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
15686 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15723 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15729 Edward Ii Christopher Marlowe 1594 British English
15762 Night In Bombay Louis Bromfield 1940 American English
15780 Xala Ousmane Sembène 1973 Senegalese French
15774 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15781 World's End Upton Sinclair 1940 American English
15826 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15827 Fame Is The Spur Howard Spring 1940 Welsh English
15840 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
15846 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15879 A Sibila Agustina Bessa-Luís 1954 Portuguese Portuguese
15861 On Revolution Hannah Arendt 1963 American English
15873 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15849 The Earth Is The Lord's Taylor Caldwell 1940 American English
15916 The Prussian Officer D. H. Lawrence 1914 British English
15916 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Unknown 1903 Multiple Russian
15916 Success Lion Feuchtwanger 1930 German German
15916 Private Life Of An Indian Prince Mulk Raj Anand 1953 Indian English
15916 From The Terrace John O'Hara 1958 American English
15916 A Heritage And Its History Ivy Compton-Burnett 1959 British English
15916 Old Times Harold Pinter 1971 British English
15914 The Dumb Waiter Harold Pinter 1957 British English
15916 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15916 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15916 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15916 Talleyrand Duff Cooper 1932 British English
15916 Judgment Night C. L. Moore 1952 American English
15916 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
15916 Listen, Yankee C. Wright Mills 1960 American English
15900 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
15916 In Defence Of Politics Bernard Crick 1962 British English
15916 Boss Mike Royko 1971 American English
15916 Cinq Mars Alfred de Vigny 1826 French French
15916 Doctor Faustus And Other Plays Christopher Marlowe 1604 English English
16525 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
15916 A House And Its Head Ivy Compton-Burnett 1935 British English
15916 The Corn King And The Spring Queen Naomi Mitchison 1931 British English
15916 Josephus Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15916 The Jew Of Rome Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
15916 David The King Gladys Schmitt 1946 American English
15916 Conscience Of The King Alfred Duggan 1951 British English
15916 Golden Warrior Hope Muntz 1949 British English
15916 The Scarlet City Hella S. Haases 1952 Dutch Dutch
15916 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15916 The Fifth Queen Ford Madox Ford 1908 British English
15916 Man On A Donkey Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15916 Taiko Eiji Yoshikawa 1941 Japanese Japanese
15916 The Twilight Of The Presidency George E. Reedy 1971 American English
15916 The Iron King Unknown 1955 Unknown French
16504 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16542 The Forest Alexander Ostrovsky 1871 Russian Russian
16583 The Fall Of The King Johannes V. Jensen 1900 Danish Danish
16601 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16576 When The Lion Feeds Wilbur Smith 1964 South African English
16623 Casa De Campo José Donoso 1978 Chilean Spanish
16550 Spider King Lawrence Schoonover 1954 American English
16535 Mahabharata Ganguli, translator 1883 Indian English
16609 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16647 Pebble In The Sky Isaac Asimov 1950 American English
16787 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
16689 Professor Bernhardi Arthur Schnitzler 1912 Austrian German
16752 Balladyna Juliusz Słowacki 1839 Polish Polish
16723 Inside The Third Reich Speer 1969 German German
16780 Dyyni Frank Herbert 1965 American English
16633 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
17163 The Plantagenet Saga Jean Plaidy 1976 British English
17163 Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner 2007 American English
17163 The Power Elite C. Wright Mills 1956 American English
17163 Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope 1984 South African English
17163 Savages Don Winslow 2010 American English
17163 Entering Fire Rikki Ducornet 1986 American English
17163 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
17163 You Bright and Risen Angels William T. Vollmann 1987 American English
16922 The Flight from the Enchanter Iris Murdoch 1956 British English
17163 The Almanac of the Dead Leslie Marmon Silko 1991 American English
17163 An American Dream Norman Mailer 1965 American English
17163 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17163 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17163 The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons 1997 American English
17163 When Voiha Wakes Joy Chant 1983 British English
17163 The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman 1993 American English
17163 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17163 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English
17163 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17163 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17163 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17163 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17163 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17163 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17163 Distraction Bruce Sterling 1998 American English
17163 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17163 Monstress Vol. 1 Marjorie Liu 2015 American English
17163 Black Panther By Ta Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 2016 American English
17163 Alice Christina Henry 2015 American English
17163 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17163 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17163 Beggars In Spain Nancy Kress 1991 American English
17163 When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan 1999 Indian English
17163 Delhi Khushwant Singh 1990 Indian English
17163 The Root And The Flower L. H. Myers 1935 British English
17163 The Masters In Sequence C. P. Snow 1951 British English
17163 Mother And Son Ivy Compton-Burnett 1955 British English
17163 Renegade Or Halo2 Timothy Mo 1999 British Unknown
17163 Linden Hills Gloria Naylor 1985 American English
17163 Fledgling Octavia E. Butler 2005 American English
17163 Dark Matters Simone Browne 2015 Canadian English
17163 The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor 2004 American English
17163 Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn 1979 American English
17163 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
17163 Last Call Tim Powers 1992 American English
17163 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17163 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17163 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17163 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17163 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17163 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English
17163 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17163 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny 1966 American English
17163 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English