The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Sri Lanka

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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
1400 The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux 1975 American English
1930 The Way Of The World Nicolas Bouvier 1963 French French
3422 The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein 2007 Canadian English
3485 The Scorpion Fish Nicolas Bouvier 1982 French French
4067 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
5623 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5627 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
5738 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje 2000 Canadian English
7835 Funny Boy Shyam Selvadurai 1994 Sri Lankan English
8186 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
9303 The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 Sri Lankan English
10575 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
14553 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14788 The Wonder That Was India Arthur Llewellyn Basham 1954 British English
14984 Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010 Sri Lankan English
14984 The History And Culture Of The Indian People R. C. Majumdar Indian English
14984 Brotherless Night V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 Unknown English
15899 Dhammapada Unknown -299 Multiple Pali
15899 A History Of India Romila Thapar 1966 Indian English
17120 A Passage North Anuk Arudpragasam 2021 Sri Lankan English
17120 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17120 The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri 2001 Indian English
17120 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 The Secret War Of Julia Child Diana R. Chambers 2024 Unknown English
17120 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17120 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17120 Cinnamon Gardens Shyam Selvadurai 1998 Sri Lankan English
17120 Running In The Family Michael Ondaatje 1982 Canadian English
17120 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17120 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17120 A Textbook Of Medieval Indian History Sailendra Nath Sen 2010 Indian English
17120 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17120 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17120 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17120 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17120 The Age Of Kali William Dalrymple 1998 British English