The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Babylon

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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
19 The Bible Unknown -1400 Jewish Hebrew, aramaic, greek
264 The Epic Of Gilgamesh Unknown -2100 Multiple Akkadian
3296 Cyropaedia Xenophon -370 Greek Ancient greek
3379 Zadig Voltaire 1747 French French
3637 The Bible As History Werner Keller 1955 German German
3637 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
4987 The Campaigns Of Alexander Arrian 1976 Greek Greek
5704 The Persian Boy Mary Renault 1972 British English
6382 An Essay On Universal History, The Manners, And Spirit Of Nations Voltaire 1756 French French
7999 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8093 When God Was A Woman Merlin Stone 1976 American English
8751 The Creation Of Patriarchy Gerda Lerner 1986 American English
16514 King James Version Of The Bible various 1611 English English
17158 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17158 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17158 Who Wrote The Bible? Richard Elliott Friedman 1987 American English
17158 Fire From Heaven Mary Renault 1969 British English
17158 Funeral Games Mary Renault 1981 British English