The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Romania

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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
1246 Danube Claudio Magris 1986 Italian Italian
1302 Poems Paul Celan 1952 German German
1333 Barefoot Zaharia Stancu 1948 Romanian Romanian
1619 Nostalgia Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 Romanian Romanian
1748 The Fox Was Ever The Hunter Herta Müller 1992 German German
1763 Tales Of The Hasidim Martin Buber 1949 German German
1969 Poppy And Memory Paul Celan 1950 German German
2031 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2311 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
2360 On the Heights of Despair Emil Cioran 1934 Romanian Romanian
2539 Journal, 1935 44 Mihail Sebastian 1996 Romanian Romanian
2687 Blinding Mircea Cărtărescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
3034 They Were Counted Miklos Banffy 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
3136 The Keep F. Paul Wilson 1981 American English
3638 The Temptation To Exist Emil Cioran 1956 Romanian French
3953 Ion Liviu Rebreanu 1920 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Uprising Liviu Rebreanu 1932 Romanian Romanian
3953 La Medeleni Ionel Teodoreanu 1925 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Disheveled Maidens Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1926 Romanian Romanian
3953 A Bach Concert Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3953 Întunecare Cezar Petrescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3953 Ancuța's Inn Mihail Sadoveanu 1928 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Hatchet Mihail Sadoveanu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3953 Creanga De Aur Mihail Sadoveanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Frații Jderi Mihail Sadoveanu 1935 Romanian Romanian
3953 Ochi De Urs Mihail Sadoveanu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3953 Rakes Of The Old Court Mateiu I. Caragiale 1929 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Last Night Of Love, The First Night Of War Camil Petrescu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3953 În Preajma Revoluției Constantin Stere 1931 Romanian Romanian
3953 Papucii Lui Mahmud Gala Galaction 1932 Romanian Romanian
3953 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
3953 Rusoaica Gib I. Mihăescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Ioana Anton Holban 1934 Romanian Romanian
3953 Jocurile Daniei Anton Holban 1935 Romanian Romanian
3953 For Two Thousand Years Mihail Sebastian 1934 Romanian Romanian
3953 Adventures In Immediate Irreality M. Blecher 1936 Romanian Romanian
3953 Enigma Otiliei G. Călinescu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3953 Bietul Ioanide G. Călinescu 1953 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Thistles Of The Bărăgan Panaït Istrati 1928 Romanian French
3953 Sfârșit De Veac în București Ion Marin Sadoveanu 1944 Romanian Romanian
3953 întâlnirea Din Pământuri Marin Preda 1948 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Morometes Marin Preda 1955 Romanian Romanian
3953 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
3953 Family Jewels Petru Dumitriu 1949 French Unknown
3953 Cireșarii Constantin Chiriță 1956 Romanian Romanian
3953 Groapa Eugen Barbu 1957 Romanian Romanian
3953 Princepele Eugen Barbu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3953 Povestiri Vasile Voiculescu 1966 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Life And Opinions Of Zacharias Lichter Matei Călinescu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3953 Căderea în Lume Constantin Țoiu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3953 Solstițiu Tulburat Paul Georgescu 1968 Romanian Romanian
4094 Matei Iliescu Radu Petrescu 1970 Romanian Romanian
4094 Biserica Neagră A.E. Baconsky 1970 Romanian Romanian
4200 Prințul Ghica Dana Dumitriu 1972 Romanian Romanian
4301 Supraviețuiri Radu Cosașu 1973 Romanian Romanian
4301 Drumul Cenușii Augustin Buzura 1973 Romanian Romanian
4301 Istorii Insolite Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu 1973 Romanian Romanian
