Moby Dick by Herman Melville

First published in 1851, Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel's narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day.

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1. - 2nd on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
2. - 2nd on Biblioteca (Argentina)
3. - 2nd on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
4. - 3rd on The Ideal Library (Book)
5. - 6th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
6. - 6th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
7. - 7th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
8. - 7th on The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone Writers (Telerama)
9. - 7th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
10. - 11th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
11. - 18th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
12. - 21st on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
13. - 34th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
14. - 58th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
15. - 60th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
16. - 69th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
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18. - The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
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20. - Great Books (The Learning Channel)
21. - How to Read and Why (Harold Bloom)
22. - Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
23. - The Graphic Canon (Book)
24. - The 80 Books Every Man Should Read (Esquire)
25. - 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
26. - The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
27. - 50 Books That Changed the World (Open Education Database)
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30. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
31. - 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Moby Dick (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	61886			2014
	Moby-Dick: A Longman Critical Edition	Paperback	466681	$14.43	$9.72	2009
	Moby Dick	Audio CD	265594	$15.00
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	1065862	$3.00	$0.01
	Moby Dick (Clásicos ilustrados) (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	1490653	$23.95		2021
	Moby- Dick (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	549511	$2.52	$2.53	2013
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	11324	$0.99		2012
	Moby Dick (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	80519	$5.95	$2.11	2008
	Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics)	Audio CD	743108	$12.07	$8.85	2005
	Moby-Dick (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	250755	$3.75		2012
	Moby Dick (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	12060	$0.99		2013
	MOBY DICK (illustrated, complete, and unabridged 160th Anniversary Edition)	Kindle Edition	22518	$2.99		2013
	Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio)	Paperback	70943	$9.21	$3.65	2001
	Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	Paperback	46100	$9.51	$4.99	2009
	Moby Dick (Folio (Gallimard)) (French Edition)	Mass Market Paperback	1598105	$15.49	$15.51	1996
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	912698	$27.97		2015
	Moby-Dick Annotated	Paperback	1518878	$19.99		2020
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	600767	$1.99		2014
	Moby Dick (Mint Editions)	Hardcover	1870564	$26.58	$22.17	2020
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	873415	$6.57	$66.60	2018
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	308497	$8.28	$10.61	2012
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	448985			2016
	Moby Dick	Paperback	1092734	$4.99	$0.01	2002
	The Essential Herman Melville Collection. Moby-dick, Bartleby, The Confidence-man, Battle-pieces and Aspects of the War, John Marr and Other Sailors.	Paperback	3377503	$18.89		2020
	Moby Dick (Korean Edition)	Paperback	1454761	$36.60		2007
	Moby-Dick	Kindle Edition	319658			2003
	Moby Dick: The Whale	Paperback	563661	$12.40		2014
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	551753		$14.99
	Moby-Dick (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	799056	$12.91	$1.14	1991
	Moby Dick: The Illustrated Novel	Hardcover	567282	$29.95		2018
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	7487119		$15.00
	Moby Dick: by Herman Melville (Illustrated and Unabridged)	Kindle Edition	210187			2015
	Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection)	Hardcover	45708	$25.98		2015
	MOBY DICK: WHITE WHALE - UNABRIDGED	Paperback	224769	$15.99		2021
