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
1931 The Way Of The World Nicolas Bouvier 1963 French French
3420 The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein 2007 Canadian English
3484 The Scorpion Fish Nicolas Bouvier 1982 French French
4068 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
5625 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5629 Mindfulness In Plain English Henepola Gunaratana 1994 American English
5740 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje 2000 Canadian English
7836 Funny Boy Shyam Selvadurai 1994 Sri Lankan English
8188 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
9306 The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 Sri Lankan English
10578 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
14554 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14788 The Wonder That Was India Arthur Llewellyn Basham 1954 British English
14985 Chinaman Shehan Karunatilaka 2010 Sri Lankan English
14985 The History And Culture Of The Indian People R. C. Majumdar Indian English
14985 Brotherless Night V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 Unknown English
15916 Dhammapada Unknown -299 Multiple Pali
15916 A History Of India Romila Thapar 1966 Indian English
15890 Ocean Of The Streams Of Story Somadeva 1063 Indian Sanskrit
17164 A Passage North Anuk Arudpragasam 2021 Sri Lankan English
17164 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17164 The Picador Book Of Modern Indian Literature Amit Chaudhuri 2001 Indian English
17164 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17164 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17164 The Secret War Of Julia Child Diana R. Chambers 2024 Unknown English
17164 On The Front Line Marie Colvin 2012 British English
17164 Tamil David Dean Shulman 2016 Unknown English
17164 Cinnamon Gardens Shyam Selvadurai 1998 Sri Lankan English
17164 Running In The Family Michael Ondaatje 1982 Canadian English
17164 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 2005 Unknown English
17164 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17164 A Textbook Of Medieval Indian History Sailendra Nath Sen 2010 Indian English
17164 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17164 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17164 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17164 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17164 The Age Of Kali William Dalrymple 1998 British English