The Greatest Books of All Time on Scandal

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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
420 The Human Stain Philip Roth 2000 American English
703 The Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope 1875 British English
742 The Crime of Father Amaro Eça de Queirós 1875 Portuguese Portuguese
760 Decline and Fall Evelyn Waugh 1928 British English
852 The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1867 British English
1208 Love in a Cold Climate Nancy Mitford 1949 British English
1294 Peyton Place Grace Metalious 1956 American English
1325 A Far Cry From Kensington Muriel Spark 1988 British English
1427 Vile Bodies Evelyn Waugh 1930 British English
1685 Burr Gore Vidal 1973 American English
1921 Anglo Saxon Attitudes Angus Wilson 1956 British English
2505 Memoirs of Louis XIV Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (duc de) 1740 French French
2515 L.A. Confidential James Ellroy 1990 American English
3147 All the President's Men Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein 1974 American English
3217 Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil John Berendt 1994 American English
3324 The Green Hat Michael Arlen 1924 British English
3523 Bad Blood John Carreyrou 2018 American English
3953 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
4091 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4309 Regency Buck Georgette Heyer 1935 British English
4481 The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1871 British English
5303 My Search For Warren Harding Robert Plunket 1973 American English
5589 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5740 Diaries Alan Clark 1993 British English
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
7215 Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1861 British English
7215 Phineas Redux Anthony Trollope 1874 British English
7215 The Prime Minister Anthony Trollope 1876 British English
7215 The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1880 British English
7960 The Starr Report Kenneth W. Starr 1998 American English
8205 My Life Bill Clinton 2004 American English
8297 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8524 The Secret History Procopius 550 Multiple Greek
9258 The Price of Power Seymour M. Hersh 1983 American English
9856 Saint Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
10118 The Cuckoo’s Calling J. K. Rowling 2013 British English
10489 The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker 2012 French French
10776 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
11660 Veil Bob Woodward 1987 American English
11939 The Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate 2006 American English
12235 Original Sin Jake Tapper 2023 American English
12324 An Affair Of State Richard A. Posner 1999 American English
12655 Dr Gully Elizabeth Jenkins English English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
14211 Queen Victoria Lytton Strachey 1921 British English
14619 City Of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert 2019 American English
14679 Being Nixon Evan Thomas 2015 American English
14830 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14983 The Ghost Robert Harris 2007 British English
14983 Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller 2003 British English
15746 The Children's Hour Lillian Hellman 1934 American English
15897 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15897 Success Lion Feuchtwanger 1930 German German
15872 Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic) P. G. Wodehouse 1929 British English
16644 Waste Harley Granville Barker 1907 British English
17117 Born Yesterday Gordon Burn 2008 British English
17117 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17117 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English
17117 Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner 2019 British English
17117 The Luxe (Luxe Series, Book 1) Anna Godbersen 2007 American English
17117 King Charles Iii Mike Bartlett 2014 British English
17117 Diana Of The Crossways George Meredith 1885 British English
17117 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17117 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17117 Oscar Wars Michael Schulman 2023 Unknown English
17117 Up With The Sun Thomas Mallon 2023 American English
17117 A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee 2013 American English
17117 Daring And The Duke Sarah MacLean 2020 American English