The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Roman

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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
70 The Aeneid Virgil -19 Roman Latin
123 Memoirs of Hadrian Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
334 Parallel Lives Plutarch 100 Greek Greek
453 I, Claudius Robert Graves 1934 British English
518 The Odes Horace 23 Roman Latin
622 Elective Affinities Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1809 German German
1090 The Kreutzer Sonata Leo Tolstoy 1889 Russian Russian
1180 Annals Cornelius Tacitus 109 Roman Latin
1257 Lives of the Caesars Suetonius 121 Roman Latin
1543 Eclogues Virgil -37 Latin Latin
1590 Germania Cornelius Tacitus 98 Roman Latin
2497 Room Emma Donoghue 2010 Irish English
2529 The Mystery Of The Yellow Room Gaston Leroux 1907 French French
2751 Ides Of March Thornton Wilder 1948 American English
2856 A Mercy Toni Morrison 2008 American English
3250 Death On The Nile Agatha Christie 1937 British English
3321 Where Are The Children? Mary Higgins Clark 1975 American English
3637 Who Once Eats Out Of The Tin Bowl Hans Fallada 1934 German German
3637 The Papalagi Erich Scheurmann 1920 German German
3637 The Road Into The Open Arthur Schnitzler 1908 Austrian German
3637 Die Feuerzangenbowle Heinrich Spoerl 1933 German German
4104 Leavetaking Peter Weiss 1960 German German
4231 Mariette In Ecstasy Ron Hansen 1991 American English
4370 The Long Voyage Jorge Semprún 1963 French French
4490 Niourk Stefan Wul 1957 French French
4855 Zettels Traum Arno Schmidt 1970 German German
4887 Natura Morta Josef Winkler 2001 Unknown German
5606 A Man Oriana Fallaci 1979 Italian Italian
5937 Spätestens Im November Hans Erich Nossack 1982 German German
6003 Ceux De 14 Maurice Genevoix 1949 French French
6003 Night Edgar Hilsenrath 1964 German German
6003 Septentrion Louis Calaferte 1963 French French
6003 The Golden Fruits Nathalie Sarraute 1963 French French
6003 The Sailor From Gibraltar Marguerite Duras 1952 French French
6003 The Wonderful Farm Marcel Aymé 1939 French French
6132 L'hiver De Force Réjean Ducharme 1973 Canadian French
6302 A Life Of Her Own Émilie Carles 1977 French French
6516 A Frozen Woman Annie Ernaux 1981 French French
6748 Psalm At Journey's End Erik Fosnes Hansen 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
6748 Hoffman's Hunger Leon de Winter 1990 Dutch Dutch
6869 Captain Nemo's Library Per Olov Enquist 1991 Swedish Swedish
6996 Dina's Book Herbjørg Wassmo 1989 Norwegian Norwegian
7056 Write To Kill Daniel Pennac 1990 French Unknown
7086 The Virtuoso Margriet de Moor 1993 Dutch Dutch
7205 Het Meesterstuk Anna Enquist 1994 Dutch Dutch
7205 The Pharmacist Ingrid Noll 1994 German German
7215 A Mind At Peace Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1949 Turkish Turkish
7655 The Sunday Of Life Raymond Queneau 1952 French French
7691 Das Superweib Hera Lind 1995 German German
7740 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7831 Elling Ingvar Ambjørnsen 1996 Norwegian Norwegian
8425 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8439 Heaven And Hell Jón Kalman Stefánsson 2007 Icelandic Icelandic
8443 Der Geliebte Der Mutter Urs Widmer 2000 Swiss German
8887 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
9137 The Consequences Niña Weijers 2014 Dutch Dutch
9601 The Interpreter From Java Alfred Birney 2016 Dutch Dutch
9825 The Opposite Of A Person Lieke Marsman 2017 Dutch Dutch
9892 Falling Is Like Flying Manon Uphoff 2019 Dutch Dutch
9911 Thera Zeruya Shalev 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9971 Gebrek Is Een Groot Woord Nina Polak 2018 Dutch Dutch
9986 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10002 Where Tigers Are At Home Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès 2008 French French
10066 The Silences Of Hammerstein Hans Magnus Enzensberger 2008 German German
10093 The Secret History Of Costaguana Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2007 Colombian Spanish
10101 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10214 Hersenschimmen J. Bernlef 1984 Dutch Dutch
10279 Birth Of A Bridge Maylis de Kerangal 2010 French French
10386 The Remains Of Love Zeruya Shalev 2011 Israeli Hebrew
10957 The Lack Of Light Nino Haratischwili 2014 German German
11235 Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water António Lobo Antunes 2017 Portuguese Portuguese
11361 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11640 The Colony Annika Norlin, Alice E. Olsson 2023 Swedish English
11649 Money To Burn Asta Olivia Nordenhof 2020 Danish Danish
11855 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
12017 La Danseuse Patrick Modiano 2023 French French
12044 Strange And Perfect Account From The Permafrost Donald Niedekker 2022 Unknown Dutch; flemish
12048 The Visit Of The Royal Physician Per Olov Enquist 1999 Swedish Swedish
12071 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
12106 The Ferryman And His Wife Frode Grytten, Alison McCullough 2023 Norwegian English
12599 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
13107 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
13287 Publieke Werken Thomas Rosenboom 1999 Dutch Dutch
13359 The Time Regulation Institute Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar 1954 Turkish Turkish
13599 Raboliot Maurice Genevoix 1925 French French
13599 The Rise Of Simon Lachaume Maurice Druon 1948 French English
13599 To Forget Palermo Edmonde Charles-Roux 1966 French French
13599 The Wedding Yann Queffélec 1985 French French
13599 Love And Empire Érik Orsenna 1988 French French
13599 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13599 The Battle Patrick Rambaud 1997 French French
13599 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
13599 Cry, Mother Spain Lydie Salvayre 2014 French French
13599 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13599 Houris Kamel Daoud 2024 French French
14934 Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Philip K. Dick 1974 American English
14983 The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgård 2024 Norwegian Norwegian
14983 The History Of Bees Maja Lunde 2015 Norwegian Norwegian
14983 The New Confessions William Boyd 1987 British English
15899 The Eagle Of The Ninth Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 British English
15899 Daily Life In Ancient Rome Jérôme Carcopino 1936 French French
16661 De Witte Ernest Claes 1920 Belgian Dutch
17119 Waiting For The Fear Oğuz Atay 2024 Unknown English
17119 Change Édouard Louis 2024 French French
17119 Pax Tom Holland 2024 Unknown English
17119 What I Know About You Éric Chacour 2024 Unknown French
17119 May Our Joy Endure Kevin Lambert 2022 Canadian French
17119 Dans Le Jardin De L'ogre Leïla Slimani 2014 French French
17119 The Fall Of The Roman Empire Peter Heather 2005 British English
17119 Confrontations Simone Atangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen 2020 Unknown Dutch
17119 Hudløs Himmel Herbjørg Wassmo 1986 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 Will And Testament Vigdis Hjorth 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17119 جای خالی سلوچ Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 1979 Iranian Persian
17119 Il Paradiso Degli Orchi Daniel Pennac 1985 French Italian
17119 Space Between Us Zoya Pirzad 1997 Iranian Persian
17119 The Neighbors Ahmad Mahmoud 1974 Unknown Persian
17119 Fresh Water For Flowers Valerie Perrin 2018 French French
17119 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English