The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Wales

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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
679 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Tobias Smollett 1771 British English
760 Decline and Fall Evelyn Waugh 1928 British English
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1355 Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas 1952 British English
1537 The Owl Service Alan Garner 1967 British English
2087 Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones 1986 British English
2123 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2443 How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn 1939 British English
2470 The Hill Of Dreams Arthur Machen 1907 British English
2472 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2513 On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin 1982 British English
2803 The Old Devils Kingsley Amis 1986 British English
2996 A Child's Christmas In Wales Dylan Thomas 1955 Welsh English
3324 Monica Saunders Lewis 1930 British Welsh
3469 The Story Of English Robert McCrum 1986 British English
3576 Carrie's War Nina Bawden 1973 British English
4646 The Valley Of Bones Anthony Powell 1964 British English
4898 The Book Of Fame Lloyd Jones 2000 New Zealand English
5441 The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5651 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
6297 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6571 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6880 A String In The Harp Nancy Bond 1976 American English
7216 Silex Scintillans, Etc Henry Vaughan 1650 British English
7668 The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane 2007 British English
7685 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
8725 Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog Dylan Thomas 1940 British English
10910 A Small Country Sian James 1979 British English
10927 The Health Services Since The War Charles Webster 1988 British English
11346 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11574 The Citadel A. J. Cronin 1937 British English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11869 Bad Blood Lorna Sage 2000 British English
12050 The Detour Gerbrand Bakker 2010 Dutch Dutch
12657 Poems Of R. S. Thomas R. S. Thomas 2003 British English
12657 Eager Ben Goldfarb 2018 American English
13232 A Bibliography Of Arthur Machen Adrian Goldstone, Wesley Sweetser 1973 Unknown English
13362 A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain Daniel Defoe 1724 British English
13362 The Descent Of Man Charles Darwin 1871 British English
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
14174 Autobiography Bertrand Russell 1967 British English
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14212 The Fox In The Attic Richard Hughes 1961 British English
14985 Boy Roald Dahl 1984 British English
14985 Citizen Clem John Bew 2016 British English
15916 Kilverts Diary, 1870 1879 Francis Kilvert 1938 British English
15916 One Moonlit Night Caradog Prichard 1961 Welsh Welsh
15916 The Collected Stories Dylan Thomas 1934 Welsh English
15916 Cwmardy Lewis Jones 1939 Welsh English
15916 The Dark Philosophers Gwyn Thomas, Simeon 1946 Welsh English
15916 The Battle To The Weak Hilda Vaughan 1925 British English
15916 Stories Geraint Goodwin 1936 British English
16573 The Arthurian Vulgate anonymous 1210 French Old french
17163 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17111 The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 American English
17163 Fall Of Giants Ken Follett 2010 British English
17163 The Benn Diaries, 1940 90 Tony Benn 1987 British English
17163 Harold Wilson Ben Pimlott 1992 British English
17163 Roy Jenkins John Campbell 1983 British English
17163 Aneurin Bevan Michael Foot 1973 British English
17163 Jeremy Thorpe Michael Bloch 2006 British English
17163 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17163 Revolt On The Right Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin 2014 British English
17163 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17163 When Christ And His Saints Slept Sharon Kay Penman 1995 American English
17163 The Sunne In Splendour Sharon Kay Penman 1982 American English
16868 Cup Of Gold John Steinbeck 1929 American English
17163 Private Island James Meek 2014 British English
17163 Dead Men Risen Toby Harnden 2011 British English
17163 Having It So Good Peter Hennessy 2006 British English
17163 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17163 Here Be Dragons Sharon Kay Penman 1985 American English
17163 Border Country Raymond Williams 1962 British English
17163 So Long, Hector Bebb Ron Berry 1970 Welsh English
17163 Home To An Empty House Alun Richards 1973 Welsh English
17163 A Few Selected Exits Gwyn Thomas 1968 Welsh English
17153 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17163 The Wicked Day Mary Stewart 1983 British English
17163 The Sword Of Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff 1963 British English
17163 Harry Of Monmouth A. Maugham Unknown Unknown
17163 Falls The Shadow Sharon Kay Penman 1988 American English
17163 The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman 1991 American English
17163 Monmouth Charles Flood 1977 Unknown English
17163 Led Zeppelin Bob Spitz 2021 American English
17163 Johnson At 10 Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell 2023 British English
17163 A Concise History Of The Common Law Theodore Plucknett 2013 British English