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	5950256	$20.30	$31.00	2020
	Moby Dick (Classics)	Paperback	7606424	$3.90	$3.84	2010
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	79270	$0.99		2013
	Moby Dick	Paperback	1687751	$17.00	$109.56	2011
	Moby Dick (French Edition)	Hardcover	4935373	$39.40	$46.63
	Moby Dick	Paperback	7283076		$7.50
	Moby Dick	Audible Audio Edition	51830	$3.95		2011
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	466052	$3.49		2009
	Moby-Dick (Collector's Library)	Hardcover	266910	$6.26	$2.19	2009
	Moby Dick; Or, The Whale: Illustrated and Annotated	Paperback	200846	$15.99		2021
	Moby-Dick Annotated	Paperback	2245044	$14.99		2021
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	202141	$2.99		2013
	Moby Dick	Paperback	631299	$10.39		2014
	Moby Dick: Or, The Whale (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	173827	$1.99	$0.01	1998
	Moby-Dick	Audio CD	478452	$17.30	$23.85	2009
	Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	372830	$6.13	$0.01	2002
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	466563	$12.70	$0.01	2006
	Moby-Dick	Kindle Edition	478952	$0.99		2014
	Moby Dick (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #5]	Kindle Edition	192584			2015
	MOBY DICK: WHITE WHALE - UNABRIDGED	Paperback	1057408	$15.99		2020
	Moby-Dick	Mass Market Paperback	1384693	$3.88	$0.01	1981
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	203208	$1.99		2014
	Moby-Dick (Word Cloud Classics)	Paperback	281200	$8.52	$10.26	2014
	Moby Dick	Paperback	439409	$8.65	$2.48	2014
	Moby Dick	Paperback	702396	$13.09	$5.96	2012
	Moby Dick	Audible Audio Edition	49916	$3.95		2015
	Moby Dick	Paperback	1200517	$0.73	$0.01	2005
	Moby-Dick (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	65012	$2.19	$0.35	2003
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	214168			2017
	Moby Dick: New Version - Amazon Books	Paperback	1804736	$20.99		2020
	Moby-Dick (Bantam Classics) by Melville, Herman (1981) Mass Market Paperback	Mass Market Paperback	2342551	$5.14	$2.50
	Moby Dick (Usborne Classics Retold) (Usborne Classics Retold) by Melville, Herman (2007) Paperback	Paperback	2546368	$7.72	$6.04
	Moby Dick	Audible Audio Edition	20621	$5.95		2014
	Moby-Dick (Golden Deer Classics)	Kindle Edition	67742			2017
	Moby Dick Complete Illustrated and Unabridged Edition	Paperback	2534641	$24.99		2021
	Moby-Dick	Paperback	69314	$15.99		2016
	Moby Dick (Illustrated and Unabridged)	Kindle Edition	60412			2015
	Moby Dick Or, The Whale: With Original Annotated	Paperback	2160390	$23.99		2021
	Moby-Dick [with Biographical Introduction]	Kindle Edition	190829			2004
	Moby Dick (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	202118			2012
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	662955	$42.05	$55.36	2008
	Moby Dick	Audible Audio Edition	113560	$5.95		2015
	Moby-Dick	Audible Audio Edition	451	$5.95		2008
	Moby Dick: Or, The Whale	Paperback	66468	$6.49		2015
	Moby Dick (Alison Larkin Presents)	Audio CD	1559334	$29.24	$30.32	2021
	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville	Paperback	264931	$18.00		2018
	The Condensed Moby Dick: Abridged for the Modern Reader	Paperback	174235	$5.24	$6.47	2012
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	481043
	Moby-Dick or The Whale	Paperback	214300		$6.48
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	7433693	$20.99	$81.58
	MOBY-DICK OR THE WHALE.	Hardcover	2429957		$9.91
	Moby Dick	Paperback	377758	$9.99		2013
	Moby Dick	Paperback	1696108	$35.68	$30.68	2011
	Moby Dick 10 Band Wireless Remote_Control_Wearable_Masturbator_Provocative_Vibrator_Invisible_Vibrator_Silent_Egg_Hopping_Toy_Pink	Paperback	246813	$21.69		2021
	Moby Dick	Paperback	663758	$10.72	$0.01	2007
	Moby Dick: or the Whale (Modern Library)	Hardcover	43070	$7.10	$3.97	1992
	Moby Dick: By Herman Melville & Illustrated (An Audiobook Free!)	Kindle Edition	107932			2015
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	152384	$18.99	$23.64	2016
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	937996	$24.99		2017
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	79639			2015
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	9704085		$28.30
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	1406554	$24.56	$0.01	2002
	Herman Melville: Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick	Kindle Edition	306388			2014
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	1445206	$32.74	$40.50	2015
	MOBY DICK.(PENGUIN CLASICOS)	Perfect Paperback	7590237	$13.24	$23.69	2015
	Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Melville, Herman (2003) Paperback	Paperback	2613298	$8.59	$4.35
