The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Portugal

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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
80 Candide Voltaire 1759 French French
200 The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa 1982 Portuguese Portuguese
481 The Lusiad Luís Vaz Camões 1572 Portuguese Portuguese
740 Silence Shūsaku Endō 1966 Japanese Japanese
970 The Maias Eça de Queirós 1888 Portuguese Portuguese
1242 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis José Saramago 1984 Portuguese Portuguese
1595 The Forbidden Kingdom Jan Jacob Slauerhoff 1932 Dutch Dutch
1709 The Club Dumas Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1993 Spanish Spanish
1882 Pereira Maintains Antonio Tabucchi 1994 Italian Italian
1942 The Land At The End Of The World António Lobo Antunes 1979 Portuguese Portuguese
2005 Baltasar and Blimunda José Saramago 1982 Portuguese Portuguese
2287 The History of the Siege of Lisbon José Saramago 1989 Portuguese Portuguese
2766 Decisive Moments in History Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
3568 The Return Of The Caravels António Lobo Antunes 1988 Portuguese Portuguese
3571 The Inquisitors' Manual António Lobo Antunes 1996 Portuguese English
3638 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron 1812 British English
3845 The Stone Raft José Saramago 1986 Portuguese Portuguese
4411 Sharpe's Eagle Bernard Cornwell 1981 British English
5022 The City And The Mountains Eça de Queirós 1901 Portuguese Portuguese
5477 Fado Alexandrino António Lobo Antunes 1983 Portuguese Portuguese
5496 Signs Of Fire Jorge de Sena 1979 Portuguese Portuguese
5911 Poems Of Fernando Pessoa Fernando Pessoa 1942 Portuguese Portuguese
6100 Unity And Struggle Amilcar Cabral 1979 Guinean Portuguese
6650 Tratado das Paixões da Alma António Lobo Antunes 1990 Portuguese Portuguese
7215 Poetry Antònio Ferreira 1558 Portuguese Portuguese
7215 The Lisbon Earthquake Voltaire 1756 French French
7215 The Keeper Of Sheep Fernando Pessoa 1925 Portuguese Portuguese
7610 Winter In Lisbon Antonio Muñoz Molina 1987 Spanish Spanish
8545 Journey To Portugal José Saramago 1981 Portuguese Portuguese
8583 Sermões Padre Vieira 1642 Brazilian Portuguese
8584 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8736 Poems Of Sophia De Mello Breyner Sophia de Mello Breyner 1964 Portuguese Portuguese
9133 Raised From The Ground José Saramago 1980 Portuguese Portuguese
9594 The Gospel According To Jesus Christ José Saramago 1991 Portuguese Portuguese
10037 Poems Of Eugénio De Andrade Eugénio de Andrade 1977 Portuguese Portuguese
10087 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10136 Poems Of Jorge De Sena Jorge de Sena 1978 Portuguese Portuguese
10231 Que Cavalos São Aqueles Que Fazem Sombra No Mar? António Lobo Antunes 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
10505 A Voyage To India Gonçalo M. Tavares 2010 Portuguese Portuguese
10748 Ballad Of Dogs' Beach José Cardoso Pires 1982 Portuguese Portuguese
10781 Act Of The Damned António Lobo Antunes 1985 Portuguese Portuguese
10859 Nova Antologia Poética Vinícius De Moraes 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
11072 Your Steps On The Stairs Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer 2019 Spanish English
11164 A World Lit Only By Fire William Manchester 1992 American English
11197 Mensagem Fernando Pessoa 1934 Portuguese Portuguese
11233 The Illustrious House of Ramires Eça de Queirós 1900 Portuguese Portuguese
11235 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11390 Always Astonished Fernando Pessoa 1988 Portuguese Portuguese
11401 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11514 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11939 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Samuel Eliot Morison 1942 American English
12027 Night Train To Lisbon Pascal Mercier 2004 Swiss German
12061 O Tamanho Do Mundo António Lobo Antunes 2022 Portuguese Portuguese
13599 Brazil Red Jean-Christophe Rufin 2001 French French
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14629 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14984 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14984 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14984 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
15661 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15680 Terras Do Demo Aquilino Ribeiro 1974 Portuguese Portuguese
15867 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
16581 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16643 Lettres Portugaises Gabriel de Guilleragues 1668 French French
17120 Васко да Гама от село Рупча the Mormarev Brothers 1977 Bulgarian Bulgarian
17120 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17120 The Whale Philip Hoare 2008 British English
17120 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17120 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17120 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17120 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17053 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17120 Tutti I Nomi José Saramago 1997 Portuguese Italian
17120 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17091 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17120 On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17120 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17120 The Russia House John le Carré 1989 British English
17120 A Fórmula De Deus José M. Sánchez Santos Unknown Unknown
17120 The First Signs Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Canadian English
17049 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17111 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese