Postcard | Anne Berest | 2023 | French | French | |
| 17119 | To Anyone Who Ever Asks | Howard Fishman | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Fatherland | Burkhard Bilger | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Benjamin Banneker And Us | Rachel Jamison Webster | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Picasso The Foreigner | Annie Cohen‑Solal | 2023 | Unknown | French | |
| 17119 | Ringmaster | Abraham Riesman | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | An Ordinary Man | Richard Norton Smith | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Critic’s Daughter | Priscilla Gilman | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | President Garfield | C.W. Goodyear | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Emperor Of Rome | Mary Beard | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Led Zeppelin | Bob Spitz | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The City Of Mist | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | 2021 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 17119 | Gadis Kretek | Ratih Kumala | 2012 | Indonesian | Indonesian | |
| 17119 | A Likely Story | Leigh McMullan Abramson | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Heirs | Susan Rieger | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Wedding Dress | Danielle Steel | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Gilt | Jamie Brenner | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Room Full Of Mirrors | Charles R. Cross | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Undefeated | Kwame Alexander | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17119 | More Letters Of Note | Nikki Usher | 2019 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Secret History Of The Mongols | Paul Kahn | 1984 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy | Nova Jacobs | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17119 | James Dean | Paul Alexander | 1994 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | The Stranger's Child | Alan Hollinghurst | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Bloodline | Will Wight | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Open Heart | Elie Wiesel | 2012 | American | French | |
| 17119 | Watford Forever | Elton John, John Preston | Unknown | English | ||
| 17119 | Minha Vó Pede Desculpas | Freedrik Backman | 2013 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 17119 | All Star Superman, Vol. 2 | Grant Morrison | 2009 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Могила Шелли | Уайльд Оскар | Irish | Unknown | ||
| 17119 | Tomorrow Never Knows | Jeff Apter | 2006 | Australian | English | |
| 17119 | The World Played Chess | Robert Dugoni | American | English | ||
| 17119 | Foundation Stone | Lella Warren | 1986 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The House Of Lee | Gertrude Atherton | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Melvill | Rodrigo Fresán | 2022 | Argentine | Spanish |