The Greatest Books of All Time on Power

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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
17164 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad 1969 American English
17164 Walk To The End Of The World Suzy McKee Charnas 1974 American English
17164 Michaelmas Algis Budrys 1977 American English
17164 Oath Of Fealty Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1981 American English
17164 Harsh Cry Of The Heron Lian Hearn 2006 Japanese English
17164 Solo Leveling 02 Dubu, CHUGONG 2020 Korean Korean
17164 My Idea Of Fun Will Self 1993 British English
17164 Spqr Mary Beard 2015 British English
17164 The Empress Of Salt And Fortune Nghi Vo 2020 American English
17164 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17164 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17164 Super Cannes J. G. Ballard 2000 British English
17164 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August Wilson 1984 American English
17164 Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris 2018 American English
17164 King Charles Iii Mike Bartlett 2014 British English
17164 House Of Sky And Breath Sarah J. Maas 2022 American English
17164 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17164 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay 2010 Canadian English
17164 The Black Company Glen Cook 1984 American English
17164 The Way Of Shadows Brent Weeks 2008 American English
17164 Prince Of Thorns Mark Lawrence 2011 British English
17164 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17164 Daybreak On A Different Mountain Colin Greenland 1984 British English
17164 Taltos Steven Brust 1988 American English
17164 Dawnthief James Barclay 1999 British English
17164 The Serpent Mage Greg Bear 1986 American English
17164 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17164 The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, And Five Doris May Lessing 1980 British English
17164 Aftermath Chuck Wendig 2015 American English
17164 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17164 Otherland Tad Williams 1996 American English
17164 Updraft Fran Wilde 2015 American English
17164 Magic Or Madness Justine Larbalestier 2005 Australian English
17164 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17164 The House Of Shattered Wings Aliette de Bodard 2015 French English
17164 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17164 Ash Mary Gentle 2000 British English
17164 Aztec Century Christopher Evans 1993 British English
17164 The King Of The Swords Michael Moorcock 1971 British English
17164 The Sword And The Stallion Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17164 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17164 Death's Master Tanith Lee 1979 British English
17164 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17164 The Tiger And The Wolf Adrian Tchaikovsky 2016 British English
17164 Witch King Martha Wells 2023 American English
17164 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English
17164 Battle Ground Jim Butcher 2020 American English
17164 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17164 Souldancer Brian Niemeier 2016 American English
17164 The Broker John Grisham 2005 American English
17164 First Family David Baldacci 2009 American English
17076 The Chocolate War Robert Cormier 1974 American English
17164 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17146 The Best Mayor, The King Lope de Vega 1635 Spanish Spanish
17164 The Dawn Watch Maya Jasanoff 2017 American English
17164 Spending Mary Gordon 1998 American English
17164 In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin 2009 Pakistani English
17164 The Emperor's Last Island Julia Blackburn 1991 British English
17164 Confessions Of A Muckraker Jack Anderson 1979 American English
17164 The Politics Of War Walter Karp 1979 American English
17164 The Thirty Years’ War Andrew Kopkind 1996 American Unknown
17164 The Gothic Politics Of The Deep South Robert Sherrill 1968 American English
17164 Rivers Of Empire Donald Worster 1985 American English
17164 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17164 Breath and Bone Carol Berg 2008 American English
17164 War In The Land Of Egypt Yusuf al-Qa’id 1978 Egyptian Arabic
17164 تشريفة آل المر Abdul-Karim Nassif 1998 Syrian Arabic
17164 The Elephants Fathi Ghanem 1965 Egyptian Unknown
17164 The Hostage Zayd Mutee Dammaj 1984 Yemeni Arabic
17164 The Windy City Moussa Ould Ebnou 1998 Unknown Unknown
17164 Seeds Of Corruption Sabri Moussa 1973 Egyptian Arabic
17164 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17164 The Ace Tahar Wattar 1974 Algerian Arabic
17164 The Theocrat Bensalem Himmich 1997 Moroccan Arabic
17164 The Conspiracy Faraj Al-Huwar Unknown Unknown
17164 The Palace Thief Ethan Canin 1994 American English
17164 When Victims Become Killers Mahmood Mamdani 2001 American English
17164 Last Kingdom Series Bernard Cornwell 2004 British English
17164 The Secret Book Of Kings Yokhi Brandes 2008 Israeli Hebrew
16923 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese
17164 The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Suzanne Collins 2020 American English
17164 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline 2020 American English
17164 My Dark Vanessa Kate Elizabeth Russell 2020 American English
16973 Anti Oedipus Gilles Deleuze 1972 French French
16787 Caligula Albert Camus 1944 French French
17164 Crooked Kingdom Leigh Bardugo 2016 American English
17164 Under The Dome Stephen King 2009 American English
17164 Morning Star Pierce Brown 2016 American English
17164 Eldest Christopher Paolini 2005 American English
17164 Winter Of The World Ken Follett 2012 British English
17164 Fall Of Giants Ken Follett 2010 British English
17164 All In Simona Ahrnstedt 2014 Swedish Swedish
17164 Playing In The Dark Toni Morrison 1992 American English
17164 The Unwaba Revelations Samit Basu 2007 Indian English
17164 The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell 2022 British English
17164 Whitehall Peter Hennessy 1989 British English
17164 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17164 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17164 Fool Moon Jim Butcher 2001 American English
17164 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17164 Death In A Tenured Position Amanda Cross 1981 American English
17164 Helen Of Troy Margaret George 2006 American English
17164 The Magpie Lord K.J. Charles 2013 British English
17164 Burn For Me Ilona Andrews 2014 American English
17164 Darth Plagueis James Luceno 2012 American English
17164 Kingdom Come Mark Waid 1996 American English
17101 The Guns Of Avalon Roger Zelazny 1972 American English
17120 King Henry Vi, Part 3 William Shakespeare 2001 British English
16762 King Henry Vi, Part 2 William Shakespeare 1594 British English
17120 Henry Vi, Part 1 William Shakespeare 2000 British English
17164 Deadhouse Gates Steven Erikson 2000 Canadian English
17164 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17164 Kalpa Imperial Angélica Gorodischer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
17164 Here Be Dragons Sharon Kay Penman 1985 American English
17164 Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 2000 American English
17164 Nona The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2022 New Zealand English
17164 Moxyland Lauren Beukes 2008 South African English
17164 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17164 The Concise 48 Laws Of Power Robert Greene 2002 American English
17164 Berserk Volume 7 Kentaro Miura 1995 Japanese Japanese