The Iliad
750 BC★ 9.9
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War and Peace
1869★ 9.8
Aeneid
19 BC★ 9.5
The Waste Land
1922★ 9.4
Gravity's Rainbow
1973★ 8.7
Catch-22
1961★ 8.7
Slaughterhouse Five
1969★ 8.4
The Tin Drum
1959★ 8.3
History of the Peloponnesian War
431 BC★ 8.2
All Quiet on the Western Front
1928★ 8.0
A Farewell to Arms
1929★ 8.0
Journey to the End of the Night
1932★ 8.0
Battle Cry of Freedom
1988★ 7.9
The Things They Carried
1990★ 7.8
The Histories
440 BC★ 7.5
Mahabharata
400 BC★ 7.5
The Art of War
500 BC★ 7.3
Henry V
1599★ 7.3
Henry IV, Part One
1597★ 7.2
The Book of Songs
Author unknown
600 BC★ 7.2