The Greatest Books of All Time on Sorrow

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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
447 Gypsy Ballads Federico García Lorca 1928 Spanish Spanish
462 The Prophet Kahlil Gibran 1923 Lebanese English
464 Petrarch's Songbook Francesco Petrarca 1341 Italian Italian
809 Poems by Machado Antonio Machado 1907 Spanish Spanish
824 Rhymes And Legends Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 1871 Spanish Spanish
974 The Poems of John Keats John Keats 1817 British English
1555 Troilus And Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer 1385 British Middle english
2578 Les Contemplations Victor Hugo 1856 French French
2726 Last Poems A. E. Housman 1922 British English
2990 The Tale Of Igor's Campaign Unknown 1187 Russian Old east slavic
3952 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
5902 Poems Of George Darley George Darley 1840 Irish English
7215 Poems Of Henry Howard Henry Howard 1557 British English
7215 Astrophel And Stella Philip Sidney 1591 British English
7215 The Poems Of Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace 1649 British English
7215 Selected Poems Of Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine 1896 French French
7215 Poems Of Thomas Hood Thomas Hood 1826 British English
7215 Poems And Translations Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1870 British English
7215 Poems And Ballads Algernon Charles Swinburne 1866 British English
7215 Poems Of Theodor Storm Theodor Storm 1852 German German
7215 Poems Of Trumbull Stickney Trumbull Stickney 1905 American English
7215 Selected Poems Federico García Lorca 1928 Spanish Spanish
7215 Poems Of Mani Leib Mani Leib 1918 Yiddish Yiddish
7215 Last Poems Elinor Wylie 1943 American English
11939 Days of Sorrow and Pain Leonard Baker 1978 American English