The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Netherlands

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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
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
6422 The Laws Connie Palmen 1991 Dutch Dutch
6445 Eaarth Bill McKibben 2010 American English
6502 Vermeer Lawrence Gowing 1952 British English
6748 De Advocaat Van De Hanen A. F. Th. van der Heijden 1990 Dutch Dutch
6748 Hoffman's Hunger Leon de Winter 1990 Dutch Dutch
6889 Frisk Dennis Cooper 1991 American English
6902 Autobiography Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German
6961 Mystiek Lichaam Frans Kellendonk 1986 Dutch Dutch
7005 The Girl With The Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 1999 British English
7011 The Free Sea Hugo Grotius 2004 Dutch Latin
7177 The Asylum Seeker Arnon Grunberg 2003 Dutch Dutch
7206 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7671 The Letters Of Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh 1914 Dutch Dutch
7701 Tirza Arnon Grunberg 2006 Dutch Dutch
7730 Verzameld Werk: Gedichten Martinus Nijhoff 1990 Dutch Dutch
7755 Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2007 Dutch English
8090 Approaching The End Gerard Reve 1993 Dutch Dutch
8670 The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom 1971 Dutch English
8693 The Discomfort Of Evening Lucas Rijneveld 2018 Dutch Dutch
8897 Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It Geoff Dyer 2003 British English
9139 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9192 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9603 The Interpreter From Java Alfred Birney 2016 Dutch Dutch
9655 The Dinner Herman Koch 2009 Dutch Dutch
9828 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9836 An Interrupted Life Etty Hillesum 1981 Dutch Dutch
9885 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9887 Man And The Natural World Keith Thomas 1983 British English
9975 Gebrek Is Een Groot Woord Nina Polak 2018 Dutch Dutch
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10219 Hersenschimmen J. Bernlef 1984 Dutch Dutch
10309 Curious Naturalists Niko Tinbergen 1958 British English
10454 Intimacies Katie Kitamura 2021 American English
10769 An Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
10973 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11168 A World Lit Only By Fire William Manchester 1992 American English
11168 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11440 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11568 The Imitation Of Christ Thomas à Kempis 1418 German Latin
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11649 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
11663 The Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
11663 Fatal Discord Michael Massing 2018 Unknown English
11934 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
13136 Vermeer Andrew Graham Dixon 2025 British English
13290 Publieke Werken Thomas Rosenboom 1999 Dutch Dutch
13362 Child Of All Nations Irmgard Keun 1938 German German
13743 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
13886 Anne Frank Francine Prose 2009 American English
14025 Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch 2011 British English
14232 The Ascent of Money Niall Ferguson 2008 British English
14232 Quicksilver Neal Stephenson 2003 American English
14232 In Ascension Martin MacInnes 2024 British English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14630 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14985 The Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson 2003 American English
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14985 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
14985 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2023 Senegalese French
15916 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Henriette Roosenburg 1957 Dutch English
15916 The Geometry Rene Descartes 1637 French French
15916 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15910 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16614 The Diary Of Anne Frank Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich 1955 American English
16686 Philosophical Dictionary Voltaire 1770 French French
17163 The Rape of Europa Lynn Nicholas 1994 American English
17163 Going Dutch Lisa Jardine 2008 British English
17163 The Courtier And The Heretic Matthew Stewart 2006 American English
17163 Girl With A Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 1999 American English
17119 Comedy In A Minor Key Hans Keilson 1947 Dutch Dutch
17163 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17163 Utopia Avenue David Mitchell 2020 British English
17163 The Witching Hour Anne Rice 1990 American English
17163 Band Of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose 1992 American English
17163 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17163 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17163 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17163 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17163 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17163 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17163 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 De Zondvloed Jeroen Brouwers 1988 Dutch Dutch
17163 Neither Here Nor There Bill Bryson 1992 American English
17163 My Heavenly Favorite Lucas Rijneveld 2020 Unknown English
17163 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17163 The Nutmeg's Curse Amitav Ghosh 2021 Indian English
17163 The Culture Code Daniel Coyle 2018 American English
17163 Confrontations Simone Atangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen 2020 Unknown Dutch
17163 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17163 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17163 The System Of The World Neal Stephenson 2004 American English
16909 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17163 Gun Before Butter Nicolas Freeling 1963 British English
17163 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17163 Thunderclap Laura Cumming 2023 British English
17141 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17163 The Diary Keepers Nina Siegal 2023 Unknown English
17163 Monet Jackie Wullschläger 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17163 The Devil And The Dark Water Stuart Turton 2020 British English
17163 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17163 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
16970 De Uitvreter / Titaantjes / Dichtertje / Mene Tekel Nescio 1918 Dutch Dutch
17163 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17163 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17163 Journey From Peppermint Street Meindert DeJong 1967 American English
17163 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17163 The Great Experiment Yascha Mounk 2022 American English