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 Wool Trilogy Hugh Howey 2011 American English
17120 One Way Or Another Leonardo Sciascia 1974 Italian Italian
17120 The History Of Italy Francesco Guicciardini 1540 Italian Italian
17120 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17120 Scion Of Ikshvaku Amish Tripathi 2015 Indian English
17120 Underlord Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Uncrowned Will Wight 2019 American English
17120 Bloodline Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Reaper Will Wight 2021 American English
17120 Dreadgod Will Wight 2022 American English
17120 Waybound Will Wight 2023 American English
17120 Skysworn Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 The Eye Of The Bedlam Bride Matt Dinniman Unknown Unknown
17120 The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman 2022 Unknown English
17120 Apprentice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17120 Black River Orchard Chuck Wendig 2023 American English
17120 A Taste Of Gold And Iron Ingrid D. Rowland 2022 Unknown English
16938 The Other Side Alfred Kubin 1909 Austrian English
17120 Accomplice To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
17120 Your Wish Is My Command Deena Mohamed 2022 Unknown English
17084 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17120 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17120 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17120 All Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison 2009 British English
17120 Braking Day Oyebanji, Adam 2022 British English
17120 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17120 Men In Love Irvine Welsh 2025 Scottish English
17063 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
17120 Our Money Kirstin Downey American English
17120 Harry Potter And The Prince Of Slytherin John Man 2015 British English
17120 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab 2016 American English
17120 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17120 Animal Factory Edward Bunker 1977 American English
17120 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17109 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17120 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17120 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17120 Divided Allegiance Elizabeth Moon 1988 American English
17120 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English
17120 Eyes Of Horus Joan Grant 1980 British English
17040 Lord Of The Horizon Joan Grant 1969 British English
17120 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English
17120 The Secret Of The Nagas Amish Tripathi 2011 Indian English
17120 The Oath Of The Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 2013 Indian English
17120 The Secret Hours Mick Herron 2023 British English
17120 Murder Your Employer Rupert Holmes 2023 American English
17120 Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2016 Canadian English
17120 Not That Bad Roxane Gay 2018 American English
17120 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese
16844 Pedro Páramo / El Llano En Llamas Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish
17120 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17120 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17120 1984 & Animal Farm George Orwell British English
17120 The Dalemark Quartet Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17120 Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Frank Miller 2005 American English
17120 1 Q84. книга 1. апрель июнь haruki murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 Mistborn Trilogy Tpb Boxed Set Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17120 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
16836 Portrait Of A Lady Henrey James 1881 American English
16902 Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 6 Book Boxed Set Frank Herbert 1965 American English
17117 The Anarchist Banker Pessoa 1922 Portuguese Portuguese
17120 The Half Drowned King Linnea Hartsuyker 2017 American English
17048 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
17120 Shadow Slave Guiltythree Korean English
17120 Children Of Eden Joey Graceffa 2016 American English
17120 Das Lächeln Der Fortuna Rebecca Gablé 1997 German German
17120 The Magnetist's Fifth Winter Per Olov Enquist Swedish Swedish
16940 1984 george orwell 1948 British English
17120 Outlaw Angus Donald 2009 British English
16814 The Assassins Elia Kazan 1972 American English
17120 Wie Politik Funktioniert Wolf Wagner German German
17120 Schizoanalytic Cartographies Félix Guattari 1989 French French
17120 Gray Mirror Yarvin, Curtis American English