The Greatest Books of All Time on Political Repression

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
212 Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler 1940 British German
959 A Tomb for Boris Davidovich Danilo Kiš 1976 Serbian Serbo-croatian
4068 The Great Terror Robert Conquest 1968 British English
7110 Journey Into The Whirlwind Eugenia Ginzburg 1967 Russian Russian
8956 The Vagrants Yiyun Li 2009 American English
10450 Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number Jacobo Timerman 1981 Argentinian Spanish
10974 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
13600 Cry, Mother Spain Lydie Salvayre 2014 French French