The Greatest Books of All Time on Nobility

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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
72 Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov 1962 American English
95 Orlando Virginia Woolf 1928 British English
131 King Lear William Shakespeare 1608 British English
196 Lady Chatterley's Lover D. H. Lawrence 1928 British English
320 Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 1963 American English
419 The Daughter of Time Josephine Tey 1951 British English
526 Gormenghast Mervyn Peake 1950 British English
629 Titus Groan Mervyn Peake 1946 British English
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
950 Richard III William Shakespeare 1592 British English
1340 As You Like it William Shakespeare 1600 British English
1574 Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock 1818 British English
1704 Celestial Harmonies Peter Esterhazy 2000 Hungarian Hungarian
1863 Katherine Anya Seton 1954 American English
1953 Titus Alone Mervyn Peake 1959 British English
2026 Stanzas about the Death of his Father Jorge Manrique 1476 Spanish Spanish
2254 Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz 1834 Polish Polish
2505 Memoirs of Louis XIV Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (duc de) 1740 French French
2611 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1623 British English
2686 Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis 1951 British English
2747 Poor Henry Hartmann von Aue 1190 German Middle high german
2902 Longsword, Earl Of Salisbury Thomas Leland 1762 Irish English
3147 Chronicles Jean Froissart 1370 French Middle french
3164 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3246 Memoirs of Cardinal De Retz Cardinal de Retz 1717 French French
3305 Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare 1597 British English
3390 Bomarzo Manuel Mujica Lainez 1962 Argentinian Spanish
3496 Devil's Cub Georgette Heyer 1932 British English
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
4072 Private Renaissance Maria Bellonci 1985 Italian Italian
4852 Melbourne David Cecil 1939 British English
4869 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
4871 Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1975 Indian English
5147 Clouds Of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 1926 British English
5438 The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5630 Queens' Play Dorothy Dunnett 1964 British English
5860 The Book Of The Courtier Baldassare Castiglione 1528 Italian Italian
6180 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
6556 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
7215 Oraisons funèbres Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet 1689 French French
7627 The Mysterious William Shakespeare Charlton Ogburn 1984 American English
7770 Napoleon Vincent Cronin 1971 British English
7944 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
8398 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8910 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
9543 The Man Who Laughs Victor Hugo 1869 French French
10303 Feudal Society Marc Bloch 1940 French French
10303 The Coming Of The French Revolution Georges Lefebvre 1939 French French
10626 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
11230 The Illustrious House of Ramires Eça de Queirós 1900 Portuguese Portuguese
11660 Velazquez Jonathan Brown 1986 American English
13031 Fortune's Wheel Rebecca Gablé 2014 German German
13805 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
14983 The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie 2008 British English
14983 Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 American English
15602 The Days Before Yesterday Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1920 British English
17114 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17114 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17099 Robin Hood Henry Gilbert 1912 British English
17114 A Kingdom Of Dreams Judith McNaught 1989 American English
17114 The Magpie Lord K.J. Charles 2013 British English
17114 My Lord Essex Olive Eckerson Unknown Unknown
17114 Poland Adam Zamoyski 2009 British English