The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Switzerland

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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
25 The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann 1924 German German
39 Frankenstein Mary Shelley 1818 British English
67 A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
135 Doctor Faustus Thomas Mann 1947 German German
168 Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald 1934 American English
171 Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse 1927 German German
315 Relativity Albert Einstein 1916 German German
445 I'm Not Stiller Max Frisch 1954 Swiss German
504 Her Lover Albert Cohen 1968 Swiss French
612 Green Henry Gottfried Keller 1855 Swiss German
790 The Mask of Dimitrios Eric Ambler 1939 British English
866 The Black Spider Jeremias Gotthelf 1842 Swiss German
867 Heidi Johanna Spyri 1881 Swiss German
884 Homo Faber Max Frisch 1957 Swiss German
955 Moravagine Blaise Cendrars 1926 Swiss French
997 Julie, or the New Heloise Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1761 French French
997 The Judge and His Hangman Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1950 Swiss German
1032 The Epistle To The Romans Karl Barth 1919 Swiss German
1058 Memories, Dreams, Reflections Carl Jung 1963 Swiss German
1227 What Is To Be Done? Vladimir Il’ich Lenin 1902 Russian Russian
1353 William Tell Friedrich Schiller 1804 German German
1446 The Tongue Set Free Elias Canetti 1977 Austrian German
1516 The Bells of Basel Louis Aragon 1934 French French
1646 The Pledge Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1958 Swiss German
1690 Goldfinger Ian Fleming 1959 British English
1856 Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad 1911 British English
1923 The Conquest Of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar -51 Roman Latin
1931 The Way Of The World Nicolas Bouvier 1963 French French
2032 History Of The Reformation In Germany Leopold von Ranke 1834 German German
2032 Gedanken Und Erinnerungen Otto von Bismarck 1898 German German
2095 Derborence Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1934 Swiss French
2117 The Life Story And Real Adventures Of The Poor Man Of Toggenburg Ulrich Bräker 1789 Swiss German
2285 Smiley's People John le Carré 1979 British English
2569 In Matto's Realm Friedrich Glauser 1936 Swiss German
2752 Psychological Types Carl Jung 1921 Swiss German
2751 Decisive Moments in History Stefan Zweig 1927 Austrian German
2788 A Cultural History Of The Modern Age Egon Friedell 1927 Austrian English
2841 Ashenden, Or, The British Agent W. Somerset Maugham 1928 British English
2883 Physics And Beyond Werner Heisenberg 1971 German German
3125 Daisy Miller Henry James 1878 American English
3140 Als Wär’s Ein Stück Von Mir Carl Zuckmayer 1966 German German
3298 The Gallic War And Other Writings Gaius Julius Caesar -58 Roman Latin
3484 The Scorpion Fish Nicolas Bouvier 1982 French French
3496 Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin 1536 French Latin
3637 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron 1812 British English
3637 Uli The Farmhand Jeremias Gotthelf 1841 Swiss German
3637 Jürg Jenatsch Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 1876 Swiss German
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
3637 Visite D'un Poète Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1927 Swiss French
3637 The Assistant Robert Walser 1908 Swiss German
3808 Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner 1984 British English
3892 Aline Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1905 French French
3892 Beauty On Earth Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1927 French French
3940 Landscapes With Absent Figures Philippe Jacottet 1970 French French
4171 Dissipatio H.G. Guido Morselli 1977 Italian Italian
4282 The Spirits Of The Earth Catherine Colomb 1962 Swiss French
4282 Air Of Solitude Gustave Roud 1945 Swiss French
4288 Gantenbein Max Frisch 1964 Swiss German
4495 The Letters Of Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert 1887 French French
4555 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr 1971 German English
4576 The Black Brothers Lisa Tetzner 1941 German German
4579 Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov 2020 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4591 La Demoiselle sauvage Corinna Bille 1974 French French
4596 Man in the Holocene Max Frisch 1979 Swiss German
4708 Faserland Christian Kracht 1995 German German
4778 The Life Of Katherine Mansfield Anthony Alpers 1980 New Zealand English
4868 Grid Systems In Graphic Design Josef Müller-Brockmann 1981 Swiss German
4900 Cruising Speed William F. Buckley, Jr 1971 American English
5236 Memories And Commentaries Igor Stravinsky 1960 Russian English
5362 Schilten Hermann Burger 1976 Swiss German
5481 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
5512 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5668 Baiyun Oder Die Freundschaftsgesellschaft Adolf Muschg 1980 Swiss German
5753 Die Tessinerin Thomas Hürlimann 1981 Swiss German
5939 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
6005 Nietzsche And Philosophy Gilles Deleuze 1962 French French
6005 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6005 An Anecdoted Topography Of Chance Daniel Spoerri 1962 Multiple French
6190 Kein Schöner Land Silvio Blatter 1984 Swiss German
6343 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6382 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
6415 The Portable Jung Carl Jung 1971 Swiss English
6432 Ideas and Opinions Albert Einstein 1954 German English
6913 With The Animals Noëlle Revaz 2002 Swiss French
6927 Travesties Tom Stoppard 1974 British English
6962 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7115 Seven Years Peter Stamm 2009 Swiss German
7216 Tales Gottfried Keller 1856 Swiss German
7216 Seven Dada Manifestoes Tristan Tzara 1924 French French
7872 Mr Standfast John Buchan 1919 British English
7895 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
8009 Poems Of Philippe Jacottet Philippe Jacottet 1953 French French
8144 Vor Uns Die Sintflut Urs Widmer 1998 Swiss German
8363 Dogmatics In Outline Karl Barth 1946 German German
8445 Die Dunkle Seite Des Mondes Martin Suter 2000 Swiss German
8445 Der Geliebte Der Mutter Urs Widmer 2000 Swiss German
8473 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
9107 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9193 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9378 Saint Leon William Godwin 1799 British English
9378 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
9378 The Orphan Of The Rhine Elanor Sleath 1798 British English
9655 The Memory Chalet Tony Judt 2010 British English
9661 Brehm's Life Of Animals Alfred Edmund Brehm 2015 German German
9991 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10092 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10136 Nora Nuala O’Connor 2021 Irish English
10212 The Little Hotel Christina Stead 1973 Australian English
10309 The Course In General Linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure 1916 Swiss French
10454 Footsteps Richard Holmes 1985 French English
10520 Sweet Days of Discipline Fleur Jaeggy 1989 Swiss Italian
10752 Selected Stories Robert Walser 1982 Swiss German
10937 Blowback Brad Thor 2005 American English
11218 Book Of My Mother Albert Cohen 1954 French French
11366 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11506 The White Masai Corinne Hofmann 1998 Swiss German
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English