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
2982 The Life And Loves Of A She Devil Fay Weldon 1983 British English
2985 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
2989 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3010 The Octopus Frank Norris 1901 American English
3018 The Old Men At The Zoo Angus Wilson 1961 British English
3040 Manservant And Maidservant Ivy Compton-Burnett 1947 British English
3059 Advise and Consent Allen Drury 1959 American English
3060 Trust Hernan Díaz 2022 Argentinian English
3061 Ratking Michael Dibdin 1988 British English
3067 Montaillou Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1975 French French
3080 Los lanzallamas Roberto Arlt 1931 Argentinian Spanish
3088 The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony Roberto Calasso 1988 Italian Italian
3109 Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 German German
3132 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3158 The Flounder Günter Grass 1977 German German
3159 Nine Princes In Amber Roger Zelazny 1970 American English
3207 Submission Michel Houellebecq 2015 French French
3213 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman 1996 British English
3215 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
3228 Ghachar Ghochar Vivek Shanbhag 2015 Indian Kannada
3248 Memoirs of Cardinal De Retz Cardinal de Retz 1717 French French
3256 The Theogony Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
3269 The Girl, The Gold Watch And Everything John D. MacDonald 1962 American English
3285 The Door Szabó, Magda 1987 Hungarian Hungarian
3292 Bérénice Jean Racine 1670 French French
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
3306 Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare 1597 British English
3314 Satires Juvenal 100 Roman Latin
3324 King Lear of the Steppes Ivan Turgenev 1870 Russian Russian
3324 House in the Uplands Erskine Caldwell 1946 American English
3391 Napoleon Emil Ludwig 1926 German German
3391 Los Gozos Y Las Sombras Gonzalo Torrente Ballester 1957 Spanish Spanish
3391 Bomarzo Manuel Mujica Lainez 1962 Argentinian Spanish
3397 King Rat James Clavell 1962 British English
3402 Shadow Over Mars Leigh Brackett 1944 American English
3405 Fifty Shades of Grey: E. L. James 2011 British English
3418 Plays Pierre Corneille 1641 French French
3428 Count Julian Juan Goytisolo 1970 Spanish Spanish
3437 The Broken Earth Trilogy N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
3451 Mistborn Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
3471 Little Caesar W. R. Burnett 1929 American English
3492 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
3534 The Birthday Party Harold Pinter 1958 British English
3542 Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 2017 American English
3550 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
3558 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
3564 The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 1979 Senegalese French
3571 The Inquisitors' Manual António Lobo Antunes 1996 Portuguese English
3609 The Knights Aristophanes -424 Greek Ancient greek
3615 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
3617 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
3638 The Gods Will Have Blood Anatole France 1912 French French
3638 The School Of Whoredom Pietro Aretino 1536 Italian English
3638 Der Großtyrann Und Das Gericht Werner Bergengruen 1935 German German
3638 Jew Süss Lion Feuchtwanger 1925 German German
3638 The Crusaders Stefan Heym 1948 German English
3638 On The Marble Cliffs Ernst Jünger 1939 German German
3638 The Language Of The Third Reich Victor Klemperer 1947 German German
3638 Jürg Jenatsch Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 1876 Swiss German
3813 Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare 1600 British English
3816 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3819 Weaveworld Clive Barker 1987 British English
3821 Lenin's Tomb David Remnick 1993 American English
3830 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
3839 Gog Andrew Sinclair 1967 British English
3892 Oriental Tales Marguerite Yourcenar 1938 French French
3914 Sudden Death Alvaro Enrigue 2013 Mexican Spanish
3915 Zayni Barakat Jamal al- Ghitani 1974 Egyptian Arabic
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
3945 Doña Bárbara Rómulo Gallegos 1929 Venezuelan Spanish
3950 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
3954 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3954 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3954 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
4058 Bad Behavior Mary Gaitskill 1988 American English
4066 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4073 Private Renaissance Maria Bellonci 1985 Italian Italian
4079 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi 2018 Nigerian English
4082 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian
4084 The Manor Isaac Bashevis Singer 1967 Polish Yiddish
4091 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4132 The Three-Arched Bridge Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
4139 Three plays Paul Claudel 1912 French French
4157 Asymmetry Lisa Halliday 2018 American English
4158 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
4168 Miss Julie August Strindberg 1888 Swedish Swedish
4206 The Colonizer and the Colonized Albert Memmi 1957 French French
4216 Andromache Euripides -425 Greek Ancient greek
4222 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
4257 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4258 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4295 The Castle franz kafka 1926 German German
4297 The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo 2001 British English
4306 A Court Of Thorns And Roses Sarah J. Maas 2015 American English
4310 Vril Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1871 British English
4369 The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie 1995 British English
4397 Tobacco Dimitar Dimov 1951 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4400 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4402 The Revolt Of The Angels Anatole France 1914 French French
4463 The Royal Physician's Visit Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
4483 The Duchess Of Malfi John Webster 1623 British English
4489 The Bears' Famous Invasion Of Sicily Dino Buzzati 1945 Italian Italian
4499 The Rise And Fall Of The Great Powers Paul Kennedy 1987 British English
4511 The Palace Of Dreams Ismail Kadare 1981 Albanian Albanian
4549 Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor 1944 American English
4605 Babel R. F. Kuang 2022 American English
4636 The Medici George Frederick Young 1910 Unknown English
4646 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4664 Dusklands J. M. Coetzee 1974 South African English
4709 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4717 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4721 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
4724 Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch 1870 Austrian German
4732 Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
4742 The Man With The Golden Touch Mór Jókai 1872 Hungarian Hungarian
4743 The Commandant Jessica Anderson 1975 Australian English
4755 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4782 Pharsalia Lucan 61 Roman Latin
4784 Ice Anna Kavan 1967 British English
4790 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen 1892 Norwegian Norwegian