The Greatest Books of All Time on Plague
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | Decameron | Giovanni Boccaccio | 1353 | Italian | Italian | |
| 273 | The Betrothed | Alessandro Manzoni | 1827 | Italian | Italian | |
| 1863 | Katherine | Anya Seton | 1954 | American | English | |
| 2015 | A Journal Of The Plague Year | Daniel Defoe | 1722 | British | English | |
| 2589 | Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell | 2020 | Irish | English | |
| 2881 | The Diary of Samuel Pepys | Samuel Pepys | 1825 | British | English | |
| 3249 | A Distant Mirror | Barbara Wertheim Tuchman | 1978 | American | English | |
| 6482 | Year Of Wonders | Geraldine Brooks | 2001 | Australian | English | |
| 6896 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis | 1992 | American | English | |
| 7216 | The Scarlet Plague | Jack London | 1912 | American | English | |
| 11547 | Old St Paul's | William Harrison Ainsworth | 1841 | British | English | |
| 11663 | World Without End | Francine du Plessix Gray | 1981 | American | English | |
| 17162 | Samuel Pepys | Claire Tomalin | 2002 | British | English | |
| 17162 | Plague's Progress | Arno Karlen | 1995 | American | English | |
| 17162 | The Rats | James Herbert | 1974 | British | English | |
| 17162 | Moreta | Anne McCaffrey | 1983 | American | English | |
| 17162 | Nerilka's Story | Anne McCaffrey | 1986 | Irish | English | |
| 17162 | Between Two Fires | Christopher Buehlman | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17162 | In The Wake Of The Plague | Norman F. Cantor | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17162 | 1666 | Lora Chilton | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17162 | To Calais In Ordinary Time | James Meek | 2019 | British | English |