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
15719 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15725 Edward Ii Christopher Marlowe 1594 British English
15770 Xala Ousmane Sembène 1973 Senegalese French
15765 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15788 World's End Upton Sinclair 1940 American English
15767 Night In Bombay Louis Bromfield 1940 American English
15818 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15839 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15871 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
15857 On Revolution Hannah Arendt 1963 American English
15868 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15842 Fame Is The Spur Howard Spring 1940 Welsh English
15855 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
15869 The Earth Is The Lord's Taylor Caldwell 1940 American English
15903 The Prussian Officer D. H. Lawrence 1914 British English
15903 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Unknown 1903 Multiple Russian
15903 Success Lion Feuchtwanger 1930 German German
15903 Private Life Of An Indian Prince Mulk Raj Anand 1953 Indian English
15903 From The Terrace John O'Hara 1958 American English
15903 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15903 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15901 The Dumb Waiter Harold Pinter 1957 British English
15903 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15903 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15903 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15903 Talleyrand Duff Cooper 1932 British English
15903 Judgment Night C. L. Moore 1952 American English
15903 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
15903 Listen, Yankee C. Wright Mills 1960 American English
15887 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
15903 In Defence Of Politics Bernard Crick 1962 British English
15903 Boss Mike Royko 1971 American English
15903 Cinq Mars Alfred de Vigny 1826 French French
15903 Doctor Faustus And Other Plays Christopher Marlowe 1604 English English
15903 A House And Its Head Ivy Compton-Burnett 1935 British English
15903 The Corn King And The Spring Queen Naomi Mitchison 1931 British English
15903 Josephus Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15903 The Jew Of Rome Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15903 David The King Gladys Schmitt 1946 American English
15903 Conscience Of The King Alfred Duggan 1951 British English
15903 Golden Warrior Hope Muntz 1949 British English
15903 The Scarlet City Hella S. Haases 1952 Dutch Dutch
15903 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15903 The Fifth Queen Ford Madox Ford 1908 British English
15903 Man On A Donkey Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15903 Taiko Eiji Yoshikawa 1941 Japanese Japanese
15903 The Twilight Of The Presidency George E. Reedy 1971 American English
15903 The Iron King Unknown 1955 Unknown French
16494 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16525 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16564 The Fall Of The King Johannes V. Jensen 1900 Danish Danish
16599 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16595 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
16535 Spider King Lawrence Schoonover 1954 American English
16614 Pebble In The Sky Isaac Asimov 1950 American English
16759 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
16659 Professor Bernhardi Arthur Schnitzler 1912 Austrian German
16761 Caligula Albert Camus 1944 French French
16723 Balladyna Juliusz Słowacki 1839 Polish Polish
16700 Inside The Third Reich Speer 1969 German German
16744 Dyyni Frank Herbert 1965 American English
16696 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
17125 The Plantagenet Saga Jean Plaidy 1976 British English
17125 Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner 2007 American English
17125 The Power Elite C. Wright Mills 1956 American English
17125 Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope 1984 South African English
17125 Savages Don Winslow 2010 American English
17125 Entering Fire Rikki Ducornet 1986 American English
17125 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
17125 You Bright and Risen Angels William T. Vollmann 1987 American English
16887 The Flight from the Enchanter Iris Murdoch 1956 British English
17125 The Almanac of the Dead Leslie Marmon Silko 1991 American English
17125 An American Dream Norman Mailer 1965 American English
17125 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17125 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17125 The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons 1997 American English
17125 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17125 The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman 1993 American English
17125 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17125 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English
17125 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17125 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17125 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17125 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17125 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17125 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17125 Distraction Bruce Sterling 1998 American English
17125 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17125 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
17125 Black Panther By Ta Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 2016 American English
17125 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17125 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17125 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17125 Beggars In Spain Nancy Kress 1991 American English
17125 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
17125 Delhi Khushwant Singh 1990 Indian English
17125 The Root And The Flower L. H. Myers 1935 British English
17125 The Masters In Sequence C. P. Snow 1951 British English
17125 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17125 Renegade Or Halo2 Timothy Mo 1999 British Unknown
17125 Linden Hills Gloria Naylor 1985 American English
17125 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17125 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17125 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
17125 Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn 1979 American English
17125 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17125 Last Call Tim Powers 1992 American English
17125 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17125 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17125 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17125 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17125 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17125 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17125 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17125 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17125 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
17125 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad 1969 American English
17125 Walk To The End Of The World Suzy McKee Charnas 1974 American English
17125 Michaelmas Algis Budrys 1977 American English
17125 Oath Of Fealty Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle 1981 American English