The Greatest Books of All Time on Revenge

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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
2545 Martín Fierro José Hernández 1872 Argentinian Spanish
2564 The Family Of Pascual Duarte Camilo José Cela 1942 Spanish Spanish
2614 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2649 The House of Scorta Laurent Gaudé 2004 French French
2680 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
2714 Coriolanus William Shakespeare 1608 British English
2718 The Sagas Of Icelanders Örnólfur Thorsson 1000 Icelandic Old norse
2815 The Belkin Tales Alexander Pushkin 1831 Russian Russian
2857 The Dog Of The South Charles Portis 1979 American English
2915 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson 1954 American English
2916 The Woman In Black Susan Hill 1983 British English
2967 Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer 1979 British English
2981 The Life And Loves Of A She Devil Fay Weldon 1983 British English
2984 The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice 1985 American English
3005 Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1921 Italian English
3012 Point Blank Richard Stark 1962 American English
3013 The Game Of Kings Dorothy Dunnett 1961 British English
3015 The American Henry James 1877 American English
3021 Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1922 British English
3041 East Lynne Ellen Wood 1861 British English
3215 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
3250 Death On The Nile Agatha Christie 1937 British English
3324 King Lear of the Steppes Ivan Turgenev 1870 Russian Russian
3324 Sandokan Emilio Salgari 1883 Italian Italian
3376 Le Cid Pierre Corneille 1637 French French
3398 The Name Of The Wind Patrick Rothfuss 2007 American English
3418 Plays Pierre Corneille 1641 French French
3428 Count Julian Juan Goytisolo 1970 Spanish Spanish
3457 Hamlet, Revenge! Michael Innes 1937 British English
3544 I, The Jury Mickey Spillane 1947 American English
3591 Legends of The Fall Jim Harrison 1979 American English
3637 The Criminal Of Lost Honor Friedrich Schiller 1786 German German
3637 Cavalleria Rusticana Giovanni Verga 1896 Italian Italian
3637 The Ringer Edgar Wallace 1925 British English
3802 Manon des sources Marcel Pagnol 1963 French French
3816 City of Bohane Kevin Barry 2011 Irish English
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3892 Oriental Tales Marguerite Yourcenar 1938 French French
3927 The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 2018 Chinese English
4089 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4117 The Honjin Murders Seishi Yokomizo 1946 Japanese Japanese
4177 Geeraerdt Van Velsen P. C. Hooft 1613 Dutch Dutch
4206 Land Pak Kyongni 1969 Korean Korean
4214 Andromache Euripides -425 Greek Ancient greek
4217 Heracles Euripides -416 Greek Ancient greek
4216 Hecuba Euripides -424 Greek Ancient greek
4223 Orestes Euripides -408 Greek Ancient greek
4256 Jack Of Shadows Roger Zelazny 1971 American English
4290 Mystic River Dennis Lehane 2001 American English
4308 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4308 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4308 A Gun For Sale Graham Greene 1936 British English
4408 Salammbô Gustave Flaubert 1862 French French
4410 Sharpe's Eagle Bernard Cornwell 1981 British English
4448 Shibumi Trevanian 1979 American English
4456 Death Of Jezebel Christianna Brand 1948 British English
4481 The Duchess Of Malfi John Webster 1623 British English
4604 Swords And Deviltry Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
4614 The Fifth Woman Henning Mankell 1996 Swedish Swedish
4621 The Bride Of Lammermoor Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
4628 Heartburn Nora Ephron 1983 American English
4644 You Only Live Twice Ian Fleming 1964 British English
4704 The Red Redmaynes Eden Phillpotts 1922 British English
4707 Six Of Crows Leigh Bardugo 2015 American English
4741 Willard and His Bowling Trophies Richard Brautigan 1975 American English
4780 Pharsalia Lucan 61 Roman Latin
4786 The Way Of The World William Congreve 1700 British English
4793 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
4826 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
4828 Cutter and Bone Newton Thornburg 1976 American English
4898 Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare 1594 British English
4933 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4953 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4954 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
4994 Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay 1990 Canadian English
5098 Three To Kill Jean-Patrick Manchette 1976 French French
5112 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5113 Дъщерята на Калояна Fani Popova-Mutafova 1943 Bulgarian Bulgarian
5146 Dawn Elie Wiesel 1961 Romanian French
5153 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5270 I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream Harlan Ellison 1967 American English
5290 Revenge Yōko Ogawa 1998 Japanese Japanese
5316 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5335 Vendetta Michael Dibdin 1990 British English
5356 52 Pick Up Elmore Leonard 1974 American English
5428 Black Sunday Thomas Harris 1975 American English
5511 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5602 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5696 Not A Penny More,Not A Penny Less Jeffrey Archer 1976 British English
5701 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
5750 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5762 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5769 The Businessman Thomas M. Disch 1984 American English
5770 Whip Hand Dick Francis 1979 British English
5814 The Malcontent John Marston 1604 British English
5835 Six Tragedies Seneca 54 Roman Latin
5830 Fuente Ovejuna Lope de Vega 1619 Spanish Spanish
5845 Andromache Jean Racine 1667 French French
5862 The Changeling Thomas, William Rowley Middleton 1622 British English
5860 Jack’s Return Home Ted Lewis 1970 British English
5909 Complete Prose Tales Alexander Pushkin 1831 Russian Russian
5917 The Valley Of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 1915 British English
5929 Marathon Man William Goldman 1974 American English
5979 The Boys From Brazil Ira Levin 1976 American English
6004 The Ratcatcher Marina Tsvetaeva 1926 Russian Russian
6080 The Power Of The Dog Don Winslow 2005 American English
6104 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6137 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6157 Pawn In Frankincense Dorothy Dunnett 1969 British English
6170 I Spit On Your Graves Boris Vian 1946 French French
6176 The Mansion William Faulkner 1959 American English
6182 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
6183 The Accursed Kings Series Maurice Druon 1955 French French
6239 The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji 1987 Japanese Japanese
6242 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6298 Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott 1815 Scottish English
6308 Hatter's Castle A. J. Cronin 1931 British English
6335 Spartacus Raffaello Giovagnoli 1874 Italian Italian
6411 Live Flesh Ruth Rendell 1986 British English
6425 Cape Fear John D. MacDonald 1957 American English