The Greatest Western 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
3637 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home Emily Post 1922 American English
3637 Memoirs Of A Revolutionist Vera Figner 1920 Russian Russian
3637 Oh, These Times Catherine the Great 1790 Russian Unknown
3637 Days In The Caucasus Banine 1945 French French
3637 Notes From The Blockade Lydia Ginzburg 1960 Russian Russian
3637 The Memoirs Of Princess Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova 1840 Russian Russian
3637 Religio Medici Sir Thomas Browne 1643 British English
3637 The Works Of John Dryden John Dryden 1808 British English
3637 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1775 Irish English
3637 Pack My Bag Henry Green 1940 British English
3637 Blasting And Bombardiering Wyndham Lewis 1937 British English
3637 Van Loon's Lives Hendrik Willem van Loon 1942 Dutch English
3637 Being Geniuses Together Robert McAlmon 1938 American English
3637 The Endless Adventure F. S. Oliver 1930 British English
3637 Mr. Fortune's Maggot Sylvia Townsend Warner 1927 British English
3637 Sex And Character Otto Weininger 1903 Austrian German
3637 The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce 1906 American English
3637 Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886 British English
3637 Maigret And The Old Lady Georges Simenon 1950 Belgian French
3637 And Never Said A Word Heinrich Böll 1953 German German
3637 Lieutenant Gustl Arthur Schnitzler 1900 Austrian German
3637 Little Man, What Now? Hans Fallada 1932 German German
3637 A Child of Our Time Ödön von Horváth 1938 Austrian German
3637 The Rider on the White Horse Theodor Storm 1888 German German
3637 The Gods Will Have Blood Anatole France 1912 French French
3637 The School Of Whoredom Pietro Aretino 1536 Italian English
3637 Des Knaben Wunderhorn Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim 1808 German German
3637 The Invisible Flag Peter Bamm 1952 German German
3637 Bicycle Thieves Luigi Bartolini 1946 Italian Italian
3637 The Jazz Book Joachim-Ernst Berendt 1953 German German
3637 Der Großtyrann Und Das Gericht Werner Bergengruen 1935 German German
3637 Laughter Henri Bergson 1900 French French
3637 Maya The Bee And Her Adventures Waldemar Bonsels 1912 German German
3637 Till Eulenspiegel Hermann Bote 1510 German German
3637 The Ship Of Fools Sebastian Brant 1494 German English
3637 Theodor Chindler Bernard von Brentano 1936 German German
3637 Cause, Principle, And Unity Giordano Bruno 1584 Italian Italian
3637 New Testament And Mythology Rudolf Bultmann 1941 German German
3637 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Gottfried Burger 1785 German German
3637 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron 1812 British English
3637 The Tomb Of Tutankhamun Howard Carter 1954 British English
3637 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
3637 Sämtliche Werke Des Wandsbecker Boten Matthias Claudius 1775 German German
3637 The Leatherstocking Tales James Fenimore Cooper 1823 American English
3637 The Tunnel Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1952 Swiss German
3637 Krambambuli Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1901 Austrian German
3637 The Thaw Ilya Ehrenburg 1954 Russian Russian
3637 Who Once Eats Out Of The Tin Bowl Hans Fallada 1934 German German
3637 Jew Süss Lion Feuchtwanger 1925 German German
3637 Exile Lion Feuchtwanger 1940 German German
3637 Schach Von Wuthenow Theodor Fontane 1883 German German
3637 Der Siebente Ring Stefan George 1907 German German
3637 The River Pirates Of The Mississippi Friedrich Gerstäcker 1848 German German
3637 The Burnt Offering Albrecht Goes 1955 German German
3637 Theory Of Colours Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1810 German German
3637 Uli The Farmhand Jeremias Gotthelf 1841 Swiss German
3637 Bolwieser Oskar Maria Graf 1931 German German
3637 Leviathan Julien Green 1929 French French
3637 The Poor Musician Franz Grillparzer 1848 Austrian German
