The Greatest Books of All Time on Allegory

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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
769 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
807 The Book of the City of Ladies Christine De Pizan 1405 French French
1255 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
1284 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
1476 Flatland Edwin A. Abbott 1884 British English
1516 Heinrich of Ofterdingen Novalis 1802 German German
1742 A Tale Of A Tub Jonathan Swift 1704 British English
2247 Roman De La Rose Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun 1237 French Old french
2509 Curial e Güelfa Unknown 1450 Spanish Catalan
2746 The Romance of the Rose Guillaume (de Lorris) 1230 French Old french
2811 Matigari Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1987 Kenyan Gikuyu
4131 The Three-Arched Bridge Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
7215 The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
14722 Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws Philo of Alexandria 50 Jewish Greek
14929 Piers The Ploughman William Langland 1370 English Middle english