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
3923 The Coldest Winter Ever Sister Souljah 1999 American English
3924 The Great Captains Henry Treece 1956 British English
3926 In The Woods Tana French 2007 Irish English
3928 The Vice-Consul Marguerite Duras 1966 French French
3929 A Posthumous Confession Marcellus Emants 1894 Dutch Dutch
3931 Mean Spirit Linda Hogan 1990 American English
3932 Jacob's Room Virginia Woolf 1922 British English
3933 One Hundred Poems Kenneth Slessor 1944 Australian English
3933 The Sun Is My Undoing Marguerite Steen 1941 British English
3933 The Tailor Of Gloucester Beatrix Potter 1903 British English
3937 Collected Stories Raymond Chandler 1964 American English
3936 All The World's Mornings Pascal Quignard 1991 French French
3938 Landscapes With Absent Figures Philippe Jacottet 1970 French French
3939 Three Case Histories Sigmund Freud 1963 Austrian German
3940 The Sweet Science A. J. Liebling 1956 American English
3942 A Fire on the Moon Norman Mailer 1970 American English
3945 The Arrival Shaun Tan 2006 Australian English
3944 In The Dream House Carmen Maria Machado 2019 American English
3948 Top Girls Caryl Churchill 1982 British English
3949 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
3950 Clotel William Wells Brown 1853 American English
3951 The End of History and the Last Man Francis Fukuyama 1992 American English
3952 Η κάθοδος των εννιά Thanassis Valtinos 1963 Greek Greek
3952 Συναξάρι Αντρέα Κορδοπάτη Thanassis Valtinos 1964 Greek Greek
3952 Το φως που καίει Kostas Varnalis 1922 Greek Greek
3952 The Plant, The Well, The Angel Vassilis Vassilikos 1963 Greek Unknown
3952 Land Of Aeolia Elias Venezis 1943 Greek Greek
3952 Modern Greek Stories Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3952 My Mother's Sin Georgios Vizyinos 1883 Greek Greek
3952 The Only Journey Of His Life Georgios Vizyinos 1887 Greek Greek
3952 Amorgos Nikos Gatsos 1943 Greek Greek
3952 Η κρύπτη Ε.Χ. Γονατάς 1963 Greek Greek
3952 A Prisoner Of War’s Story Stratis Doukas 1929 Greek Greek
3952 Μπολιβαρ Nikos Engonopoulos 1944 Greek Greek
3952 The Axion Esti Odysseas Elytis 1959 Greek Greek
3952 Ενδοχωρα Andreas Embiricos 1947 Greek Greek
3952 Υψικαμινος Andreas Embiricos 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Η Τιμη Και Το Χρημα Konstantinos Theotokis 1914 Greek Greek
3952 Freedom Or Death Nikos Kazantzakis 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Odes Andreas Kalvos 1824 Greek Greek
3952 Η Αυλή των Θαυμάτων Iakovos Kambanellis 1962 Greek Greek
3952 The Great Chimera M. Karagatsis 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Γιούγκερμαν M. Karagatsis 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Συνταγματάρχης Λιάπκιν M. Karagatsis 1933 Greek Greek
3952 The Beggar Andreas Karkavitsas 1896 Greek Greek
3952 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3952 Νηπενθή Kostas Karyotakis 1921 Greek Greek
3952 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Εξώστης Nikos Kakhtitsis 1963 Greek Greek
3952 The Memoirs Of General Makriyannis Makriyannis 1907 Greek Greek
3952 Το Πλατύ Ποτάμι Yiannis Beratis 1946 Greek Greek
3952 Life In The Tomb Stratis Myrivilis 1924 Greek Greek
3952 The Schoolmistress With The Golden Eyes Stratis Myrivilis 1933 Greek Greek
3952 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
3952 The Complete Works Of Alexandros Papadiamantis Alexandros Papadiamantis 1952 Greek Greek
3952 Ο Πεθαμένος και η Ανάσταση Nikos-Gabriel Pentzikis 1949 Greek Greek
3952 Eroica Kosmas Politis 1937 Greek Greek
3952 Στου Χατζηφράγκου Kosmas Politis 1929 Greek Greek
3952 Λεμονοδάσος Kosmas Politis 1930 Greek Greek
3952 The Moonlight Sonata Yannis Ritsos 1956 Greek Greek
3952 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