3637 Deutsches Wörterbuch Brothers Grimm 1854 German German
3637 Architecture Walter Gropius 1935 German German
3637 Book Of Songs Heinrich Heine 1827 German German
3637 Der Gaulschreck Im Rosennetz Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando 1928 Austrian German
3637 The Crusaders Stefan Heym 1948 German English
3637 Die Homosexualität Des Mannes Und Des Weibes Magnus Hirschfeld 1920 German German
3637 The Golden Pot E. T. A. Hoffmann 1814 German German
3637 The Art Of Prolonging Life Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland 1842 German German
3637 Fluss Ohne Ufer Hans Henny Jahnn 1949 German German
3637 On The Marble Cliffs Ernst Jünger 1939 German German
3637 The Future Has Already Begun Robert Jungk 1952 Austrian German
3637 The City Beyond The River Hermann Kasack 1947 German German
3637 The People Of Seldwyla Gottfried Keller 1872 Swiss German
3637 The Bible As History Werner Keller 1955 German German
3637 New Astronomy Johannes Kepler 1609 German Latin
3637 The Seeress Of Prevorst Justinus Kerner 1829 German German
3637 The Century Of The Child Ellen Key 1900 Swedish Swedish
3637 The Raging Reporter Egon Erwin Kisch 1924 Czech German
3637 The Marquise Of O Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
3637 The Language Of The Third Reich Victor Klemperer 1947 German German
3637 From Caligari To Hitler Siegfried Kracauer 1947 German German
3637 Das Unauslöschliche Siegel Elisabeth Langgässer 1946 German German
3637 The Veil Of Veronica Gertrud von le Fort 1928 German German
3637 So Tender Was Suleyken Siegfried Lenz 1955 German German
3637 Child Of The Revolution Wolfgang Leonhard 1955 German German
3637 L'après Midi D'un Faune Stéphane Mallarmé 1876 French French
3637 The Second Wife E. Marlitt 1899 German German
3637 Jürg Jenatsch Conrad Ferdinand Meyer 1876 Swiss German
3637 Gallows Songs Christian Morgenstern 1905 German German
3637 Scenes Of Bohemian Life Henri Murger 1845 French French
3637 The Prophecies Nostradamus 1555 French French
3637 The Four Books On Architecture Andrea Palladio 1570 Italian Italian
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
3637 The Origins Of Intelligence In Children Jean Piaget 1936 Swiss French
3637 Stalingrad Theodor Plievier 1948 German German
3637 Stopfkuchen Wilhelm Karl Raabe 1891 German German
3637 Visite D'un Poète Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 1927 Swiss French
3637 The Sexual Revolution Wilhelm Reich 1936 German German
3637 Kuttel Daddeldu Joachim Ringelnatz 1920 German German
3637 Mitte Des Lebens Luise Rinser 1950 German German
3637 The Seven Lamps Of Architecture John Ruskin 1849 British English
3637 The Questionnaire Ernst von Salomon 1951 German German
3637 The Story Of My Life George Sand 1855 French French
3637 The Roads To Freedom Jean Paul Sartre 1945 French French
3637 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
3637 The Papalagi Erich Scheurmann 1920 German German
3637 The Criminal Of Lost Honor Friedrich Schiller 1786 German German
3637 Report On The Excavations At Troy Heinrich Schliemann 1875 German German
3637 Die Insel Felsenburg Johann Gottfried Schnabel 1731 German German
3637 The Road Into The Open Arthur Schnitzler 1908 Austrian German
3637 Out Of My Life And Thought Albert Schweitzer 1931 German German
3637 Art In Crisis Hans Sedlmayr 1948 Austrian German
3637 A Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 Johann Gottfried Seume 1803 German German
3637 Der Moderne Kapitalismus Werner Sombart 1902 German German
3637 Die Feuerzangenbowle Heinrich Spoerl 1933 German German
3637 How I Found Livingstone Henry M. Stanley 1871 British English
3637 An Outline Of Occult Science Rudolf Steiner 1910 Austrian German
3637 Lausbubengeschichten Ludwig Thoma 1905 German German
3637 Franz Sternbald's Wanderings Ludwig Tieck 1798 German German
3637 Cavalleria Rusticana Giovanni Verga 1896 Italian Italian
3637 The Large Testament And The Small Testament François Villon 1461 French French