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
10849 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10870 Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie 2014 American English
10928 Fools of Fortune William Trevor 1983 Irish English
10937 Consent To Kill Vince Flynn 2005 American English
11019 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11061 Coin Locker Babies Ryū Murakami 1980 Japanese Japanese
11138 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 American English
11279 Shella Andrew Vachss 1993 American English
11389 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11419 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11429 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11497 The Black Prophet William Carleton 1847 Irish English
11537 Thyestes Seneca 62 Roman Latin
11544 Humiliated And Insulted Fyodor Dostoevsky 1861 Russian Russian
11609 Woven In Moonlight Isabel Ibañez 2020 American English
11802 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11807 The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud 2013 Algerian French
11860 The Return Of The Dancing Master Henning Mankell 2000 Swedish Swedish
12024 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12327 Mazurka For Two Dead Men Camilo José Cela 1983 Spanish Spanish
12327 A Star Called Henry Roddy Doyle 1999 Irish English
12589 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12822 Rage Steve Gerlach 2006 Australian English
12864 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
12881 Birchwood John Banville 1973 Irish English
13035 Fortune's Wheel Rebecca Gablé 2014 German German
13076 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13240 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13240 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13249 Death And Nightingales Eugene McCabe 1992 Irish English
13280 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13298 Legend Of The Swordsmen Of The Mountains Of Shu Huanzhulouzhu 1932 Chinese Chinese
13314 風蕭蕭 Xu Xu 1947 Chinese Chinese
13322 Jade Legacy Fonda Lee 2021 American English
13322 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
13363 Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb 1807 British English
13363 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13363 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13363 The First Folio Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 English Early modern english
13550 Conan The Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1932 American English
13597 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13601 L'epervier De Maheux Jean Carrière 1972 French French
13601 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13717 The Philosopher Kings Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
13743 Darconville's Cat Alexander Theroux 1981 American English
13773 City Of Blades Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 American English
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13971 The Monster Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2018 American English
13992 Chu Liuxiang Gu Long 1967 Chinese Chinese
14073 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
14078 The Trouble With Peace Joe Abercrombie 2020 British English
14078 The Tyrant Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson 2020 American English
14078 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14138 ...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny 1965 American English
14193 The Bride Wore Black Cornell Woolrich 1940 American English
14198 Nova Samuel R. Delany 1968 American English
14232 Berlin Antony Beevor 2002 British English
14232 Knots and Crosses Ian Rankin 1987 British English
14232 The Lies Of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch 2006 American English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14232 Bag Of Bones Stephen King 1998 American English
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
14411 Greek Tragedies 1 David Grene 1955 Unknown English
14499 The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy 1988 British English
14550 April Witch Majgull Axelsson 1997 Swedish Swedish
14554 волкодав Maria Semyonova 1995 Russian Russian
14624 The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1916 Spanish Spanish
14782 Return Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1905 British English
14868 Le Bal Irène Némirovsky 1930 French French
14899 Fer De Lance Rex Stout 1934 American English
14953 Blood Wedding Federico García Lorca 1933 Spanish Spanish
14947 The Tain Thomas Kinsella 1969 Irish English
14986 Tales from Ovid Ted Hughes 1997 British English
14986 The Night Manager John le Carré 1993 British English
14986 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson 1991 American English
14986 The Informer Liam O'Flaherty 1925 Irish English
14986 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14986 The Lieutenant Of Inishmore Martin McDonagh 2001 Irish English
14986 A Clash Of Kings George R. R. Martin 1998 American English
14986 The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie 2006 British English
14986 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14986 The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Robert E. Howard 2003 American English
14986 Chasm City Alastair Reynolds 2001 British English
14986 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14986 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14986 Skin Tight Carl Hiaasen 1989 American English
14986 The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang 2023 Unknown English
15689 Temnaya Zvezda Hroniki Artsii Vera Kamsha 2009 Russian Russian
15746 The Iliad / The Odyssey Homer -762 Greek Ancient greek
15775 Punishment Without Revenge Lope de Vega 1631 Spanish Spanish
15922 The Prussian Officer D. H. Lawrence 1914 British English
15922 The Works of George Peele George Peele 1593 British English
15922 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15922 The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1830 British English
15922 Judgment Night C. L. Moore 1952 American English
15922 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ian Fleming 1963 British English
15922 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15922 The Feud Amelia Bean 1952 Unknown English
15922 The Iron King Unknown 1955 Unknown French
15917 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16510 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16630 Le Dindon Georges Feydeau 1896 French French
16610 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16559 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
16599 Iliad & Odyssey Homer -749 Greek Ancient greek (homeric greek)
16607 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16541 Mahabharata Ganguli, translator 1883 Indian English
16615 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16701 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16797 Caligula Albert Camus 1944 French French
16770 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
16674 Curtain Agatha Christie 1975 British English
16686 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
16695 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17175 Savages Don Winslow 2010 American English
17175 Tlooth Harry Mathews 1966 American English
17175 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17175 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17175 Blindsight Maurice Gee 2005 New Zealander English