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
17120 The Firedrake Cecelia Holland 1966 American English
17120 Kings In Winter Cecelia Holland 1970 American English
17120 Antichrist Cecelia Holland 1970 Unknown English
17120 Destiny Of Fire Zoe Oldenbourg 1960 French English
17120 Cities Of The Flesh Zoe Oldenbourg 1961 French French
17120 The Heirs Of The Kingdom Zoe Oldenbourg 1970 French French
17120 White Boar Marian Palmer 1988 Unknown English
17120 Falls The Shadow Sharon Kay Penman 1988 American English
17120 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17120 Golden Hand Edith Simon 1961 Unknown English
17120 Duchess Of Milan Michael Ennis 1992 American English
17120 City Of God Cecelia Holland 1979 American English
17120 Vittoria Robert Merle 1986 French French
17120 The Bride Of Sforza Miranda Seymour 1975 Unknown English
17120 Stage Of Fools Charles Brady Unknown English
16769 Immortal Queen Elizabeth Byrd 1956 American English
17120 Heart Of A Queen Josephine Delves-Broughton Unknown Unknown
17120 My Lord Essex Olive Eckerson Unknown Unknown
17120 The Firedrake's Eye Patricia Finney 1992 British English
17120 Death Of The Fox George Garrett 1972 American English
17120 The Succession George Garrett 1983 American English
17120 I, Elizabeth Rosalind Miles 1993 British English
17120 The Cat And The King Louis Auchincloss 1981 American English
17120 Dark Torrent Of Glencoe Edward Grierson 1960 British English
17120 The Gods Are Thirsty Tabitha Lee Unknown Unknown
17120 Monmouth Charles Flood 1977 Unknown English
17120 Lord Of The Kongo Peter Forbath 1988 Unknown English
17120 The Court Of The Lion Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1988 Unknown English
17120 Deception Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1993 Unknown English
17120 Dynasty Robert S. Elegant 1977 American English
17120 Mandarin Robert S. Elegant 1983 American English
17120 The Chinese Emperor Jean Levi 1985 French French
17120 Golden Fire Jonathan Fast 1986 Unknown English
17120 The Moghul Thomas Hoover 1983 American English
17120 Raj Gita Mehta 1989 Indian English
17120 Yedo Lynn Guest 1985 Unknown English
17120 Sakuran Edward Tolosko Unknown Unknown
17120 The Signore Kunio Tsuji 1990 Japanese Japanese
16769 The Heike Story Eiji Yoshikawa 1956 Japanese Japanese
17120 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17120 The Luck Of Huemac Daniel Peters 1981 Unknown English
17120 A Signal Victory David Stacton 1960 American English
17120 Heavenbreaker Christa Wolf Unknown Unknown
17120 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1 Singshong 2018 Korean Korean
17120 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17120 Beauty Sheri S. Tepper 1991 American English
17120 Menewood Nicola Griffith 2023 British English
17120 The Rascal King Jack Beatty 1992 American English
17120 The Patriarchs Angela Saini 2023 British English
17120 Fear Is Just A Word Azam Ahmed 2023 Unknown English
17120 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Money Kings Daniel Schulman 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Collision Of Power Martin Baron 2023 Unknown English
17120 Lies And Sorcery Elsa Morante 2023 Italian Unknown
17120 What The Taliban Told Me Ian Fritz 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 The Lies Of The Land Steven Conn 2023 Unknown English
17120 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17120 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17120 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian
17120 The Book Of Eve Carmen Boullosa 2023 Unknown Spanish
17120 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17120 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17120 There Will Be Fire Rory Carroll 2023 Unknown English
17120 Bottoms Up And The Devil Laughs Kerry Howley 2023 Unknown English
17120 Ringmaster Abraham Riesman 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Wife Of Bath Marion Turner 2023 Unknown English
17120 Critical Mass Daniel Suarez 2023 American English
17120 Devil Makes Three Ben Fountain 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Sunset Crowd Karin Tanabe 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Big Break Ben Terris 2023 Unknown English
17120 Collision Of Power Martin Baron 2023 Unknown English
17120 Under The Eye Of Power Colin Dickey 2023 American English
17120 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
17120 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17120 Wrath Of The Triple Goddess Rick Riordan Unknown Unknown
17120 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17120 The Curse Of The Mistwraith Janny Wurts 1993 American English
17120 To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 Tad Williams 1993 American English
17120 Stone Of Farewell Tad Williams 1990 American English
17120 Bloodline Claudia Gray 2016 American English
17120 Mistborn Trilogy Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17120 The Maze Of Bones Rick Riordan 2008 American English
17120 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17120 The Harry Potter Collection 1 4 J. K. Rowling 1997 British English
17120 One Fifth Avenue Candace Bushnell 2008 American English
17120 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17120 The Rise Of Kyoshi F.C. Yee 2019 American English
17120 Twisted Family Values V.C. Chickering 2018 Unknown English
17120 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17120 The Forest Of Enchantments Chitra Divakaruni 2019 Indian English
17120 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17120 City On Fire Don Winslow 2022 American English
17120 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17120 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17120 Missionaries Phil Klay 2020 American English
17120 Grasping Evil I’m Ink Unknown Unknown
17120 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17120 The False Prince Leslie Nielsen Unknown Unknown
17120 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
17120 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
16852 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17120 A World Without Princes Soman Chainani 2014 American English
17033 The Saga Of The Volsungs Anonymous 1270 Unknown Old norse
17120 The Wife, The Maid, And The Mistress Ariel Lawhon 2014 American English
17120 The Expanse James S. A. Corey 2011 American English
17120 A Drop Of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett Unknown Unknown
17120 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17120 Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Kentaro Miura 2019 Japanese Japanese
17120 Dragons Of Summer Flame Margaret Weis 1995 American English
17120 Soulsmith Will Wight 2016 American English
17120 Ghostwater Will Wight 2018 American English
17120 Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio 2019 American English
17120 Blackflame Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb 1995 American English
17120 Wintersteel Will Wight 2020 American English
17120 Tyrant's Throne Sebastien de Castell 2017 Canadian English
17120 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French
17120 The Master Puppeteer Katherine Paterson 1975 American English
17120 Westmark Lloyd Alexander 1981 American English
17120 The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002 American English