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
11322 The Prince R. M. Koster 1972 Unknown English
11406 The Island Robert Merle 1962 French French
11407 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11425 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11425 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11441 Rich Like Us Nayantara Sahgal 1985 Indian English
11505 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead 1995 Canadian English
11536 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11534 Thyestes Seneca 62 Roman Latin
11537 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
11569 The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1837 British English
11578 Paradise Toni Morrison 1997 American English
11579 The Impenetrable Madam X Griselda Gambaro 1986 Argentinian Spanish
11598 The Dissertation R. M. Koster 1975 Unknown English
11660 Days Of Fire Peter Baker 2013 American English
11660 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11660 Loon Lake E. L. Doctorow 1980 American English
11660 World Without End Francine du Plessix Gray 1981 American English
11660 Whites Norman Rush 1986 American English
11660 Veil Bob Woodward 1987 American English
11660 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11796 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
11796 Cyteen C. J. Cherryh 1988 American English
11825 Lilith's Brood Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
11925 Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie 2015 American English
11925 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
11939 Machiavelli in Hell Sebastian de Grazia 1989 American English
11939 The Pope and Mussolini David I. Kertzer 2014 American English
11939 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12022 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12030 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12048 The Death Of Napoleon Simon Leys 1986 Belgian French
12048 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
12048 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
12062 Prelude To Foundation Isaac Asimov 1988 American English
12076 Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee 2016 American English
12076 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12083 John Dollar Marianne Wiggins 1989 American English
12130 The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh 2000 Indian English
12136 Mandragon R. M. Koster 1979 Unknown English
12136 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
12225 The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi 2017 American English
12225 Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey 2017 American English
12225 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12235 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12313 Pavane Keith Roberts 1968 British English
12324 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12324 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12324 Morgan Jean Strouse 1999 American English
12440 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee 1962 American English
12472 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
12641 Officialdom Unmasked Li Baojia 1903 Chinese Chinese
12725 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12725 Tiamat's Wrath James S. A. Corey 2019 American English
12725 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
12832 A Chorus Of Stones Susan Griffin 1992 American English
12832 Princess Jean Sasson 1992 American English
12832 Taste Of Power Elaine Brown 1992 American English
13074 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13215 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13226 Gardens Of The Moon Steven Erikson 1999 Canadian English
13236 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13236 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13236 Harrow The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2020 New Zealand English
13236 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13236 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
13276 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13302 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13318 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
13318 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13316 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13318 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown
13359 Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb 1807 British English
13359 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13359 The First Folio Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 English Early modern english
13530 Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler 1980 American English
13542 Steps Jerzy Kosinski 1968 Polish English
13559 The Path to Power Robert Caro 1982 American English
13559 The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 American English
13581 The Spire William Golding 1964 British English
13588 The Coup John Updike 1978 American English
13596 Strangers And Brothers C. P. Snow 1940 British English
13599 A Father's Love Jacques Chessex 1973 Swiss French
13599 Les Civilisés Claude Farrère 1905 French French
13599 The Wolves Guy Mazeline 1932 French English
13599 L'araigne Henri Troyat French French
13599 The Rise Of Simon Lachaume Maurice Druon 1948 French English
13599 The Law Roger Vailland 1957 French French
13599 Saint Germain Ou La Négociation Francis Walder 1958 Belgian French
13599 The Savage State Georges Conchon French French
13599 To Forget Palermo Edmonde Charles-Roux 1966 French French
13599 Les Bêtises Jacques Laurent 1971 French French
13599 L'epervier De Maheux Jean Carrière 1972 French French
13599 Love And Empire Érik Orsenna 1988 French French
13599 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13599 Brecht's Lover Jacques-Pierre Amette 2003 French French
13715 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13715 The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2015 American English
13711 The Aerodrome Rex Warner 1941 British English
13715 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
13715 Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 2014 Ugandan English
13738 The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling 1990 American English
13763 Foundation And Empire Isaac Asimov 1952 American English
13765 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov 1953 American English
13805 The Chronicles Of The Deryni Katherine Kurtz 1970 American English
13817 N. Ernesto Ferrero 2000 Italian Italian
13817 Resistere Non Serve A Niente Walter Siti 2012 Italian Italian
13817 Ferocity Nicola Lagioia 2014 Italian Italian
13817 M Antonio Scurati 2018 Italian Italian
13817 The Eunuch Of Constantinople Zülfü Livaneli Turkish Unknown
13885 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13923 An Image Of Africa Chinua Achebe 1975 Nigerian English
13932 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
13938 Marat Sade Peter Weiss 1963 German German
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13941 Master Harold...And The Boys Athol Fugard 1982 South African English
13971 Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee 2018 Korean-American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13971 The Consuming Fire John Scalzi 2018 American English
14011 The Houseguest Thomas Berger 1988 American English