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
9378 The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 British English
9378 Tales And Fantasies Robert Louis Stevenson 1905 British English
9572 Cold Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas 2015 American English
9590 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
9736 Victorian Ghost Stories Montague Summers 1936 British English
9736 Mainly Victorian Stewart Marsh Ellis 1936 British English
9861 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope 1883 British English
10003 Bertie And The Tin Man Peter Lovesey 1987 British English
10246 Nine Unlikely Tales E. Nesbit 1901 British English
10246 The Young Visiters Daisy Ashford 1919 British English
10276 The Wicked Boy Kate Summerscale 2016 British English
10557 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale 2008 British English
10634 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
10701 Great Expectations Vinson Cunningham 2024 Unknown English
10784 The Wide, Wide World Elizabeth Wetherell 1850 American English
11469 The Real Charlotte Edith Somerville, Violet Florence Martin 1894 Irish English
11496 Esther Waters George Moore 1894 British English
11547 Old St Paul's William Harrison Ainsworth 1841 British English
11547 Valentine Vox Henry Cockton 1839 British English
11547 The Romance Of War James Grant 1846 Scottish English
11547 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
11547 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
11636 Frank Fairlegh Francis Edward Smedley 1850 British English
12015 John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856 British English
12235 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12259 Lady's Maid Margaret Forster 1990 British English
12326 Balzac Graham Robb 1994 British English
12326 Huxley Adrian Desmond 1997 British English
12326 Victor Hugo Graham Robb 1997 British English
12400 Handy Andy Samuel Lover 1842 Irish English
12512 The Invention Of Charlotte Brontë Graham Watson 2024 British English
12657 Dr Gully Elizabeth Jenkins English English
13362 Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold 1869 British English
13362 London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew 1851 British English
13362 The Diary of Fanny Burney Fanny Burney 1768 British English
13362 Past And Present Thomas Carlyle 1843 British English
13362 Susan Hopley Catherine Crowe 1841 British English
13362 Amy Herbert Elizabeth Missing Sewell 1844 British English
13362 The Adventures Of Mr. Ledbury And His Friend Jack Johnson Albert Smith 1844 British English
13362 Emilia Wyndham Anne Marsh-Caldwell 1846 American English
13524 Nathalie Julia Kavanagh 1850 British English
13879 Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley 1861 British English
13886 Louisa May Alcott Harriet Reisen 2009 Unknown English
13924 The Channings Mrs. Henry Wood 1862 British English
14232 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
14719 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
14864 The Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1927 British English
15824 A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket On The Hearth Charles Dickens 1843 British English
15920 The Chronicles of Barsetshire Anthony Trollope 1855 British English
15920 Mrs Beeton's Book Of Household Management Isabella Beeton 1861 British English
15920 Callista John Henry Newman 1855 British English
16614 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16618 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
17172 Devil In Winter Lisa Kleypas 2006 American English
17172 The Luckiest Lady In London Sherry Thomas 2013 American English
17172 Dickens Peter Ackroyd 1990 British English
17172 Not Quite A Husband Sherry Thomas 2009 American English
16846 The Adventures And Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 British English
17172 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17172 The Benevolent Society Of Ill Mannered Ladies Alison Goodman 2023 Unknown English
17172 Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre David Lodge 1997 Unknown English
17172 Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas 2016 American English
17172 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17172 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17172 The Greatest Cases Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17172 A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of The Four Arthur Conan Doyle British English
17144 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
16960 Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1847 English English
17172 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English
16938 Jane Eyre By Bronte, Charlotte [Paperback ] Charlotte Brontë 1847 English English