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
1303 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
1764 Tales Of The Hasidim Martin Buber 1949 German German
1969 Poppy And Memory Paul Celan 1950 German German
2032 The History Of Rome Theodor Mommsen 1854 German German
2312 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
2362 On the Heights of Despair Emil Cioran 1934 Romanian Romanian
2541 Journal, 1935 44 Mihail Sebastian 1996 Romanian Romanian
2688 Blinding Mircea Cărtărescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
3037 They Were Counted Miklos Banffy 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
3137 The Keep F. Paul Wilson 1981 American English
3638 The Temptation To Exist Emil Cioran 1956 Romanian French
3954 Ion Liviu Rebreanu 1920 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Uprising Liviu Rebreanu 1932 Romanian Romanian
3954 La Medeleni Ionel Teodoreanu 1925 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Disheveled Maidens Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1926 Romanian Romanian
3954 A Bach Concert Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3954 Întunecare Cezar Petrescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3954 Ancuța's Inn Mihail Sadoveanu 1928 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Hatchet Mihail Sadoveanu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3954 Creanga De Aur Mihail Sadoveanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3954 Frații Jderi Mihail Sadoveanu 1935 Romanian Romanian
3954 Ochi De Urs Mihail Sadoveanu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3954 Rakes Of The Old Court Mateiu I. Caragiale 1929 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Last Night Of Love, The First Night Of War Camil Petrescu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3954 În Preajma Revoluției Constantin Stere 1931 Romanian Romanian
3954 Papucii Lui Mahmud Gala Galaction 1932 Romanian Romanian
3954 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3954 Proză Fantastică Mircea Eliade 1963 Romanian Romanian
3954 Rusoaica Gib I. Mihăescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3954 Ioana Anton Holban 1934 Romanian Romanian
3954 Jocurile Daniei Anton Holban 1935 Romanian Romanian
3954 For Two Thousand Years Mihail Sebastian 1934 Romanian Romanian
3954 Adventures In Immediate Irreality M. Blecher 1936 Romanian Romanian
3954 Enigma Otiliei G. Călinescu 1938 Romanian Romanian
3954 Bietul Ioanide G. Călinescu 1953 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Thistles Of The Bărăgan Panaït Istrati 1928 Romanian French
3954 Sfârșit De Veac în București Ion Marin Sadoveanu 1944 Romanian Romanian
3954 întâlnirea Din Pământuri Marin Preda 1948 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Morometes Marin Preda 1955 Romanian Romanian
3954 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
3954 Family Jewels Petru Dumitriu 1949 French Unknown
3954 Cireșarii Constantin Chiriță 1956 Romanian Romanian
3954 Groapa Eugen Barbu 1957 Romanian Romanian
3954 Princepele Eugen Barbu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3954 Povestiri Vasile Voiculescu 1966 Romanian Romanian
3954 The Life And Opinions Of Zacharias Lichter Matei Călinescu 1969 Romanian Romanian
3954 Căderea în Lume Constantin Țoiu 1968 Romanian Romanian
3954 Solstițiu Tulburat Paul Georgescu 1968 Romanian Romanian
4095 Matei Iliescu Radu Petrescu 1970 Romanian Romanian
4095 Biserica Neagră A.E. Baconsky 1970 Romanian Romanian
4201 Prințul Ghica Dana Dumitriu 1972 Romanian Romanian
4302 Supraviețuiri Radu Cosașu 1973 Romanian Romanian
4302 Drumul Cenușii Augustin Buzura 1973 Romanian Romanian
4302 Istorii Insolite Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu 1973 Romanian Romanian
4398 The Faces Of Silence Augustin Buzura 1974 Romanian Romanian
4398 Țara îndepărtată Sorin Titel 1974 Romanian Romanian
4404 Fortunes Of War Olivia Manning 1960 British English
4545 Galeria Cu Viță Sălbatică Constantin Țoiu 1976 Romanian Romanian
4598 Viața Ca O Pradă Marin Preda 1977 Romanian Romanian
4598 Bunavestire Nicolae Breban 1977 Romanian Romanian
4598 Vestibul Alexandru Ivasiuc 1977 Romanian Romanian
4598 Duminica Mironosițelor Dana Dumitriu 1977 Romanian Unknown
4688 The Myth Of The Eternal Return Mircea Eliade 1949 Romanian French
4810 Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Pământeni Marin Preda 1980 Romanian Romanian
4896 Abel Alone Áron Tamási 1932 Hungarian Hungarian
4951 Paper Children Mariana Marin 1987 Romanian Romanian
5026 The Păltiniș Diary Gabriel Liiceanu 1983 Romanian Romanian
5127 Wasted Morning Gabriela Adameșteanu 1984 Romanian Romanian
5285 Tratament Fabulatoriu Mircea Nedelciu 1986 Romanian Romanian
5342 A Funtineli Boszorkány Albert Wass 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5416 Kard és Kasza Albert Wass 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5419 Clopotul Scufundat Livius Ciocârlie 1988 Romanian Unknown
5419 După-amiaza de sîmbătă Valeriu Cristea 1988 Romanian Romanian
5639 Diary Of Happiness Nicolae Steinhardt 1991 Romanian Romanian
5639 Închisoarea Noastră Cea De Toate Zilele Ion Ioanid 1991 Romanian Romanian
5690 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5709 Sertarul Cu Aplauze Ana Blandiana 1992 Romanian Romanian
5715 Hotel Transylvania Chelsa quinn yarbro 1978 American English
5775 Jurnalul Unui Jurnalist Fără Jurnal Ion D. Sîrbu 1993 Romanian Romanian
6147 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6202 Amantul Colivăresei Radu Aldulescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
6219 Holocaust Charles Reznikoff 1975 American English
6261 Give Me Back My Mountains Albert Wass 1971 Hungarian Hungarian
6358 The Time Of Our Lives Annie Bentoiu 1998 Unknown Romanian
6405 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6647 Tortura Pe înțelesul Tuturor Florin Constantin Pavlovici 2001 Romanian Romanian
6647 Simion Liftnicul Petru Cimpoeșu 2001 Romanian Romanian
6713 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
7626 Caietul Albastru Nicolae Balotă 2007 Romanian Romanian
7872 The Book Of Whispers Varujan Vosganian 2009 Romanian Romanian
8200 Ploile Amare Alexandru Vlad 2011 Romanian Romanian
8655 Punct și De La Capăt Gabriel Chifu 2014 Romanian Romanian
8974 The Dean's December Saul Bellow 1982 American English
9087 Viață și Cărți. Amintirile Unui Cititor De Cursă Lungă Nicolae Manolescu 2016 Romanian Romanian
9279 The Balkan Trilogy Olivia Manning 1960 British English
9317 Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech Paul Celan 2020 German German
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10502 Between The Woods And The Water Patrick Leigh Fermor 1986 British English
10904 The Hooligan's Return Norman Manea 2003 Romanian Romanian
11473 A Biography Of Dracula Harry Ludlam 1962 British English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12765 Father's On The Phone With The Flies Herta Müller 2012 German German
13232 The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion Bram Stoker 1973 British Unknown
13600 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
15567 Music For Wartime Rebecca Makkai 2015 American English
15907 Dracul Bram Stoker 1897 Unknown English
16538 A Noite Elie Wiesel 1956 French Yiddish
16777 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
17037 Domnisoara Christina. Sarpele Mircea Eliade 1936 Romanian Romanian
17084 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17163 All Rivers Run To The Sea Elie Wiesel 1995 American French
17033 For My Legionaries Corneliu Zelea Codreanu 1936 Romanian Romanian
17163 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English