The Greatest Books of All Time on Morality

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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
2623 Collected Writings Ambrose Bierce 1909 American English
2627 Selected Plays of George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw 1976 Irish English
2642 Perpetual Peace Immanuel Kant 1795 German German
2663 Debit And Credit Gustav Freytag 1855 German German
2684 Selected Plays of Henrick Ibsen Henrik Ibsen 1900 Norwegian Norwegian
2709 Les Caractères Jean de La Bruyère 1688 French French
2711 Reasons And Persons Derek Parfit 1984 British English
2728 La légende des siècles Victor Hugo 1859 French French
2730 The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer 1979 American English
2750 Struwwelpeter, Or, Merry Rhymes and Funny Pictures... Heinrich Hoffmann 1845 German German
2750 Fabian Erich Kästner 1931 German German
2771 The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 German German
2773 Max And Moritz Wilhelm Busch 1865 German German
2776 Helmbrecht Wernher der Gartenaere 1250 German Middle high german
2784 Märchenalmanach Auf Das Jahr 1828 Wilhelm Hauff 1827 German German
2867 Dead Zone Stephen King 1979 American English
2900 Cremation Rafael Chirbes 2007 Spanish Spanish
2909 Ruth Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 British English
2934 The Better Angels Of Our Nature Steven Pinker 2011 American English
2952 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone 1974 American English
2968 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2971 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 2008 Indian English
3000 Monsignor Quixote Graham Greene 1982 British English
3080 Flappers And Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 American English
3108 Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 German German
3126 The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis 1942 British English
3145 A Simple Plan Scott Smith 1993 American English
3156 The Honorary Consul Graham Greene 1973 British English
3191 The Age of Reason Thomas Paine 1794 British English
3227 Ghachar Ghochar Vivek Shanbhag 2015 Indian Kannada
3242 Death Is My Trade Robert Merle 1952 French French
3314 Satires Juvenal 100 Roman Latin
3324 The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Charles Kingsley 1863 British English
3324 Compassion Benito Pérez Galdós 1897 Spanish Spanish
3324 Eyeless in Gaza Aldous Huxley 1936 British English
3324 The Guiltless Hermann Broch 1950 Austrian German
3397 King Rat James Clavell 1962 British English
3434 Horseman, Pass By Larry McMurtry 1961 American English
3455 Ян Бибиян Elin Pelin 1923 Bulgarian Bulgarian
3460 Captain Pantoja And The Special Service Mario Vargas Llosa 1973 Peruvian Spanish
3484 Consider Phlebas Iain Banks 1987 Scottish English
3500 Reflections of a Russian Statesman Konstantin P. Pobedonostsev 1898 Russian Russian
3515 Rhinoceros and Other Plays Eugène Ionesco 1959 Romanian French
3552 The Cloven Viscount Italo Calvino 1952 Italian Italian
3564 The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 1979 Senegalese French
3567 Mystery and Manners Flannery O'Connor 1969 American English
3601 Debt David Graeber 2011 American English
3613 The Life Of Marianne Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1731 French French
3638 And where Were You, Adam? Heinrich Böll 1951 German German
3638 The Tootinameh; Or, Tales of a Parrot India, Iran 1300 Indian Persian
3638 Why I Am Not a Christian Bertrand Russell 1927 British English
3638 The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce 1906 American English
3638 The Gods Will Have Blood Anatole France 1912 French French
3638 The School Of Whoredom Pietro Aretino 1536 Italian English
3638 Der Großtyrann Und Das Gericht Werner Bergengruen 1935 German German
3638 The Ship Of Fools Sebastian Brant 1494 German English
3638 Theodor Chindler Bernard von Brentano 1936 German German
3638 The Burnt Offering Albrecht Goes 1955 German German
3638 Uli The Farmhand Jeremias Gotthelf 1841 Swiss German
3638 The Crusaders Stefan Heym 1948 German English
3638 The People Of Seldwyla Gottfried Keller 1872 Swiss German
3638 Das Unauslöschliche Siegel Elisabeth Langgässer 1946 German German
3638 The Sexual Revolution Wilhelm Reich 1936 German German
3638 Mitte Des Lebens Luise Rinser 1950 German German
3638 The Seven Lamps Of Architecture John Ruskin 1849 British English
3638 The Roads To Freedom Jean Paul Sartre 1945 French French
3638 The Criminal Of Lost Honor Friedrich Schiller 1786 German German
3638 The Embezzled Heaven Franz Werfel 1940 Austrian German
3638 Les Rougon Macquart Émile Zola 1871 French French
3813 Reflections On Violence Georges Sorel 1908 French French
3833 Stories Of Three Decades Thomas Mann 1936 German German
3861 Tales of Amadou Koumba Birago Diop 1947 Togolese French
3861 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3891 The Concept Of Law H. L. A. Hart 1961 British English
3917 The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore Marianne Moore 1967 American English
3953 Modern Greek Stories Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3953 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3953 The Beggar Andreas Karkavitsas 1896 Greek Greek
3953 The Complete Works Of Alexandros Papadiamantis Alexandros Papadiamantis 1952 Greek Greek
3953 Η Γυναίκα της Ζακύνθου Dionysios Solomos 1829 Greek Greek
4091 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4120 Each Man In His Darkness Julien Green 1960 French French
4178 De Kellner En De Levenden Simon Vestdijk 1949 Dutch Dutch
4216 Epistles Horace 20 Latin Latin
4227 The Light Of Day Eric Ambler 1962 British English
4256 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4273 The Blue Book Mikhail Zoshchenko 1923 Russian Russian
4278 Fallen Leaves Vasily Rozanov 1913 Russian Russian
4309 Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Henry Howarth Bashford 1924 British English
4309 Ennui Maria Edgeworth 1809 Irish English
4309 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4309 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4378 Heart Edmondo de Amicis 1886 Italian Italian
4417 A Bright Shining Lie Neil Sheehan 1988 American English
4420 Selections From The Tatler And The Spectator Joseph Addison, Richard Steele 1804 British English
4420 The Voysey Inheritance Harley Granville Barker 1905 British English
4430 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4440 The Thief's Journal Jean Genet 1949 French French
4481 The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1871 British English
4525 Living In Truth Vaclav Havel 1986 Czech Czech
4580 The Zone Sergei Dovlatov 1982 Russian Russian
4644 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4653 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4656 Man And Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903 British English
4722 My Book House Olive Beaupré Miller 1920 American English
4758 Baptism Yang Jiang 1988 Chinese Chinese
4794 The Good Person of Szechwan Bertolt Brecht 1943 German German
4801 Brand Henrik Ibsen 1866 Norwegian Norwegian
4854 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
4877 Massâlik Al Jinân Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba 1895 Senegalese Arabic
4888 The MaddAddam Trilogy Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
4891 The Short Stories Of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov 1886 Russian Russian
4898 The Theory Of Moral Sentiments Adam Smith 1759 Scottish English
4952 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4953 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
4954 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
4982 Sophie's Misfortunes Countess of Ségur. 1858 French French
5003 In A Different Voice Carol Gilligan 1982 American English
5042 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5083 Short Friday Isaac Bashevis Singer 1964 Polish Yiddish