4397 The Faces Of Silence Augustin Buzura 1974 Romanian Romanian
4397 Țara îndepărtată Sorin Titel 1974 Romanian Romanian
4403 Fortunes Of War Olivia Manning 1960 British English
4543 Galeria Cu Viță Sălbatică Constantin Țoiu 1976 Romanian Romanian
4596 Viața Ca O Pradă Marin Preda 1977 Romanian Romanian
4596 Bunavestire Nicolae Breban 1977 Romanian Romanian
4596 Vestibul Alexandru Ivasiuc 1977 Romanian Romanian
4596 Duminica Mironosițelor Dana Dumitriu 1977 Romanian Unknown
4686 The Myth Of The Eternal Return Mircea Eliade 1949 Romanian French
4807 Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Pământeni Marin Preda 1980 Romanian Romanian
4894 Abel Alone Áron Tamási 1932 Hungarian Hungarian
4948 Paper Children Mariana Marin 1987 Romanian Romanian
5022 The Păltiniș Diary Gabriel Liiceanu 1983 Romanian Romanian
5124 Wasted Morning Gabriela Adameșteanu 1984 Romanian Romanian
5283 Tratament Fabulatoriu Mircea Nedelciu 1986 Romanian Romanian
5340 A Funtineli Boszorkány Albert Wass 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5413 Kard és Kasza Albert Wass 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5416 Clopotul Scufundat Livius Ciocârlie 1988 Romanian Unknown
5416 După-amiaza de sîmbătă Valeriu Cristea 1988 Romanian Romanian
5636 Diary Of Happiness Nicolae Steinhardt 1991 Romanian Romanian
5636 Închisoarea Noastră Cea De Toate Zilele Ion Ioanid 1991 Romanian Romanian
5687 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5706 Sertarul Cu Aplauze Ana Blandiana 1992 Romanian Romanian
5712 Hotel Transylvania Chelsa quinn yarbro 1978 American English
5772 Jurnalul Unui Jurnalist Fără Jurnal Ion D. Sîrbu 1993 Romanian Romanian
6144 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6198 Amantul Colivăresei Radu Aldulescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
6215 Holocaust Charles Reznikoff 1975 American English
6258 Give Me Back My Mountains Albert Wass 1971 Hungarian Hungarian
6355 The Time Of Our Lives Annie Bentoiu 1998 Unknown Romanian
6402 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6645 Tortura Pe înțelesul Tuturor Florin Constantin Pavlovici 2001 Romanian Romanian
6645 Simion Liftnicul Petru Cimpoeșu 2001 Romanian Romanian
6712 The Land Of Green Plums Herta Müller 1994 German German
6943 La Poupée Russe Gheorghe Crăciun 2004 Romanian Unknown
7046 The Children's Crusade Florina Ilis 2005 Romanian Romanian
7625 Caietul Albastru Nicolae Balotă 2007 Romanian Romanian
7871 The Book Of Whispers Varujan Vosganian 2009 Romanian Romanian
8198 Ploile Amare Alexandru Vlad 2011 Romanian Romanian
8651 Punct și De La Capăt Gabriel Chifu 2014 Romanian Romanian
8970 The Dean's December Saul Bellow 1982 American English
9082 Viață și Cărți. Amintirile Unui Cititor De Cursă Lungă Nicolae Manolescu 2016 Romanian Romanian
9274 The Balkan Trilogy Olivia Manning 1960 British English
9312 Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech Paul Celan 2020 German German
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10496 Between The Woods And The Water Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986 British English
10897 The Hooligan's Return Norman Manea 2003 Romanian Romanian
11469 A Biography Of Dracula Harry Ludlam 1962 British English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12763 Father's On The Phone With The Flies Herta Müller 2012 German German
13229 The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion Bram Stoker 1973 British Unknown
13599 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
14983 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15559 Music For Wartime Rebecca Makkai 2015 American English
15891 Dracul Bram Stoker 1897 Unknown English
16518 A Noite Elie Wiesel 1956 French Yiddish
16735 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
16998 Domnisoara Christina. Sarpele Mircea Eliade 1936 Romanian Romanian
17029 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17117 All Rivers Run To The Sea Elie Wiesel 1995 American French
16994 For My Legionaries Corneliu Zelea Codreanu 1936 Romanian Romanian
17117 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English