The Greatest Books of All Time on Resistance

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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
17130 Palestine Joe Sacco 1993 American English
17130 Black And British David Olusoga 2016 British English
17130 The Invasion K. A. Applegate 1996 American English
17036 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17130 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
17130 A Kick In The Belly Stella Dadzie 2020 British English
17130 A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski 1986 American English
17130 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17130 Aztec Century Christopher Evans 1993 British English
17130 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17130 Blood On The River Marjoleine Kars 2020 British English
17130 Fifth Sun Camilla Townsend 2019 American English
17130 Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum 2012 American English
17130 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French
17130 Between Two Worlds Miriam Tlali 1985 South African English
17130 I Was A Stranger Sir John Winthrop Hackett 1977 Irish Unknown
17130 The Book Of Aron Jim Shepard 2015 American English
17130 The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald 1978 British English
17130 Geronimo Angie Debo 1976 American English
17130 The London Hanged Peter Linebaugh 1991 British English
16973 Black Majority Peter H. Wood 1974 American English
17130 Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist Emile Habibi 1974 Palestinian Arabic
17130 A Tunnel Lit By A Woman Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih 1995 Libyan Unknown
17130 Najran Under Zero Yaha Yakhlaf 1975 Unknown Unknown
17130 Gate Of The Sun Elias Khoury 1998 Lebanese Arabic
17130 Wind From The South Abdelhamid Ben Haddouka 1971 Algerian Unknown
17130 Confessions Of A Silencer Mu’nis al-Razzaz 1986 Jordanian Arabic
17130 Granada Radwa Ashour 1994 Egyptian Arabic
17130 Door To The Courtyard Sahar Khalifeh 1995 Palestinian Arabic
16887 There Is A Man In Our House Ihsan Abdul Quddus 1957 Egyptian Arabic
17130 A Man From Bashmour Salwa Bakr 2007 Egyptian Arabic
17130 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17130 From The Ruins Of Empire Pankaj Mishra 2012 Indian English
17130 Palestinian Walks Raja Shehadeh 2008 Palestinian English
17130 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
17130 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17130 The Anglo Boer War, 1899 1902 F. Pretorius 1999 Unknown English
17130 Blood Sisters Kim Yideum 2019 Korean Korean
17130 Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson 2011 American English
17130 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17130 Combee Edda L. Fields-Black 2024 Unknown English
17130 Congo David Van Reybrouck 2010 Belgian Dutch
17130 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena 2015 Latvian Latvian
17130 I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko 2023 Russian Russian
17130 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17130 The Underground Girls Of Kabul Jenny Nordberg 2014 Unknown English
17130 Daybreak In Gaza Mahmoud Muna, Matthew Teller Unknown English
17130 The Washing Of The Spears Donald R. Morris 1965 American English
17130 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17130 The Rise & Fall Of The Zulu Nation John Laband 1995 Unknown English
17130 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Marcus Rediker 1987 American English
17130 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17130 The Wake Paul Kingsnorth 2014 British English
17130 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17130 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17130 Children Of The Jacaranda Tree Sahar Delijani 2013 Unknown English
17130 The Fall Of Gondolin J. R. R. Tolkien 2018 British English
17130 By The Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle 2024 Unknown English
17130 I Will Marry When I Want Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1977 Kenyan Gikuyu
17130 Lord Of The Kongo Peter Forbath 1988 Unknown English
17130 Silk And Steel Stephen Alter 1980 Unknown English
17130 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English
17130 Eleni Or Nobody Rhea Galanaki 1998 Greek Greek
17130 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
17130 Ordinary Notes Christina Sharpe 2023 Unknown English
17130 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 American English
17130 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
17130 In The Shadow Of Quetzalcoatl Merilee Grindle 2023 Unknown Unknown
17130 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17130 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English
17130 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17130 What The Taliban Told Me Ian Fritz 2023 Unknown Unknown
17130 Blood In The Machine Brian Merchant 2023 Unknown English
17130 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17130 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17130 Fire Rush Jacqueline Crooks 2023 Unknown English
17130 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17130 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17130 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17130 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17130 Palestine 1936 Oren Kessler 2023 Unknown English
17130 My Father’s House Joseph O’Connor 2023 Irish English
17130 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17130 On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock 2023 Unknown English
17130 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17130 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17130 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17130 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17130 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17130 The Last Runaway Tracy Chevalier 2013 American English
17130 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17121 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17130 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17130 Angel Of Oblivion Maja Haderlap 2011 Austrian German
17130 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17130 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17130 The Blue Between Sky And Water Susan Abulhawa 2015 American English
17130 Our Secret Society Tanisha Ford 2023 Unknown English
17130 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17130 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17130 Sherwood Meagan Spooner 2019 American English
17130 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17130 Poland Adam Zamoyski 2009 British English
17130 Palmares Gayl Jones 1994 American English
17130 The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman 2011 American English