The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Poland

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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
14899 The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz 1956 Polish English
14986 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 2006 Irish English
14986 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14986 Hitler Ian Kershaw 1998 British English
14986 The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk 2024 Polish English
15618 Qb Vii Leon Uris 1970 American English
15822 Into That Darkness Gitta Sereny 1974 British English
15918 Commentariolus Nicolaus Copernicus 1514 Polish Latin
15918 The Literary Work Of Art Roman Ingarden 1931 Polish German
15918 A Personal Record Joseph Conrad 1912 American English
15918 Native Realm Czesław Miłosz 1959 Polish Polish
15918 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
16546 A Noite Elie Wiesel 1956 French Yiddish
16690 Droga donikąd Józef Mackiewicz 1955 Polish Polish
16734 Inside The Third Reich Speer 1969 German German
16801 The Sleepwalkers Arthur Koestler 1959 British English
17169 The Rape of Europa Lynn Nicholas 1994 American English
17169 Briar Rose Jane Yolen 1992 American English
17169 Doctor Copernicus John Banville 1976 Irish English
17169 Europe In Winter Dave Hutchinson 2016 British English
17169 Map Wislawa Szymborska 2016 Polish Polish
17169 The Book Of Aron Jim Shepard 2015 American English
17169 Liquid Modernity Zygmunt Bauman 2000 Polish English
17169 Chwila Wislawa Szymborska 2002 Polish Polish
16807 Potop Henryk Sienkiewicz 1886 Polish Polish
17169 The Things We Cannot Say Kelly Rimmer 2019 Australian English
17169 Mercedes Benz Paweł Huelle 1995 Polish Polish
17169 Mock Marek Krajewski 2013 Polish Polish
17169 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17169 Im Wasser Sind Wir Schwerelos Tomasz Jedrowski 2020 Unknown German
17169 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17169 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17169 Maus Ii Art Spiegelman 1992 American English
17169 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17169 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17169 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17169 Ostatnie Historie Olga Tokarczuk 2004 Polish Polish
17169 Madame Antoni Libera 1998 Polish Polish
17169 Panna Nikt Tomek Tryzna 1994 Polish Polish
17169 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17169 Bury Me Standing Isobel Fonseca 1995 Unknown English
17169 Exit Into History Eva Hoffman 1993 Unknown English
17169 The Elements Of Marie Curie Dava Sobel 2024 Unknown English
17169 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17169 Šeptuchy Alena Sabuchová 2019 Slovak Slovak
17169 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17169 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17169 The Middle Kingdoms Martyn Rady 2023 Unknown English
17169 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17169 Appeasement Tim Bouverie 2019 British English
17169 The Road To Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018 American English
17169 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17159 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17169 Hitler, Stalin, Mum And Dad Daniel Finkelstein 2023 British English
17169 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17169 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17169 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17169 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17169 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17169 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17169 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17169 Poland Adam Zamoyski 2009 British English