The Greatest Books of All Time on Peace

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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
12 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869 Russian Russian
876 Lysistrata Aristophanes -411 Greek Ancient greek
1055 Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf 1936 American English
2643 Perpetual Peace Immanuel Kant 1795 German German
2780 Lay Down Your Arms! Bertha von Suttner 1889 Austrian German
2936 The Better Angels Of Our Nature Steven Pinker 2011 American English
3638 Charter of the United Nations United Nations 1945 Multiple English
4431 The Family of Man Edward Steichen 1955 American English
5939 Der Bedrohte Friede Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1982 German German
6382 The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights United Nations 1948 Multiple English
6432 Ideas and Opinions Albert Einstein 1954 German English
6448 Warngedichte Erich Fried 1987 Austrian German
6851 Apeirogon Colum McCann 2020 Irish English
7216 Poems Of Fray Luis De León Fray Luis de León 1582 Spanish Spanish
7216 Poems Of John Greenleaf Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1838 American English
7878 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997 American English
8832 Hiroshima Notes Kenzaburō Ōe 1965 Japanese Japanese
9709 Common Security The Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues 1982 Unknown English
10405 Oh Pure And Radiant Heart Lydia Millet 2005 American English
10920 The Economic Weapon Nicholas Mulder 2022 American English
11253 Tiger At The Gates Jean Giraudoux 1935 French French
11662 Thirteen Days In September Lawrence Wright 2014 American English
11662 The Fate Of The Earth Jonathan Schell 1982 American English
11940 Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters Ray Stannard Baker 1927 American English
12515 Alva Myrdal Sissela Bok 1991 Swedish Unknown
14544 The Great Illusion Norman Angell 1910 British English
15651 The Days Of A Man David Starr Jordan 1922 American English
15915 Dhammapada Unknown -299 Multiple Pali
15915 The Animals' Conference Erich Kästner 1949 German German
17161 Munich Telford Taylor 1979 American English
17161 Weapons and Hope Freeman Dyson 1984 American English
17161 Encyclicals of Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII 1961 Vatican City Latin
17161 Unfinished Business Stephen Bonsal 1944 American English
17161 A Testament of Hope Martin Luther King 1986 American English
17161 Wall And Piece Banksy 2005 British English
17161 My Life Golda Meir 1975 Israeli English
17161 War And Peace And War Peter Turchin 2005 American English
17161 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17161 Tolstoy's "War And Peace" A Study R.F. Christian 1978 Unknown English
17161 The Price Of Peace Zachary D. Carter 2020 American English