The Greatest Books of All Time on Punishment

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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
74 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English
109 In Cold Blood Truman Capote 1966 American English
476 The Monk Matthew Lewis 1796 British English
728 Erewhon Samuel Butler 1872 British English
759 Thérèse Raquin Émile Zola 1867 French French
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
866 The Black Spider Jeremias Gotthelf 1842 Swiss German
1040 The German Lesson Siegfried Lenz 1968 German German
1256 Prometheus Bound Aeschylus -455 Greek Ancient greek
1267 Billy Budd Herman Melville 1924 American English
1652 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1798 British English
1940 The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace 1905 British English
1959 Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault 1975 French French
2155 Don Juan Molière 1665 French French
2388 Emil I Lönneberga Astrid Lindgren 1963 Swedish Swedish
2731 The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer 1979 American English
2752 Struwwelpeter, Or, Merry Rhymes and Funny Pictures... Heinrich Hoffmann 1845 German German
2774 Max And Moritz Wilhelm Busch 1865 German German
2777 Helmbrecht Wernher der Gartenaere 1250 German Middle high german
4955 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4986 Sophie's Misfortunes Countess of Ségur. 1858 French French
5482 The Inferno Dante Alighieri 1308 Italian Italian
7021 Crito Plato -389 Greek Ancient greek
8892 The Fatal Shore Robert Hughes 1987 Australian English
9742 Crime Ferdinand Von Schirach 2009 German German
10752 Spanking The Maid Robert Coover 1982 American English
13592 The School For Good Mothers Jessamine Chan 2022 American English
14331 Execution Of Mayor Yin Chen Ruoxi 1978 Chinese Chinese
14788 For The Term Of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke 1874 Australian English
15767 Punishment Without Revenge Lope de Vega 1631 Spanish Spanish
15798 Perrault's Fairy Tales Charles Perrault 1697 French French
15784 Crime And Punishment Dostoyevsky 1866 Russian Russian
15916 Classic Crimes William Roughead 1951 Scottish English
16680 The Seven Who Were Hanged Leonid Andreyev 1908 Russian Russian
16702 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
17163 Pushout Monique W. Morris 2016 American English
17163 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
17163 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
17163 The House Of The Dead Daniel Beer 2017 British English
17163 The Crime And Punishment Of I. G. Farben Joseph Borkin 1978 American English
17163 War And Punishment Mikhail Zygar 2023 Unknown Russian