The Greatest Multiple 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
46 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
264 The Epic Of Gilgamesh Unknown -2100 Multiple Akkadian
563 Panchatantra Unknown -300 Multiple Sanskrit
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
1544 The Poetic Edda Unknown 1270 Multiple Old norse
2562 Gospels Unknown 70 Multiple Greek
2779 Carmina Burana Unknown 1230 Multiple Latin
3297 The Dead Sea Scrolls Unknown -150 Multiple Hebrew, aramaic, greek
3425 Cinderella Unknown 23 Multiple French
3638 Charter of the United Nations United Nations 1945 Multiple English
3638 The Logbook Of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus 1493 Multiple Spanish
4752 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa 1973 Multiple English
5103 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki 1957 Multiple English
5135 Kebra Nagast Unknown 1350 Multiple Ge'ez
5135 Poems Of Wine And Revelry Abu Nuwas 800 Multiple Arabic
5580 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5837 The Eunuch Terence -161 Multiple Latin
6002 An Anecdoted Topography Of Chance Daniel Spoerri 1962 Multiple French
6379 The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights United Nations 1948 Multiple English
6969 Six Studies In Communism Arthur Koestler, Richard Crossman 1960 Multiple English
6974 Origins Reconsidered Roger Lewin, Richard Leakey 1992 Multiple English
7886 Six Centuries Of Verse Seamus Heaney 1984 Multiple Unknown
8524 The Secret History Procopius 550 Multiple Greek
9249 Arabs And Israelis Abdel Monem Said Aly, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki 2013 Multiple English
9525 Feminists Theorize The Political Judith Butler, Joan Wallach Scott 1992 Multiple English
9592 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
10531 Colonize This! Daisy Hernandez, Bushra Rehman 2002 Multiple English
10663 36 Ways Of Writing A Vietnamese Poem Nam Le 2024 Multiple English
10822 This Bridge We Call Home Gloria Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating 2002 Multiple English
11086 Disciplina Clericalis Petrus Alphonsi 1919 Multiple Latin
11533 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
11882 Translating Myself And Others Jhumpa Lahiri 2022 Multiple English
12864 The Extreme Self Douglas Coupland, Shumon Basar, Hans Ulrich Obrist 2021 Multiple English
13043 Food Intelligence Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall 2025 Multiple English
13207 Gaza Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro 2025 Multiple English
13511 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14752 Corpus Juris Canonici Unknown 1140 Multiple Latin
14934 Digenes Akritas Unknown 1050 Multiple Greek
14946 Freedom At Midnight Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins 1975 Multiple English
14983 Book Of The Dead John Skipp , Craig Spector 1989 Multiple English
14983 Great Japanese Stories Jay Rubin Multiple English
15897 Dhammapada Unknown -299 Multiple Pali
15897 Kabbalah Unknown 1300 Multiple Hebrew
15897 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Unknown 1903 Multiple Russian
15897 Alberuni's India Al-Biruni, Edward C. Sachau 1030 Multiple Arabic
16528 Handbook Of The Birds Of India And Pakistan Salim Ali, S. Dillon Ripley 1968 Multiple English
16506 The Book Of Dede Korkut Unknown 1400 Multiple Oghuz turkic
17117 Aisha Al-Bashir bin Salamah Multiple Unknown
17117 The Poetry Of Arab Women Nathalie Handal 2001 Multiple English
17117 Indivisible Neelanjana Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, Pireeni Sundaralingam 2010 Multiple English
17117 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17117 The Vintage Book Of Indian Writing 1947 1997 Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth J. West 1997 Multiple English
17117 Memoirs Of An Anti Semite Gregor von Rezzori 1979 Multiple German
17052 Tales From The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang 1898 Multiple English
17117 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17111 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
16916 The Romance Of 'Antar Unknown 1100 Multiple Arabic
16992 The Tales Of Sendebar Unknown -100 Multiple Sanskrit
17047 Epic Of Sundiata Unknown 1235 Multiple Mandinka
17101 Daredevils Of Sassoun Unknown 800 Multiple Armenian
16869 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17117 From The Country Of Eight Islands Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson 1981 Multiple English