The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Venice

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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
80 Candide Voltaire 1759 French French
240 Death in Venice Thomas Mann 1912 German German
261 Wings of the Dove Henry James 1902 American English
371 History of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
1107 The Passion Jeanette Winterson 1987 British English
1109 Othello William Shakespeare 1603 British English
1244 The Travels of Marco Polo Marco Polo 1300 Italian Old french
2156 The Flame Of Life Gabriele D'Annunzio 1900 Italian Italian
2615 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare 1600 British English
2812 The Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone 1961 American English
3287 The Aspern Papers Henry James 1888 American English
3638 The School Of Whoredom Pietro Aretino 1536 Italian English
3638 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron 1812 British English
3638 Jürg Jenatsch Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 1876 Swiss German
3638 The Prophecies Nostradamus 1555 French French
3638 The Four Books On Architecture Andrea Palladio 1570 Italian Italian
3638 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
3638 The Seven Lamps Of Architecture John Ruskin 1849 British English
3638 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
3638 A Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 Johann Gottfried Seume 1803 German German
4387 Fratelli D'italia Alberto Arbasino 1963 Italian Italian
4636 The Medici George Frederick Young 1910 Unknown English
5009 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5242 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5596 Poetry And Truth From My Own Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2004 German English
5783 Confessions Of An Italian Ippolito Nievo 1867 Italian Italian
5783 Notturno Gabriele D'Annunzio 1916 Italian Italian
5850 Venice Preserv'd Thomas Otway 1682 British English
5856 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5863 The Stones Of Venice John Ruskin 1851 British English
6005 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6005 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6147 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6244 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6259 The Allure Of Chanel Paul Morand 1976 French French
6579 Venice Jan Morris 1960 British English
6974 Death At La Fenice Donna Leon 1992 American English
7146 Dead Lagoon Michael Dibdin 1994 British English
7216 Rime Gaspara Stampa 1554 Italian Italian
7216 Venetian Epigrams Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790 German German
7216 Last Letters Of Jacopo Ortis Ugo Foscolo 1802 Italian Italian
7683 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7937 Acqua Alta Donna Leon 1996 Italian English
8618 Sidewalks Valeria Luiselli 2013 Mexican Spanish
8801 Time Regained Marcel Proust 1927 French French
9092 Consuelo George Sand 1842 French French
9192 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9303 The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin 2008 British English
9377 Manfrone Mary-Anne Radcliff 1809 British English
9792 Cry To Heaven Anne Rice 1982 American English
9884 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
10636 Collected Stories Constance Fenimore Woolson American English
11168 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11273 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
12326 Shylock John Gross 1992 British English
13533 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13818 Le stelle fredde Guido Piovene 1952 Italian Italian
13818 Stabat Mater Tiziano Scarpa 2008 Italian Italian
14232 People Of The Book Geraldine Brooks 2008 Australian English
14985 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
15634 Messer Marco Polo Donn Byrne 1921 American English
15744 Summa De Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni & Proportionalita Luca Pacioli 1494 Italian Latin
15853 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15914 Memoirs Of Lorenzo Da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte 1823 Italian Italian
15914 Venice For Pleasure J. G. Links 1966 British English
15914 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
15914 A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain 1880 American English
15911 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16503 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16600 The Complete Works Of Shakespeare William Shakespeare 1623 British English
16627 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
16605 The Oxford Complete Shakespeare, 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 1623 British English
16696 L'italia Del Risorgimento Indro Montanelli 1972 Italian Italian
16774 The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith 1955 American English
16737 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
17162 Night Letters Robert Dessaix 1996 Australian English
17162 The Nature Of Blood Caryl Phillips 1997 British English
17162 Friends In High Places Donna Leon 1999 French English
17162 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
17162 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English
16897 The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, Volume 2 William Shakespeare 1623 British English
17162 The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett 2013 British English
17162 Atlas Of An Anxious Man Christoph Ransmayr 2016 Austrian German
17162 Give Unto Others Donna Leon 2022 American English
17162 Uniform Justice Donna Leon 2003 American English
17162 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17162 When Nietzsche Wept Irvin D. Yalom 1992 American English
17162 In The Wake Of The Plague Norman F. Cantor 2001 American English
17162 Goethe, His Faustian Life AN Wilson 2024 British English
17162 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17162 Our Man In Rome Catherine Fletcher 2012 Unknown English
17162 Stone's Fall Iain Pears 2009 British English
17162 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17162 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17162 The Roads To Rome Catherine Fletcher 2024 Unknown English
17162 Architectural Composition And Building Typology Gianfranco Caniggia Italian Italian
17162 August Blue Deborah Levy 2023 British English
17162 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17092 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17162 Q Luther Blissett 1999 Italian Italian
17162 The Sword Thief Peter Lerangis 2009 American English
17162 One False Note Gordon Korman 2024 Canadian English
17162 Duchess Of Milan Michael Ennis 1992 American English
17162 The Agony And The Ecstacy Irving Stone 1961 American English
17162 Monet Jackie Wullschläger 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Maze Of Bones Rick Riordan 2008 American English
17162 The Cheese And The Worms Carlo Ginzburg 1976 Italian Italian
17162 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17162 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17162 Six Early Stories Thomas Mann 1997 German German
17162 Letters Of Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1975 German German
17162 The History Of Italy Francesco Guicciardini 1540 Italian Italian
17162 Watermark Joseph Brodsky 1989 Unknown English
17162 Inferno Dan Brown 2013 American English