	Moby-Dick: Candlewick Illustrated Classic	Paperback	296931	$3.50	$1.91	2009
	Moby Dick	Paperback	422292	$12.95		2015
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	1778004	$34.45	$12.92	2004
	Moby Dick	Audible Audio Edition	171730	$32.09		2007
	Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (1992) Paperback	Paperback	2700115	$5.67	$2.00	1992
	Moby-Dick, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, the Whale (Classic Reprint)	Paperback	6689029	$15.90	$15.83	2016
	Moby Dick: Urban Language Edition (Remastered Classic Book 1)	Kindle Edition	94739			2017
	Moby Dick (Inti Classics Annotated): by Herman Melville	Kindle Edition	20185			2015
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	150427			2017
	Moby Dick	Paperback	223840	$11.59		2017
	Moby Dick [Whites fine edition] (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	326984			2017
	Moby Dick (Troll Illustrated Classics)	Paperback	3028518	$4.00	$1.99
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	105489			2016
	Why Read Moby-Dick?	Audio CD	992398	$58.76	$9.99
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	301687	$20.99	$26.00	2016
	Moby Dick; or, The Whale	Hardcover	1127688	$54.69	$9.00	1981
	Moby Dick (Classic Fiction)	Audio CD	1141750	$12.89	$6.10
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	109477			2017
	Moby Dick	Paperback	5605891	$16.72		2021
	Moby-Dick (annotated edition)	Paperback	1211951	$28.99		2021
	Moby Dick; Or, The Whale: Classic Illustrations, Vintage Classics Edition, For Kids	Paperback	1808765	$16.58		2020
	Moby-Dick: Spanish Edition/(Clásico de la literatura estadounidense), LIbros Valle	Paperback	1322652	$16.99		2021
	Moby Dick (Great Illustrated Classics)	Hardcover	83084	$7.97	$0.01	1990
	Moby Dick: By Herman Melville - Illustrated	Paperback	56711	$13.49		2017
	Moby Dick (Illustrated): with free audiobook download	Kindle Edition	43788			2017
	Moby Dick (Annotated): Annotated version of Moby Dick with an in-depth literary analysis	Kindle Edition	132395			2015
	Moby Dick: Optimized for ebook. Illustrated	Kindle Edition	167973			2016
	Moby Dick: Special Edition	Kindle Edition	123134			2017
	Moby Dick: Herman Melville	Paperback	423273	$12.95		2016
	Moby Dick: Large Print	Paperback	139190	$15.99	$18.94	2016
	Moby Dick (Saddleback Classics)	Paperback	12556361	$9.90	$9.60
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	424987	$8.00	$2.99
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	268342	$20.99	$16.74	2016
	Moby Dick Or, The Whale (Illustrations by Rockwell Kent)	Kindle Edition	120077			2014
	Moby Dick: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)	Paperback	63626	$1.18	$1.39	2010
	Moby Dick (Classics Illustrated)	Hardcover	590987	$9.63	$8.28	2016
	Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	57280			2017
	Herman Melville's Classic: Moby Dick: With a Historical Introduction	Audible Audiobook	92261	$26.21		2019
	Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage	Kindle Edition	554662			2017
	Moby Dick The Complete & Unabridged Large Print Original Classic Edition	Paperback	975543	$23.95		2015
	Moby Dick (JKL): #29 Of 100 + FREE Great Expectations By Charles Dickens (JKL Classics - Active TOC, Active Footnotes ,Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	133027			2017
	Level 2: Moby Dick (Pearson English Graded Readers)	Kindle Edition	718716			2016
	Why Read Moby-Dick?	Kindle Edition	138934			2011
	Moby Dick - Rehearsed	Paperback	411957	$9.95	$5.61	2011
	Moby Dick Or, The Whale(Annotated)	Paperback	723645	$13.95		2017
	Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	522589			2017
	Moby Dick (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	492725			2013
	Moby Dick - classic	Audio CD	112366	$10.00	$6.39	2006
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	2202098			2016
	Moby Dick Complete Illustrated and Unabridged Edition	Paperback	809437	$23.99		2021
	By Herman Melville - Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Reprint) (9/27/09)	Paperback	128245	$18.12	$5.32	2009
	Moby Dick-Illustrated Classics-Guide (Graphic Novels) (Aaddleback's Illustrated Classics: Graphic Novel)	Paperback	3817137	$7.55		2008
	Moby Dick-Illustrated Classics-Read Along	Audio CD	7190065	$16.99		2006
	Moby Dick; or The Whale: Herman Melville	Paperback	887427	$11.99		2021
	Moby Dick By Herman Melville Illustrated (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	1341702	$36.99		2021
	Moby-Dick: Or, The Whale (The Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville, Vol. 6)	Paperback	1005893	$43.69	$25.55	1988
	Moby-Dick (Dream Classics)	Kindle Edition	230160			2017
