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
9375 The Abbey Of Saint Asaph Isabella Kelly 1795 British English
9375 Glenarvon Caroline Lamb 1816 British English
9375 Midnight Bell Francis Lathom 1798 British English
9375 The Recess Sophia Lee 1783 British English
9375 The Castle Spectre Matthew Lewis 1797 British English
9375 Bertram Charles Robert Maturin 1816 Irish English
9375 The Albigenses Charles Robert Maturin 1824 Irish English
9375 Count Saint Blancard Elizabeth Meeke 1803 British Unknown
9375 Grasville Abbey George Moore 1797 Irish English
9375 The Castle Of Wolfenbach Eliza Parsons 1793 British English
9375 The Mysterious Warning Eliza Parsons 1796 British English
9375 The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne Ann Radcliffe 1789 British English
9375 The Romance Of The Forest, Interspersed With Some Pieces Of Poetry Ann Radcliffe 1791 British English
9375 Manfrone Mary-Anne Radcliff 1809 British English
9375 The Children Of The Abbey Regina Maria Roche 1796 Irish English
9375 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
9375 The Nocturnal Visit Regina Maria Roche 1800 British English
9375 The Ghost Seer Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
9375 Zastrozzi Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 British English
9375 Saint Irvyne Percy Bysshe Shelley 1811 British English
9375 The Orphan Of The Rhine Elanor Sleath 1798 British English
9375 Emmeline Charlotte Smith 1788 British English
9375 The Old Manor House Charlotte Smith 1793 British English
9375 The Mysterious Mother Horace Walpole 1768 British English
9375 Netley Abbey Richard Warner 1846 British English
9375 Tales For Christmas Eve Rhoda Broughton 1873 British English
9375 Monos And Daimonos Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1830 British English
9375 After Dark Wilkie Collins 1856 British English
9375 The Night Side Of Nature Catherine Crowe 1848 British English
9375 The Notting Hill Mystery Charles Felix 1862 British English
9375 Alice Doane's Appeal Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 American English
9375 Checkmate Sheridan Le Fanu 1871 British Unknown
9375 The Five Nights Of St. Albans William Mudford 1829 British English
9375 The Iron Shroud William Mudford 1830 British English
9375 Koningsmarke, The Long Finne, A Story Of The New World James Kirke Paulding 1823 American English
9375 Tales Of The Good Woman, By A Doubtful Gentleman James Kirke Paulding 1835 American English
9375 The Vroucolacas James Kirke Paulding 1846 American Unknown
9375 Varney, The Vampire Thomas Prest 1845 British English
9375 Wagner, The Wehr Wolf George William MacArthur Reynolds 1847 British English
9375 Spook Stories E. F. Benson 1928 British English
9375 Can Such Things Be? Ambrose Bierce 1893 American English
9375 Ghost And Horror Stories Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce 1904 American English
9375 In The Midst Of Life Ambrose Bierce 1891 American English
9375 Ancient Sorceries And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 The Dance Of Death And Other Tales Algernon Blackwood 1927 British English
9375 Day And Night Stories Algernon Blackwood 1917 British English
9375 Incredible Adventures Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Algernon Blackwood 1908 British English
9375 The Lost Valley And Other Stories Algernon Blackwood 1910 British English
9375 Pan's Garden Algernon Blackwood 1912 British English
9375 Strange Stories Algernon Blackwood 1929 British English
9375 Ten Minute Stories Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9375 Tongues Of Fire And Other Sketches Algernon Blackwood 1924 British English
9375 The Willows And Other Queer Tales Algernon Blackwood 1907 British English
9375 The Maker Of Moons Robert W. Chambers 1896 American English
9375 The Mystery Of Choice Robert W. Chambers 1897 American English
9375 The Slayer Of Souls Robert W. Chambers 1920 American English
9375 The Tree Of Heaven Robert W. Chambers 1907 American English
9375 The Spider Hanns Heinz Ewers 1908 German German
9375 The Stone Dragon And Other Tragic Romances R. Murray Gilchrist 1894 British English
9375 Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1888 British English
