The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Troy

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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
24 The Odyssey Homer -740 Greek Ancient greek
70 The Aeneid Virgil -19 Roman Latin
1124 Ajax Sophocles -440 Greek Ancient greek
1330 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 American English
1694 Cassandra Christa Wolf 1983 German German
2199 Trojan Women Euripides -415 Greek Ancient greek
2800 Collected Plays Of Euripides Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
3638 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
4215 Andromache Euripides -425 Greek Ancient greek
4217 Hecuba Euripides -424 Greek Ancient greek
5818 Helen Euripides -412 Greek Ancient greek
5843 Andromache Jean Racine 1667 French French
6186 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6458 A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009 American English
9604 Achilles Elizabeth Cook 2001 British English
11249 Tiger At The Gates Jean Giraudoux 1935 French French
11602 One Hundred Poems By Cavafy Cavafy Greek Greek
13715 Age Of Bronze Eric Shanower 2007 American English
14410 Greek Tragedies 1 David Grene 1955 Unknown English
15736 The Iliad / The Odyssey Homer -762 Greek Ancient greek
16491 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16579 Storia Dei Greci Indro Montanelli 1959 Italian Italian
16649 The Iliad Of Homer Richmond Lattimore -762 Greek Ancient greek
16850 War Music Christopher Logue 1959 British English
17120 Legs William Kennedy 1975 American English
17120 The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker 2018 British English
17120 Troya Stephen Fry 2020 British English
17120 Heroes Stephen Fry 2018 British English
17120 Helen Of Troy Margaret George 2006 American English
17120 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17120 Besieger Of Cities Alfred Duggan 1963 British English
17120 The Flowers Of Adonis Rosemary Sutcliff 1969 British English
16909 The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid Homer -800 Greek Ancient greek
17120 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown
16878 Iliad & Odyssey Homer -749 Greek Ancient greek (homeric greek)