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
3294 Cyropaedia Xenophon -370 Greek Ancient greek
3378 Zadig Voltaire 1747 French French
3637 The Bible As History Werner Keller 1955 German German
3637 Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel 1493 German Latin
4984 The Campaigns Of Alexander Arrian 1976 Greek Greek
5701 The Persian Boy Mary Renault 1972 British English
6379 An Essay On Universal History, The Manners, And Spirit Of Nations Voltaire 1756 French French
7998 The Great Transformation Karen Armstrong 2006 British English
8092 When God Was A Woman Merlin Stone 1976 American English
8747 The Creation Of Patriarchy Gerda Lerner 1986 American English
17114 1177 B.C. Eric H. Cline 2014 American English
17114 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17114 Who Wrote The Bible? Richard Elliott Friedman 1987 American English
17114 Fire From Heaven Mary Renault 1969 British English
17114 Funeral Games Mary Renault 1981 British English