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
6097 Duke of Deception Geoffrey Wolff 1979 American English
6098 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6099 The History of Rome Livy -27 Roman Latin
6100 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
6101 Le Jeune Homme De Sable Williams Sassine 1979 French French
6101 Life and a Half Sony Labou Tansi 1979 French French
6104 A Storm Of Swords George R. R. Martin 2000 American English
6105 Lancelot Of Denmark Unknown 1350 Dutch Unknown
6105 Refrains Anna Bijns 1528 Dutch Dutch
6105 Poems Of Mr. Pieter C. Hooft P. C. Hooft 1642 Dutch Dutch
6105 Poetry Or Various Poems Joost van den Vondel 1650 Dutch Dutch
6105 Rijmsnoer Om En Om Het Jaar Guido Gezelle 1897 Belgian Dutch
6105 Het Vader Huis Karel van de Woestijne 1903 Belgian Dutch
6105 Tantes Cyriel Buysse 1924 Belgian Dutch
6105 Het Leven En De Dood In Den Ast Stijn Streuvels 1926 Belgian Dutch
6105 Nagelaten Gedichten Paul van Ostaijen 1928 Belgian Dutch
6105 Nieuwe Gedichten Martinus Nijhoff 1934 Dutch Dutch
6105 Eiland Der Ziel Gerrit Achterberg 1939 Dutch Dutch
6105 Apocrief De Analphabetische Naam Lucebert 1952 Dutch Dutch
6105 Het Levend Monogram Ida Gerhardt 1955 Dutch Dutch
6105 Het Boek Alfa Ivo Michiels 1963 Belgian Dutch
6121 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6120 The Web That Has No Weaver Ted J. Kaptchuk 1983 American English
6122 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6124 The First Garden Anne Hébert 1988 Canadian French
6124 Obabakoak Bernardo Atxaga 1988 Spanish Basque
6124 Inland Gerald Murnane 1988 Australian English
6127 Selected Poems, 1965-1975 Margaret Atwood 1976 Canadian English
6128 Three Day Road Joseph Boyden 2005 Canadian English
6129 Negroland Margo Jefferson 2015 American English
6130 Verzamelde Gedichten Ida Gerhardt 1979 Dutch Dutch
6131 The Fool In Christ Gerhart Hauptmann 1910 German German
6132 The Story of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson 1991 British English
6133 L'hiver De Force Réjean Ducharme 1973 Canadian French
6134 The Dance Of Life Havelock Ellis 1923 British English
6136 Iron John Robert Bly 1990 American English
6137 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6140 Cry Horror! H. P. Lovecraft 1963 American English
6142 The Bannonbridge Musicians Raymond Fraser 1978 Canadian English
6143 The Time Ludmila Petrushevskaya 1992 Russian Russian
6144 Oreille Rouge Eric Chevillard 1993 French French
6145 Roosevelt James MacGregor Burns 1970 American English
6146 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6147 A Giacometti Portrait James Lord 1965 American English
6149 In The Distance Hernan Díaz 2017 American English
6151 The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet David Mitchell 2010 British English
6152 Hell's Angels Hunter S. Thompson 1966 American English
6153 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6154 Women As Lovers Elfriede Jelinek 1975 Austrian German
6155 Use Of Weapons Iain Banks 1990 Scottish English
6157 The Rise And Fall Of The Man Of Letters John Gross 1969 British English
6157 Pawn In Frankincense Dorothy Dunnett 1969 British English
6159 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1883 American English
6160 Something Beautiful For God Malcolm Muggeridge 1971 British English
6160 The Star Of Redemption Franz Rosenzweig 1971 German German
6162 Arguably Christopher Hitchens 2011 British English
6164 Present at the Creation Dean Acheson 1969 American English
6163 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6165 Till Eulenspiegel Unknown 1977 German German
6166 Atlan Jane Gaskell 1965 British English
6166 Peregrine Avram Davidson 1965 American English
6168 The Tower Uwe Tellkamp 2008 German German
6169 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6170 I Spit On Your Graves Boris Vian 1946 French French
6171 The Fantastic Tzvetan Todorov 1970 French French
6171 Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
6173 Ludo Conrad Detrez 1974 Belgian French
6174 Philosophy and Civilization John Dewey 1931 American English
6175 Gideon Of Scotland Yard J. J. Marric 1955 British English
6176 The Mansion William Faulkner 1959 American English
6177 Notebooks Albert Camus 1935 French French
6178 Geste Michelle Grangaud 1991 French French
6179 The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1828 British English
6180 The John Collier Reader John Collier 1972 British English
6181 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
6182 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
6183 The Accursed Kings Series Maurice Druon 1955 French French
6184 Fish Tales Nettie Jones 1983 American English
6185 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English
6185 The Second Tree From The Corner E. B. White 1954 American English
6188 Iacocca Lee Iacocca 1984 American English
6188 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6188 Kein Schöner Land Silvio Blatter 1984 Swiss German
6192 Stumbling On Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2006 American English
6193 Fletch Gregory Mcdonald 1974 American English
6194 Know My Name Chanel Miller 2019 American English
6197 Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland 1999 American English
6199 Metaphors We Live George Lakoff, Mark Johnson 1980 American English
6200 The Elegies Of Oxopetra Odysseas Elytis 1991 Greek Greek
6202 The Bridge Iain Banks 1986 Scottish English
6203 The Earth Émile Zola 1887 French French
6204 Kolymsky Heights Lionel Davidson 1994 British English
6206 The High King Lloyd Alexander 1968 American English
6206 The Moon In The Cloud Rosemary Harris 1968 British English
6209 Gimmick! Joost Zwagerman 1989 Dutch Dutch
6209 The Midnight Examiner William Kotzwinkle 1989 American English
6211 Under A Lucky Star Roy Chapman Andrews 1943 American English
6212 Doppelganger Naomi Klein 2023 Canadian English
6214 The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey 1975 American English
6213 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman 1986 Canadian English
6217 Holocaust Charles Reznikoff 1975 American English
6217 The Origin Thomas Bernhard 1975 Austrian German
6219 Chronicle of Feelings Alexander Kluge 2000 German German
6220 The City Jane Gaskell 1967 British English
6221 Justice Michael J. Sandel 2007 American English
6222 Power Politics Martin Wright 1946 British Unknown
6224 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6226 Happening Annie Ernaux 2000 French French
6230 Shadowland Peter Straub 1980 American English
6232 A Night To Remember Walter Lord 1955 American English
6234 The Cannibal John Hawkes 1949 American English
6233 Sadie When She Died Ed McBain 1972 American English
6235 Petrolio Pier Paolo Pasolini 1992 Italian Italian
6235 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6235 The Affirmation Christopher Priest 1981 British English
6238 Harry’s Game Gerald Seymour 1975 British English
6240 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
6241 The Chaneysville Incident David Bradley 1981 American English
6242 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6244 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English