The Greatest Books of All Time on Loyalty

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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
97 For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway 1940 American English
102 Charlotte's Web E. B. White 1952 American English
115 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1883 British English
119 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
125 Antigone Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
131 King Lear William Shakespeare 1608 British English
136 The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 1908 British English
142 The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 1930 American English
146 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
161 The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler 1953 American English
199 The Radetzky March Joseph Roth 1932 Austrian German
204 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 British English
230 The Call of the Wild Jack London 1903 American English
233 The Spy Who Came in From the Cold John le Carré 1963 British English
242 The Godfather Mario Puzo 1969 American English
283 Nostromo Joseph Conrad 1904 British English
297 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
323 Mahabharata Vyasa -400 Indian Sanskrit
422 Ramayana Valmiki -200 Indian Sanskrit
495 Casino Royale Ian Fleming 1953 British English
548 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
633 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John le Carré 1974 British English
669 Beowulf Unknown 1000 Unknown Old english
674 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 British English
699 The Nibelungenlied Unknown 1200 German Middle high german
726 The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk 1951 American English
786 The Far Pavilions Mary Margaret Kaye 1978 British English
802 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Guanzhong Luo 1400 Chinese Chinese
921 Master and Commander Patrick O'Brian 1969 British English
922 The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 American English
967 The Heat of the Day Elizabeth Bowen 1949 British English
978 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
986 Electra Sophocles -409 Greek Ancient greek
1057 The Master of Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 British English
1066 Antony And Cleopatra William Shakespeare 1606 British English
1088 The Dwarf Par Lagerkvist 1944 Swedish Swedish
1091 Shahnameh Ferdowsi 1010 Iranian Persian
1125 Philoctetes Sophocles -409 Greek Ancient greek
1131 Ashes and Diamonds Jerzy Andrzejewski 1948 Polish Polish
1151 The Water Margin Shi Naian 1370 Chinese Chinese
1186 Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 German Middle high german
1243 Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
1247 The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1894 British English
1289 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin 1996 American English
1353 William Tell Friedrich Schiller 1804 German German
1362 The Heart Of Midlothian Sir Walter Scott 1818 Scottish English
1410 Poem of the Cid Unknown 1207 Spanish Old spanish
1485 A Perfect Spy John le Carré 1986 British English
1555 Troilus And Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer 1385 British Middle english
1645 Shogun James Clavell 1975 British English
1653 The Loyal Subject Heinrich Mann 1918 German German
1658 The Song of Roland Unknown 1100 French Old french
1669 The Underdogs Mariano Azuela 1915 Mexican Spanish
1755 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling 2005 British English
1805 A Hero Born Jin Yong 1957 Chinese Chinese
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
1866 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2100 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson 2007 American English
2121 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2144 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets J. K. Rowling 1998 British English
2232 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 British English
2289 The White Guard Mikhail Bulgakov 1925 Russian Russian
2433 The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1905 British English
2449 Henry V William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2475 The Last Battle C. S. Lewis 1956 British English
2556 Alamut Vladimir Bartol 1938 Slovenian Slovene
2573 Lad Albert Payson Terhune 1919 American English
2625 The Captain's Daughter Alexander Pushkin 1836 Russian Russian
2719 Richard Ii William Shakespeare 1595 British English
2745 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2887 Hadji Murat Leo Tolstoy 1912 Russian Russian
2901 Waverley Sir Walter Scott 1814 British English
2917 Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel 2012 British English
2948 Redwall Brian Jacques 1986 British English
2951 Exit, Voice, And Loyalty Albert Hirschman 1970 American English
3011 The Game Of Kings Dorothy Dunnett 1961 British English
3057 Advise and Consent Allen Drury 1959 American English
3105 Alcestis Euripides -438 Greek Ancient greek
3225 Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3238 Hms Ulysses Alistair MacLean 1955 Scottish English
3265 Old Mortality Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
3504 The Big Blowdown George P. Pelecanos 1996 American English
3612 Redgauntlet Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
3638 The Tootinameh; Or, Tales of a Parrot India, Iran 1300 Indian Persian
3638 Krambambuli Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1901 Austrian German
3638 Jürg Jenatsch Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 1876 Swiss German
3638 Rinaldo Rinaldini, The Robber Captain Christian August Vulpius 1799 German German
3814 Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3817 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3839 De Niro's Game Rawi Hage 2006 Canadian English
4189 An Ember In The Ashes Sabaa Tahir 2015 American English
4309 Count Belisarius Robert Graves 1938 British English
4309 The Children Of The New Forest Frederick Marryat 1847 British English
4443 A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry 2005 Irish English
4493 Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
4678 The Paul Street Boys Ferenc Molnár 1906 Hungarian Hungarian
4754 Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 2017 British English
4934 The Baron's Sons Mór Jókai 1869 Hungarian Hungarian
4948 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
5112 Дъщерята на Калояна Fani Popova-Mutafova 1943 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5158 Самуил Dimitar Talev 1956 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5338 Days Without End Sebastian Barry 2016 Irish English
5339 Lassie Come Home Eric Knight 1940 British English
5352 Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem 1999 American English
5409 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5426 The Machine Gunners Robert Westall 1975 British English
5463 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith 2008 Russian English
5528 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5630 Queens' Play Dorothy Dunnett 1964 British English
5648 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5699 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5701 The Persian Boy Mary Renault 1972 British English
5847 Venice Preserv'd Thomas Otway 1682 British English
5853 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5907 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
5914 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht 1944 German German
6082 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6102 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6157 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1883 American English