The Greatest Tragedy Books of All Time

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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
3953 Η κάθοδος των εννιά Thanassis Valtinos 1963 Greek Greek
3953 The Plant, The Well, The Angel Vassilis Vassilikos 1963 Greek Unknown
3953 My Mother's Sin Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3953 Η Τιμη Και Το Χρημα Konstantinos Theotokis 1914 Greek Greek
3953 Η Αυλή των Θαυμάτων Iakovos Kambanellis 1962 Greek Greek
3953 The Great Chimera M. Karagatsis 1953 Greek Greek
3953 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3953 The Schoolmistress With The Golden Eyes Stratis Myrivilis 1933 Greek Greek
3953 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
3953 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
3953 The Hidden Way Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3953 Întunecare Cezar Petrescu 1927 Romanian Romanian
3953 The Last Night Of Love, The First Night Of War Camil Petrescu 1930 Romanian Romanian
3953 Ioana Anton Holban 1934 Romanian Romanian
3953 Jocurile Daniei Anton Holban 1935 Romanian Romanian
3953 Groapa Eugen Barbu 1957 Romanian Romanian
4068 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4077 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 1998 British English
4082 Death And The King's Horsemen Wole Soyinka 1975 Nigerian English
4090 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4093 Los Santos Inocentes Miguel Delibes 1981 Spanish Spanish
4104 Poor Liza Nikolay Karamzin 1792 Russian Russian
4127 The Good Hope Herman Heijermans 1901 Dutch Dutch
4145 Krapp's Last Tape Samuel Beckett 1958 Irish English
4167 Miss Julie August Strindberg 1888 Swedish Swedish
4178 Geeraerdt Van Velsen P. C. Hooft 1613 Dutch Dutch
4178 Palamedes Joost van den Vondel 1625 Dutch Dutch
4215 Andromache Euripides -425 Greek Ancient greek
4218 Heracles Euripides -416 Greek Ancient greek
4217 Hecuba Euripides -424 Greek Ancient greek
4220 Iphigenia At Aulis Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
4233 Een Liefde Lodewijk van Deyssel 1887 Dutch Dutch
4252 Welcome To Hard Times E. L. Doctorow 1960 American English
4256 Scenes From The Past Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin 1869 Russian Russian
4276 In The Ravine Anton Chekhov 1900 Russian Russian
4284 A Rose for Emily William Faulkner 1930 American English
4309 Indiana George Sand 1832 French French
4378 Eyes Shut Federigo Tozzi 1919 Italian Italian
4376 The Truce Unknown 1963 Italian Spanish
4384 Flowers in the Attic V. C. Andrews 1979 American English
4383 A Tale Of Poor Lovers Vasco Pratolini 1947 Italian Italian
4407 The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea Yukio Mishima 1963 Japanese Japanese
4420 Trifles Susan Glaspell 1916 American English
4420 Desire Under The Elms Eugene O'Neill 1924 American English
4467 Covenant With Death John Harris 1961 British English
4482 The Duchess Of Malfi John Webster 1623 British English
4493 The Little Match Girl Unknown 1845 Unknown Danish
4504 Osadeni Dushi Dimitar Dimov 1945 Bulgarian Bulgarian
4525 Falconer John Cheever 1977 American English
4541 The Stone Of Laughter Hoda Barakat 1990 Lebanese Arabic
4556 The Blood Knot Athol Fugard 1961 South African English
4560 The Lady's Not For Burning Christopher Fry 1948 British English
4589 The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead 2019 American English
4594 Last Night James Salter 2005 American English
4622 The Bride Of Lammermoor Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
4654 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4680 Skippy Dies Pauli Murray 2010 Irish English
4682 A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman 2014 Israeli Hebrew
4731 Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
4789 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen 1892 Norwegian Norwegian
4802 Brand Henrik Ibsen 1866 Norwegian Norwegian
4829 Blaming Elizabeth Taylor 1976 British English
4878 The Cat Colette 1933 French French
4887 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
4899 The Tragedy Of Mariam Elizabeth Cary 1613 British English
4899 The Jew Of Malta Christopher Marlowe 1590 English English
4899 King John William Shakespeare 1700 British English
4940 Being Dead Jim Crace 1999 British English
4954 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
4955 Thunder On The Left Christopher Morley 1925 American English
5018 Me Before You Jojo Moyes 2012 British English
5043 Chickamauga Ambrose Bierce 1889 American English
5043 Peter Ibbetson Daphne du Maurier 1891 British Unknown
5043 The Minister's Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne 1836 American English
5043 By Firelight Edith Pargeter 1948 British English
5087 The Butterfly Lovers Unknown -389 Chinese Chinese
5094 Sartoris William Faulkner 1929 American English
5101 Where Angels Fear to Tread E. M. Forster 1905 British English
5103 Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno 1917 Spanish Spanish
5155 The Gadfly Ethel Lilian Voynich 1897 British English
5158 The Triumph Of Death Gabriele D'Annunzio 1894 Italian Italian
5254 Geur der droefenis Alfred Kossmann 1980 Dutch Dutch
5265 Anowa Ama Ata Aidoo 1970 Ghanaian English
5391 Complete Plays And Poems Christopher Marlowe 1587 British English
5456 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
5468 The Birthday Boys Beryl Bainbridge 1991 British English
5506 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
5509 Now in November Josephine Winslow Johnson 1934 American English
5588 The Chimera Sebastiano Vassalli 1990 Italian Italian
5601 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5622 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
5651 Reasons to Live Amy Hempel 1985 American English
5732 Anne Of The Thousand Days Maxwell Anderson 1950 American English
5742 Taebaek Sanmaek Jo Jung-rae 1986 South Korean Korean
5780 Giacinta Luigi Capuana 1879 Italian Italian
5780 L'agnese Va A Morire Renata Viganò 1949 Italian Italian
5833 Six Tragedies Seneca 54 Roman Latin
5847 Venice Preserv'd Thomas Otway 1682 British English
5850 Chatterton Alfred de Vigny 1835 French French
5886 House With The Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1901 Scottish English
5935 Hurramabad Andrei Volos 1998 Russian Russian
5944 Separate Rooms Pier Vittorio Tondelli 1989 Italian Italian
6002 Chekhov's Selected Stories Anton Chekhov 1903 Russian Russian
6002 Ivanov Anton Chekhov 1887 Russian Russian
6002 The Flood Yevgeny Zamyatin 1929 Russian Russian
6152 Women As Lovers Elfriede Jelinek 1975 Austrian German
6201 The Earth Émile Zola 1887 French French
6270 Cold Nights Ba Jin 1947 Chinese Chinese
6272 Owls Do Cry Janet Frame 1957 New Zealand English
6274 The Narrow Road To The Deep North Richard Flanagan 2013 Australian English
6306 Hatter's Castle A. J. Cronin 1931 British English
6311 Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada 1947 German German
6480 Year Of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 2001 Australian English
6485 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau 1964 American English
6491 Life In The Iron Mills Rebecca Harding Davis 1861 American English
6506 Memories of Rain Sunetra Gupta 1992 Indian English
6537 Deliver Me From Eva Paul Bailey 2007 British Unknown
6556 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6813 La Barraca Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1898 Spanish Spanish
6821 The Swimmer John Cheever 1964 American English