The Greatest Books of All Time on Sacrifice

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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
10641 The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom 2003 American English
10703 Commitment Mona Simpson 2023 American English
10815 Tomorrow, When The War Began John Marsden 1993 Australian English
10847 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10849 Homo Necans Walter Burkert 1972 German German
10856 The Stories Bernard Malamud 1983 American English
11206 Ninety Three Victor Hugo 1874 French French
11214 The Lily Of The Valley Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
11276 Half A Lifelong Romance Eileen Chang 1948 Chinese Chinese
11320 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
11324 The Children’s Crusade Rebecca Brown 2003 Unknown English
11411 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11429 Children Of Virtue And Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi 2019 American English
11472 Please, Momma Chesya Burke 2015 American Unknown
11536 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11547 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11606 Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda 2000 Australian English
11663 A Short History Of Women Kate Walbert 2009 American English
11663 The Good Soldiers David Finkel 2009 American English
11923 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
12077 Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee 2016 American English
12179 The Centaur John Updike 1963 American English
12222 The Swallows Of Kabul Yasmina Khadra 2002 Algerian French
12226 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12259 Lady's Maid Margaret Forster 1990 British English
12326 Cloudsplitter Russell Banks 1998 American English
12412 Unconditional Love Jocelyn Moorhouse Unknown English
12412 As Good A Woman As Ever Broke Bread Alex McInnis Unknown English
12727 Tiamat's Wrath James S. A. Corey 2019 American English
13279 Golden Child Claire Adam 2019 Trinidadian English
13311 Spring Peach Xu Dishan 1930 Chinese Chinese
13313 風蕭蕭 Xu Xu 1947 Chinese Chinese
13362 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13506 Train To Pakistan Khushwant Singh 1956 Indian English
13551 Waiting for the Mahatma R. K. Narayan 1955 Indian English
13552 The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri 2013 American English
13560 The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 American English
13600 The Call Of The Soil Adrien Bertrand 1916 French French
13600 Private Gaspard René Benjamin 1915 French French
13600 The Flame That Is France Henry Malherbe French Unknown
13600 The Wedding Yann Queffélec 1985 French French
13818 Il Clandestino Mario Tobino 1962 Italian Italian
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13886 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
14025 In An Absent Dream Seanan McGuire 2019 American English
14089 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
14113 The Tragic Muse Henry James 1890 British English
14156 The Poems of Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen 1920 British English
14180 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
14212 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14212 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14230 The King Must Die Mary Renault 1958 British English
14232 The Passage Justin Cronin 2010 American English
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
14407 The Weavers Sir Gilbert Parker 1907 Canadian English
14411 Greek Tragedies 1 David Grene 1955 Unknown English
14478 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
14485 The Servant In The House Charles Rann Kennedy 1908 British English
14624 The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1916 Spanish Spanish
14773 The Tree Of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 British English
14785 Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard 1843 Danish Danish
14823 The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen 1884 Norwegian Norwegian
14899 The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan 1959 American English
14929 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14985 A Stillness at Appomattox Bruce Catton 1953 American English
14985 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14985 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14985 The World Is Not Enough Zoe Oldenbourg 1966 French French
14985 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14985 The Magician King Lev Grossman 2011 American English
14985 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English
14985 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14985 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14985 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins 2010 American English
14985 The Maze Runner James Dashner 2009 American English
14985 The Hero Of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 American English
14985 Stalingrad Antony Beevor 1998 British English
14985 Please Look After Mom Kyung-sook Shin 2008 Korean Korean
14985 The Unit Ninni Holmqvist 2006 Swedish Swedish
15609 The Raft Coningsby Dawson 1920 British English
15714 The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey 1925 American English
15723 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
15731 The Gift Of The Magi O. Henry 1905 American English
15782 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15826 The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 British English
15846 The Fellowship Of The Ring J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 British English
15875 Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 1954 British English
16501 Scott's Last Expedition Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922 British English
15916 Year Of The Unicorn Andre Norton 1965 American English
15916 Navigator Of The Flood Mario Brelich 1967 Italian Italian
15916 How The Steel Was Tempered Nikolai Ostrovsky 1932 Russian Russian
15916 Christ In Concrete Pietro di Donato 1939 American English
15916 Themis Jane E. Harrison 1912 British English
15900 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
15916 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15916 Cinq Mars Alfred de Vigny 1826 French French
15916 Sacred Dramas Hannah More 1782 British English
15916 La Femme De Gilles Madeleine Bourdouxhe 1937 Belgian French
15916 Mary Shalom Asch 1949 Unknown Yiddish
15916 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
15916 The Cornerstone Zoe Oldenbourg 1953 French French
15916 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15916 Tree Of Liberty Elizabeth Page 1939 Unknown English
15916 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15916 The Bugles Blow No More Clifford Dowdey 1942 American English
15916 Long Remember MacKinlay Kantor 1934 American English
16622 The Last Leaf O. Henry 1907 American English
16546 The Fortunate Pilgrim Mario Puzo 1965 American English
16670 Khosrow And Shirin Nezami Ganjavi 1180 Persian Persian
16646 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16752 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16743 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
17164 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
17164 The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons 1997 American English
17164 The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders 2019 American English
17164 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17164 The Firelings Carol Kendall 1981 American English
17164 The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold 2001 Japanese English
17164 In the Cities of Coin and Spice Catherynne M. Valente 2007 American English