9375 The Luck Of The Strong William Hope Hodgson 1916 British Unknown
9375 Men Of Deep Waters William Hope Hodgson 1914 British English
9375 The Lesson Of The Master And Other Stories Henry James 1892 American English
9375 The Sense Of The Past Henry James 1917 American English
9375 Stories Of The Supernatural Henry James 1908 American English
9375 Terminations And Other Stories Henry James 1895 American English
9375 More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary M. R. James 1911 British English
9375 A Thin Ghost And Others M. R. James 1919 British English
9375 A Warning To The Curious And Other Ghost Stories M. R. James 1925 British English
9375 Actions And Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1909 British English
9375 The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
9375 Plain Tales From The Hills Rudyard Kipling 1888 British English
9375 They Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
9375 Traffics And Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1904 British English
9375 The Purcell Papers Sheridan Le Fanu 1838 Irish English
9375 The Glorious Mystery Arthur Machen 1924 British English
9375 The Shining Pyramid Arthur Machen 1895 British English
9375 The Terror Arthur Machen 1917 British English
9375 The Three Imposters Arthur Machen 1895 British English
9375 Allouma And Other Tales Guy de Maupassant 1889 French French
9375 Ghosts In Daylight G. Oliver Onions 1924 British Unknown
9375 The Painted Face G. Oliver Onions 1929 British English
9375 Island Nights' Entertainments Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 British English
9375 The Merry Men And Other Tales And Fables Robert Louis Stevenson 1887 British English
9375 Tales And Fantasies Robert Louis Stevenson 1905 British English
9375 Phantoms And Other Stories Ivan Turgenev 1864 Russian Russian
9375 Complete Short Stories H. G. Wells 1927 British English
9375 The Plattner Story And Others H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 The Stolen Bacillus And Other Incidents H. G. Wells 1895 British English
9375 Thirty Strange Stories H. G. Wells 1897 British English
9375 Twelve Stories And A Dream H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 The Valley Of Spiders H. G. Wells 1903 British English
9375 Here And Beyond Edith Wharton 1926 American English
9375 Tales Of Men And Ghosts Edith Wharton 1910 American English
9375 Xingu And Other Stories Edith Wharton 1916 American English
9375 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb 1913 British English
9375 The Beast With Five Fingers, And Other Tales W. F. Harvey 1928 British English
9375 Midnight Tales W. F. Harvey 1928 British English
9375 The Hounds Of Tindalos Frank Belknap Long 1929 American English
9375 The Werewolf Of Ponkert H. Warner Munn 1925 American English
9375 At Dead Of Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1931 British English
9375 By Daylight Only Christine Campbell Thomson 1929 British English
9375 Gruesome Cargoes Christine Campbell Thompson 1931 British English
9375 Not At Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1925 British English
9375 More Not At Night Christine Campbell Thomson 1930 British English
9375 Switch On The Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1931 British Unknown
9375 You'll Need A Light Christine Campbell Thompson 1927 British Unknown
9375 Lenore Gottfried Burger 1773 German German
9375 The Haunted Hour Margaret Widdemer 1920 American English
9375 Commentary On The Bibliography Of Edgar A. Poe John W. Robertson 1923 American English
9504 The Maiden And Married Life Of Mary Powell Anne Manning 1850 British English
9508 Dita Saxova Arnost Lustig 1962 Czech Czech
9509 Political Order And Political Decay Francis Fukuyama 2014 American English
9510 Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer 2003 American English
9511 Agnes Cecilia Maria Gripe 1981 Swedish Swedish
9513 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1977 American English
9514 Joe Turner's Come And Gone August Wilson 1984 American English
9516 After You’d Gone Maggie O'Farrell 2000 British English
9515 C John Diamond 1998 British English