The Greatest Victorian 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
9375 The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 British English
9375 Tales And Fantasies Robert Louis Stevenson 1905 British English
9569 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9587 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
9732 Victorian Ghost Stories Montague Summers 1936 British English
9732 Mainly Victorian Stewart Marsh Ellis 1936 British English
9857 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope 1883 British English
9998 Bertie And The Tin Man Peter Lovesey 1987 British English
10241 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
10241 The Young Visiters Daisy Ashford 1919 British English
10272 The Wicked Boy Kate Summerscale 2016 British English
10554 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
10629 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
10697 Great Expectations Vinson Cunningham 2024 Unknown English
10780 The Wide, Wide World Elizabeth Wetherell 1850 American English
11467 The Real Charlotte Edith Somerville, Violet Florence Martin 1894 Irish English
11494 Esther Waters George Moore 1894 British English
11545 Old St Paul's William Harrison Ainsworth 1841 British English
11545 Valentine Vox Henry Cockton 1839 British English
11545 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11545 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
11545 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11634 Frank Fairlegh Francis Edward Smedley 1850 British English
12013 John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856 British English
12234 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12258 Lady's Maid Margaret Forster 1990 British English
12324 Balzac Graham Robb 1994 British English
12324 Huxley Adrian Desmond 1997 British English
12324 Victor Hugo Graham Robb 1997 British English
12398 Handy Andy Samuel Lover 1842 Irish English
12510 The Invention Of Charlotte Brontë Graham Watson 2024 British English
12655 Dr Gully Elizabeth Jenkins English English
13359 Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold 1869 British English
13359 London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew 1851 British English
13359 The Diary of Fanny Burney Fanny Burney 1768 British English
13359 Past And Present Thomas Carlyle 1843 British English
13359 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13359 Amy Herbert Elizabeth Missing Sewell 1844 British English
13359 The Adventures Of Mr. Ledbury And His Friend Jack Johnson Albert Smith 1844 British English
13359 Emilia Wyndham Anne Marsh-Caldwell 1846 American English
13522 Nathalie Julia Kavanagh 1850 British English
13878 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13885 Louisa May Alcott Harriet Reisen 2009 Unknown English
13923 The Channings Mrs. Henry Wood 1862 British English
14718 Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau 1869 French French
14767 The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1893 British English
14782 Return Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1905 British English
14788 For The Term Of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke 1874 Australian English
14862 The Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1927 British English
14984 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
15805 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15899 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15899 Mrs Beeton's Book Of Household Management Isabella Beeton 1861 British English
15899 Callista John Henry Newman 1855 British English
16576 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16587 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
17120 Devil In Winter Lisa Kleypas 2006 American English
17120 The Luckiest Lady In London Sherry Thomas 2013 American English
17120 Dickens Peter Ackroyd 1990 British English
17120 Not Quite A Husband Sherry Thomas 2009 American English
16805 The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
17120 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17120 The Benevolent Society Of Ill Mannered Ladies Alison Goodman 2023 Unknown English
17120 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17120 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17120 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17120 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17120 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17120 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17078 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
17025 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17120 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English