	Moby Dick (Illustrated)	Paperback	2215026	$16.99		2022
	Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics)	Paperback	6357	$3.22	$1.99	1999
	Moby-Dick (Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer with an Introduction by William S. Ament)	Kindle Edition	151562			2015
	Moby Dick (Annotated) (All-Time Classics)	Paperback	229681	$3.99		2020
	Moby Dick: or, The Whale (Classics)	Paperback	666442	$14.99	$25.41	2019
	Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville	Kindle Edition	555833			2019
	Moby Dick: or the Whale (Modern Library) by Melville, Herman unknown Edition [Hardcover(1992)]	Hardcover	2113395	$19.54	$3.54
	Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (With 19 Illustrations)	Paperback	5595400	$17.00		2014
	Moby Dick;: Or, The Whale (A Perennial classic)	Mass Market Paperback	16935488		$5.48
	Moby Dick; or, The Whale (Minimalist Classics)	Paperback	1054565	$27.00		2020
	Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale (Clothbound Classics)	Hardcover	135756	$16.32	$16.33	2013
	Moby-Dick (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	23798	$12.30	$8.91	1999
	Moby Dick; or, The Whale	Hardcover	113357	$11.99	$2.85	2012
	Moby-Dick (Bantam Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	25026	$2.16	$0.01	1981
	Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	44179	$7.81	$4.46	2008
	Moby Dick - Full Version (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection)	Kindle Edition	35796	$2.99		2011
	Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Drop Caps)	Hardcover	33407	$12.41	$12.41	2013
	Moby Dick	Hardcover	681522	$79.16	$53.37	1982
	Moby Dick Gift Pack - Lined Notebook & Novel (Chiltern Classic; Chiltern Notebook)	Hardcover	1020864	$28.93	$34.61	2020
	Moby Dick (Deluxe Library Binding)	Hardcover	1427606	$34.95	$46.83	2020
	Моби Дик; Moby Dick, Russian edition	Paperback	1842531	$17.99	$26.99	2020
	Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (Modern Edition)	Paperback	117716	$21.95		2019
	Moby Dick	Kindle Edition	134941			2019
	Moby Dick (Annotated) (All-Time Classics)	Kindle Edition	609356			2020
	Moby Dick (Flame Tree Collectable Classics)	Hardcover	449136	$10.25		2020
	Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	704593			2017
	Moby Dick Annotated	Paperback	669276	$35.99		2020
	Moby-Dick, or, the Whale: Illustration	Kindle Edition	1163039			2019
	Moby Dick (1000 Copy Limited Edition)	Hardcover	1293609	$39.95	$49.98	2019
	Moby Dick (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)	Hardcover	58064	$39.95		2020
	Moby Dick (100 Copy Collector's Edition)	Hardcover	316362	$59.95	$79.19	2019
	Moby Dick or the Whale, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent	Hardcover	2699453	$747.77	$44.99	1982
	Moby Dick or the Whale (collectors edition)	Hardcover	6299132	$87.00	$87.50
	Moby Dick By Herman Melville "Annotated Unabridged Edition" A Nautical Adventure Fiction Novel	Paperback	909023	$22.90		2020
	Moby-Dick: A Longman Critical Edition	Paperback	2502571	$20.99	$0.01
	Moby- Dick (Signet Classics)	Kindle Edition	174058	$4.24		2013
	Moby Dick (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	1482452	$0.99		2014
	Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)	Paperback	799405	$1.05	$0.01	2003
	Moby Dick (Dyslexic-Friendly Edition)	Paperback	1134152	$16.99	$11.99	2013
	Moby-Dick	Mass Market Paperback	338244	$2.71	$0.50	1999
	Moby-Dick (Vintage Classics)	Kindle Edition	295516			2010
	Moby Dick; or, The Whale	Paperback	299888	$11.62	$12.21	2016
	Moby Dick (Xist Classics)	Kindle Edition	4899			2015
	Moby Dick	Audio CD	923695	$5.00	$5.97	2015
	Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)	Kindle Edition	219492			1998
	Moby-Dick SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Paperback	278210	$1.37	$0.01	2014
	Classic Starts™: Moby-Dick (Classic StartsTM Series)	Hardcover	51899	$3.00	$0.01	2010
	Moby Dick; or, The Whale, Bartleby the Scrivener, Billy Budd Sailor, Benito Cereno (+Bonus Content) [ILLUSTRATED]	Kindle Edition	92159			2017
	Moby Dick (Great Works that Shape our World)	Hardcover	680767	$25.00		2019
	Herman Melville : Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick (Library of America)	Hardcover	103177	$15.91	$4.00	1983
	Moby Dick: A Picture Voyage: An Abridged and Illustrated Edition of the Original Classic	Paperback	826654	$22.80	$15.11	2002
	Moby Dick, Level 2, Penguin Readers (2nd Edition) (Penguin Readers, Level 2)	Paperback	492808	$7.95	$7.35	2008
	Moby-Dick	Hardcover	79815	$20.99		2009
	Moby-Dick: ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED	Paperback	1798863	$17.00		2021