The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Rome

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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
17163 Architectural Composition And Building Typology Gianfranco Caniggia Italian Italian
16902 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17163 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17163 The Great Movies Roger Ebert 2003 American English
17163 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17163 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17163 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17163 The Silk Road Valerie Hansen 2012 Unknown English
17163 Inventario Di Alcune Cose Perdute Judith Schalansky 2018 German German
17163 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17163 Katherine Carlyle Rupert Thomson 2015 British English
17163 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17163 Appeasement Tim Bouverie 2019 British English
17163 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English
17163 Poems Of Sextus Propertius Propertius -29 Roman Latin
17163 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17163 The History Of The Medieval World Susan Wise Bauer 2010 American English
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
16912 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17102 Heaven Has No Favorites Erich Maria Remarque 1961 German German
17163 All Played Out Pete Davies 1995 British English
17163 The Coin Of Carthage Bryher 1963 British English
16808 Winter Quarters Alfred Duggan 1956 British English
17163 Hannibal Ross Leckie 1995 British English
17163 Augustus Allan Massie 1986 British English
17163 Tiberius Allan Massie 1991 British English
17163 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17163 The Young Caesar Rex Warner 1958 British English
17163 The Singing Sword Jack Whyte 1994 Canadian English
17163 Michelangelo The Florentine Sidney Alexander 1957 Unknown English
17163 The Hand Of Michelangelo Sidney Alexander 1976 Unknown English
17163 Duchess Of Milan Michael Ennis 1992 American English
17163 City Of God Cecelia Holland 1979 American English
17163 The Agony And The Ecstacy Irving Stone 1961 American English
17163 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17163 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17163 Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown English
17163 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17163 Revolutionary Spring Christopher Clark 2023 British English
17163 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
17163 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17163 V Is For Victory Craig Nelson 2023 Unknown English
17163 Samuel Barber Howard Pollack 2023 Unknown English
17163 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17163 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
17163 Forbidden Notebook Alba de Céspedes 2023 Italian Italian
17163 My Father’s House Joseph O’Connor 2023 Irish English
17163 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17163 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17163 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17163 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17163 The Age Of The Cathedrals Georges Duby 1966 French French
17163 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17163 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17163 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17163 Pagans And Christians Robin Lane Fox 1986 British English
17163 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17163 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17163 Afrikalı Leo Amin Maalouf 1986 French French
17163 The History Of Italy Francesco Guicciardini 1540 Italian Italian
17163 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
16930 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Iii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
17163 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
16980 Von Der Kürze Des Lebens · Vom Glücklichen Leben Seneca -49 Roman Latin
17163 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17163 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17163 God Is Love Pope Benedict XVI 2005 German Latin
17163 Saint Thomas Aquinas And Saint Francis Of Assisi G.K. Chesterton English English
16883 Portrait Of A Lady Henrey James 1881 American English
17163 Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 Irish English
17076 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
17163 Lettere A Lucilio Seneca 2064 Roman Italian