3952 Ποιήματα Α' και Β' Miltos Sachtouris 1945 Greek Greek
3952 Mythistorema George Seferis 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Λυρικός Βίος Angelos Sikelianos 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Το Σόλο του Φίγκαρο Yiannis Skarimbas 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Το Θείο Τραγί Yiannis Skarimbas 1935 Greek Greek
3952 Η Γυναίκα της Ζακύνθου Dionysios Solomos 1829 Greek Greek
3952 The Complete Works Dionysios Solomos 1818 Greek Greek
3952 The Free Besieged Dionysios Solomos 1825 Greek Greek
3952 Farewell Anatolia Dido Sotiriou 1962 Greek Greek
3952 Το Τρίτο Στεφάνι Kostas Taktsis 1962 Greek Greek
3952 Η Χαμένη Άνοιξη Stratis Tsirkas 1946 Greek Greek
3952 The End Of Our Small Town Dimitris Hatzis 1963 Greek Greek
3952 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
3952 The Poems Of Dinos Christianopoulos Dinos Christianopoulos 1958 Greek Greek
3952 Το Ταξίδι Μου Yiannis Psycharis 1888 Greek Greek
3952 Difficult Nights Melpo Axioti 1938 Greek Greek
3952 Family Jewels Petru Dumitriu 1949 French Unknown
3952 Ασκητική Nikos Kazantzakis 1927 Greek Greek
4054 Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner 2011 American English
4055 The Tunnel William H. Gass 1995 American English
4056 Bad Behavior Mary Gaitskill 1988 American English
4057 The Woutertje Pieterse Chronicles Multatuli 1890 Dutch Dutch
4057 Gedichten J.H. Leopold 1912 Dutch Dutch
4057 Awater Martinus Nijhoff 1934 Dutch Dutch
4060 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4060 Serengeti Shall Not Die Bernhard Grzimek 1959 German German
4060 Mit Dem Fahrstuhl In Die Römerzeit Rudolf Pörtner 1959 German German
4064 A Feast Unknown Philip José Farmer 1969 American English
4065 The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 2000 American English
4066 Lives Other Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère 2009 French French
4067 The Story Of Lucy Gault William Trevor 2002 Irish English
4068 The Great Terror Robert Conquest 1968 British English
4069 Phantom Lady Cornell Woolrich 1942 American English
4069 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
4071 Private Renaissance Maria Bellonci 1985 Italian Italian
4073 The Bronze Horseman Alexander Pushkin 1837 Russian Russian
4074 Travels With Lizbeth Lars Eighner 1993 American English
4075 Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand 2001 American English
4076 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes 1998 British English
4078 The Life Of Jesus Ernest Renan 1863 French French
4079 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
4080 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian
4082 No Laughing Matter Angus Wilson 1967 British English
4082 The Day of the Dolphin Robert Merle 1967 French French
4085 Verzamelde Gedichten J.J. Slauerhoff 1931 Dutch Dutch
4085 Verzamelde Gedichten Gerrit Achterberg 1950 Dutch Dutch
4087 Love and Rockets Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez 1982 American English
4088 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4089 The Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin 1832 Russian Russian
4090 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4091 The Debt To Pleasure John Lanchester 1996 British English
4092 Los Santos Inocentes Miguel Delibes 1981 Spanish Spanish
4093 The Flaw Antonis Samarakis 1965 Greek Greek
4096 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
4098 Четвёртая проза Osip Mandelstam 1930 Russian Russian
4099 Aegypt John Crowley 1987 American English
4101 Purge Sofi Oksanen 2008 Finnish Finnish
4102 Selected Poems Of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith 1971 American English
4103 Poor Liza Nikolay Karamzin 1792 Russian Russian