The Greatest Books of All Time on Martyrdom

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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
187 The Power and the Glory Graham Greene 1940 British English
385 Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz 1895 Polish Polish
740 Silence Shūsaku Endō 1966 Japanese Japanese
832 The Last Of The Just André Schwarz-Bart 1959 French French
1683 The Life Written By Himself the Archpriest Avvakum 1666 Russian Russian
1814 Christ Recrucified Nikos Kazantzakis 1948 Greek Greek
2191 Les Tragiques Agrippa d'Aubigné 1616 French French
2491 Murder In The Cathedral T. S. Eliot 1935 British English
4668 Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw 1923 Irish English
5157 The Gadfly Ethel Lilian Voynich 1897 British English
6132 The Fool In Christ Gerhart Hauptmann 1910 German German
7216 Polyeucte Pierre Corneille 1643 French French
7216 The Mystery Of The Charity Of Joan Of Arc Charles Péguy 1910 French French
14757 The Nazarene Sholem Asch 1939 Polish Yiddish
14899 Hypatia Charles Kingsley 1853 British English
14882 Dulcitius Hrotsvitha 990 German Latin
15801 Runaway Horses Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
15916 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
17163 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17163 Christ Is Recrucified Kazantzakis Greek Greek