The Greatest Books of All Time on Revolution

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
9945 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
10034 Maoism Julia Lovell 2019 British English
10037 The Future In The Present C. L. R. James 1977 Trinidadian English
10061 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10093 The Secret History Of Costaguana Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2007 Colombian Spanish
10158 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10158 The Confession; Liberation Movements Olen Steinhauer 2004 American English
10189 Che Guevara Jon Lee Anderson 1997 American English
10213 Prisoner Of Love Jean Genet 1986 French French
10241 Oliver Cromwell L. du Garde Peach 1963 British English
10305 Episodes Of The Cuban Revolutionary War Che Guevara 1963 Argentinian Spanish
10305 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10305 The Coming Of The French Revolution Georges Lefebvre 1939 French French
10305 Russia El Lissitsky 1930 Russian Russian
10305 Reform Or Revolution? Rosa Luxemburg 1900 German German
10305 Memoirs Of A Revolutionary Victor Serge 1951 French French
10305 The Russian Revolution N. N. Sukhanov 1922 Russian Russian
10305 History Of The Russian Revolution Leon Trotsky 1930 Russian Russian
10390 Basic Documents in American History Richard Brandon Morris 1958 American English
10450 Washington's Crossing David Hackett Fischer 2004 American English
10450 A Peace To End All Peace David Fromkin 1989 American English
10528 Lumumba Speaks Patrice Lumumba 1967 Congolese French
10619 Girls To The Front Sara Marcus 2010 American English
10785 Washington Ron Chernow 2010 American English
10996 How We Won The War Võ Nguyên Giáp 1976 Vietnamese Vietnamese
11073 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11109 Moving Mars Greg Bear 1993 American English
11202 Ninety Three Victor Hugo 1874 French French
11274 The Ill Fated Peregrinations Of Fray Servando Reinaldo Arenas 1987 Cuban Spanish
11409 The Egyptian, Syrian, And Iraqi Revolutions Hanna Batatu 1984 American Unknown
11415 Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003 Cuban English
11545 History Of England David Hume 1754 British English
11570 The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1837 British English
11599 The Dissertation R. M. Koster 1975 Unknown English
11629 Political And Social Writings Cornelius Castoriadis 1988 French French
11661 All Fall Down Gary Sick 1985 American English
11661 The Vanished Imam Fouad Ajami 1986 Lebanese English
11661 An Arrow In The Wall Andrey Voznesensky 1987 Russian Russian
11661 The Tenants Of Time Thomas Flanagan 1988 American English
11811 On The Passage Of A Few People Through A Rather Brief Moment In Time Peter Wollen 1989 British English
11845 The House Of Government Yuri Slezkine 2017 American English
11939 The Raven Marquis James 1929 American English
11939 Edmund Pendleton 1721–1803 David J. Mays 1952 American English
11939 George Washington Douglas Southall Freeman 1948 American English
11939 John Paul Jones Samuel Eliot Morison 1959 American English
12027 Night Train To Lisbon Pascal Mercier 2004 Swiss German
12048 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
12131 The House Of The Mosque Kader Abdolah 2005 Dutch Dutch
12136 Mandragon R. M. Koster 1979 Unknown English
12301 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish
12324 A Moment Of War Laurie Lee 1991 American English
12324 American Scripture Pauline Maier 1997 American English
12324 Victor Hugo Graham Robb 1997 British English
12513 Family Album Claribel Alegría 1991 Nicaraguan Spanish
12655 Selected Poems Adunis 2000 Syrian Arabic
12725 A Little Hatred Joe Abercrombie 2019 British English
12746 Ripples Across Stagnant Water Li Jieren 1935 Chinese Chinese
12832 Taste Of Power Elaine Brown 1992 American English
13216 Selections From The Speeches And Writings Of Edmund Burke Edmund Burke 1892 British English
13227 Flower In A Sea Of Sin Zeng Pu 1905 Chinese Chinese
13236 The Burning God R. F. Kuang 2020 American English
13359 Aelita Alexei Tolstoy 1923 Russian Russian
13359 The History Of England Thomas Babington Macaulay 1848 British English
13359 Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving 1819 American English
13583 A People's Tragedy Orlando Figes 1996 British English
13588 The Coup John Updike 1978 American English
13738 The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling 1990 American English
13770 Garibaldi And The Thousand, May 1860 George Macaulay Trevelyan 1907 British English
13795 Virgin Soil Ivan Turgenev 1877 Russian Russian
13794 艷陽天 Hao Ran 1964 Chinese Chinese
13817 M Antonio Scurati 2018 Italian Italian
13938 Marat Sade Peter Weiss 1963 German German
14001 The Golden Apple Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
14023 The Man Who Stayed Behind Sidney Rittenberg 1993 American English
14093 Leviathan Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1981 American English
14132 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Winston Churchill 1956 British English
14138 The Wisdom Of Crowds Joe Abercrombie 2021 British English
14165 The Whirlwind Chiang Kuei 1977 Chinese Unknown
14232 Founding Brothers Joseph Ellis 2000 American English
14232 Disoriental Négar Djavadi 2016 French French
14330 Execution Of Mayor Yin Chen Ruoxi 1978 Chinese Chinese
14367 A History Of The American People Woodrow Wilson 1902 American English
14434 The Age Of Extremes Eric Hobsbawm 1994 British English
14482 A Race Of Generals Chen Yingzhen 1988 Chinese Chinese
14553 Deng Xiaoping And The Transformation Of China Ezra F. Vogel 2011 American English
14708 White Deer Plain Chen Zhongshi 1993 Chinese Chinese
14713 The Iron Heel Jack London 1908 American English
14716 El Supremo Edward Lucas White 1916 American English
14788 Eastern Approaches Fitzroy Maclean 1949 British English
14848 The True Believer Eric Hoffer 1951 American English
14897 The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Bernard Bailyn 1967 American English
14891 Nicholas And Alexandra Robert K. Massie 1967 American English
14984 Russia Leaves the War George F. Kennan 1956 American English
14984 Eva Luna Isabel Allende 1987 Chilean Spanish
14975 The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1968 Peruvian Spanish
14984 The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta Mario Vargas Llosa 1984 Peruvian Spanish
14984 Iron Council China Miéville 2004 British English
14984 The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver 2009 American English
14984 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
14984 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14984 Forward The Foundation Isaac Asimov 1993 American English
14984 The Volcano Lover Susan Sontag 1992 American English
14984 Red Memory Tania Branigan 2023 Chinese English
14984 Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch 2010 British English
14984 Shelley Richard Holmes 1974 British English
14984 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
14984 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14984 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
15633 Beasts, Men And Gods Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski 1922 Polish Polish
15680 Mexico Nicolas Cheetham Unknown English
15725 Passionate Journey Frans Masereel 1919 Belgian German
15739 "Les Misérables" De Victor Hugo Henri Scepi 1862 French French
15852 On Revolution Hannah Arendt 1963 American English
15899 The Collected Short Stories of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky 1899 Russian Russian
15899 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15899 Talleyrand Duff Cooper 1932 British English
15899 The Trial Of Charles I C. V. Wedgwood 1964 British English
15899 Red Star Over China Edgar Snow 1937 American English
15899 How The Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 1932 Russian Russian
15899 Dynamite Louis Adamic 1931 American English