The Greatest Books of All Time on Patriotism

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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
1616 Under the Yoke Ivan Vazov 1888 Bulgarian Bulgarian
1664 Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Géza Gárdonyi 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
1866 The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience 1838 Belgian Dutch
2172 Poems Of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1786 Scottish Scots
2254 Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz 1834 Polish Polish
2449 Henry V William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2813 La Débâcle Émile Zola 1892 French French
2877 The Patriot Antonio Fogazzaro 1906 Italian Italian
2976 Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes 1943 American English
3139 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Ben Fountain 2012 American English
3455 Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy 1956 American English
3637 War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon 1919 British English
3637 Trans-Atlantyk Witold Gombrowicz 1953 Polish Polish
3952 Odes Andreas Kalvos 1824 Greek Greek
3952 The Memoirs Of General Makriyannis Makriyannis 1907 Greek Greek
3952 The Complete Works Dionysios Solomos 1818 Greek Greek
4148 The Tale Of Cross Eyed Lefty From Tula And The Steel Flea Nikolai Leskov 1881 Russian Russian
4165 Vasili Tyorkin Alexander Tvardovsky 1943 Russian Russian
4377 Heart Edmondo de Amicis 1886 Italian Italian
4935 The Baron's Sons Mór Jókai 1869 Hungarian Hungarian
5896 The Plough And The Stars Sean O'Casey 1926 Irish English
6224 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6767 The Charles Men Verner von Heidenstam 1897 Swedish Swedish
7109 Ashes Stefan Zeromski 1904 Polish Polish
7215 Horace Pierre Corneille 1640 French French
7215 Last Letters Of Jacopo Ortis Ugo Foscolo 1802 Italian Italian
7215 Barbarian Odes Giosué Carducci 1877 Italian Italian
7215 Rhymes And Rhythms Giosué Carducci 1899 Italian Italian
7215 On The Eve Ivan Turgenev 1860 Russian Russian
7871 Mr Standfast John Buchan 1919 British English
8674 Collected Poems Wilfred Owen 1963 British English
9315 Russia Is Burning Maria Bloshteyn 2020 Russian English
9857 Nationalism Rabindranath Tagore 1917 Indian English
11525 On The Crown Demosthenes -330 Greek Ancient greek
11545 The Poems Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1845 American English
11811 Rosie The Riveter Revisited Sherna Berger Gluck 1987 American English
11939 John Paul Jones Samuel Eliot Morison 1959 American English
13360 The Great Speeches And Orations Of Daniel Webster Daniel Webster 1851 American English
13600 The Call Of The Soil Adrien Bertrand 1916 French French
13600 Private Gaspard René Benjamin 1915 French French
13600 The Flame That Is France Henry Malherbe French Unknown
14023 Generation Of Vipers Philip Wylie 1942 American English
14156 The Poems of Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen 1920 British English
14343 Cardigan Robert W. Chambers 1901 American English
14376 The Complete Poetical Works Of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1890 American English
14623 The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1916 Spanish Spanish
14770 The Tree Of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 British English
14780 Poems, Essays And Letters Of Joyce Kilmer Joyce Kilmer, Robert Cortes Holliday 1918 American English
14782 The Collected Poems Of Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke 1918 British English
15791 Runaway Horses Yukio Mishima 1969 Japanese Japanese
15783 Stars On The Sea F. Van Wyck Mason 1940 American English
15903 Chu Yuan Guo Moruo 1942 Chinese Chinese
15903 Conceived In Liberty Howard Fast 1945 American English
15903 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
15903 Trumpet To Arms Bruce Lancaster 1944 Unknown English
15903 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15903 None Dare Call It Treason John A. Stormer 1964 American English
17125 Paul Revere and the World He Lived In Esther Forbes 1942 American English
17125 America Right Or Wrong Anatol Lieven 2004 British English
16881 There Is A Man In Our House Ihsan Abdul Quddus 1957 Egyptian Arabic
16917 Patriotism Yukio Mishima 1961 Japanese Japanese
17125 American Sniper Chris Kyle 2012 American English
17125 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17125 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English