The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Oslo
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Hunger | Knut Hamsun | 1890 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 5741 | One Of Us | Asne Seierstad | 2013 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 6266 | Pan In Oslo | Knut Faldbakken | 1985 | Norwegian | German | |
| 6440 | The Snowman | Jo Nesbø | 2007 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 6450 | The Half Brother | Lars Saabye Christensen | 2001 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 7127 | The Redbreast | Jo Nesbø | 2000 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 7832 | Elling | Ingvar Ambjørnsen | 1996 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 8107 | Constance Ring | Amalie Skram | 1885 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 10542 | My Struggle: Book 6 | Karl Ove Knausgård | 2011 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 11636 | The Means Of Reproduction | Michelle Goldberg | 2009 | American | English | |
| 12657 | Thunder & Lightning | Lauren Redniss | 2015 | Unknown | English | |
| 14985 | Europe | Norman Davies | 1996 | British | English | |
| 15915 | The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | 1948 | British | English | |
| 16770 | De Dødes Tjern | André Bjerke | 1942 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | The Third Reich | Michael Burleigh | 2000 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Atlas Of An Anxious Man | Christoph Ransmayr | 2016 | Austrian | German | |
| 17161 | Doppler | Erlend Loe | 2004 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | Diplomacy | Henry A. Kissinger | 1994 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Lexus And The Olive Tree | Thomas L. Friedman | 1999 | American | English | |
| 17064 | The Bridal Wreath | Sigrid Undset | 1920 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | 1992 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Last Place On Earth | Roland Huntford | 1979 | British | English | |
| 17161 | The Nix | Nathan Hill | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Paradise Rot | Jenny Hval | 2009 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | The Silk Roads | Peter Frankopan | 2015 | British | English | |
| 17161 | The Sports Gene | David Epstein | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Simone De Beauvoir | Toril Moi | 2008 | Unknown | English | |
| 17161 | The Wages Of Destruction | Adam Tooze | 2006 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Hudløs Himmel | Herbjørg Wassmo | 1986 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | For The Living And The Dead | Tomas Tranströmer | 1989 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 17161 | The Discoverer | Jan Kjærstad | 1999 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | I Curse The River Of Time | Per Petterson | 2008 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | Will And Testament | Vigdis Hjorth | 2016 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | A Modern Family | Helga Flatland | 2017 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído | Erling Kagge | 2016 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | The Seducer | Jan Kjærstad | 1993 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | Katherine Carlyle | Rupert Thomson | 2015 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Addicted | Tony Adams | 1998 | British | English | |
| 17161 | True Believer | Jack Carr | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17161 | T. Singer | Dag Solstad | 1999 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17161 | The Holocaust | Martin Gilbert | 1978 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Girls Against God | Jenny Hval | 2018 | Norwegian | English | |
| 17161 | O Dia Do Curinga | Jostein Gaarder | 1990 | Norwegian | Norwegian |