The Greatest Books of All Time on Rivalry

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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
449 Les Enfants Terribles Jean Cocteau 1929 French French
1057 The Master of Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 British English
1391 A Separate Peace John Knowles 1959 American English
1585 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
2487 Measuring the World Daniel Kehlmann 2005 German German
2869 The Information Martin Amis 1995 British English
2965 Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer 1979 British English
3081 Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome 1930 British English
3188 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
4826 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
5102 Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno 1917 Spanish Spanish
5357 Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 American English
5580 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5821 Idylls Theocritus -260 Greek Ancient greek
5830 Poems Archilochos -650 Greek Ancient greek
5859 Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller 1800 German German
6528 The Hating Game Sally Thorne 2016 Australian English
6821 Donald Duck Carl Barks, Walt Disney 1942 American English
8885 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
9069 Euphoria Lily King 2014 American English
9853 The War Of The Buttons Louis Pergaud 1912 French French
10957 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
11262 Blanca & Roja Anna-Marie McLemore 2018 American English
12076 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
14232 The Damned Utd David Peace 2006 British English
14983 In The Freud Archives Janet Malcolm 1984 American English
15897 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
17114 The Masters In Sequence C. P. Snow 1951 British English
17114 Vagabond Volume 1 Takehiko Inoue 1998 Japanese Japanese
17114 1,000 Years Of Annoying The French Stephen Clarke 2010 British English
17114 Amadeus Peter Shaffer 1979 British English
17114 The Republic Of Thieves Scott Lynch 2013 American English
17114 One For My Enemy Olivie Blake 2022 Unknown English
16806 The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog John R. Erickson 1983 American English
17114 I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 2022 American English