The Greatest Books of All Time on Belief

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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
1721 Pragmatism William James 1907 American English
2193 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
2569 Apologia Pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1864 British English
2817 The Gnostic Gospels Elaine Pagels 1979 American English
3232 The Books Of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk 2014 Polish Polish
3637 Why I Am Not a Christian Bertrand Russell 1927 British English
3637 Religio Medici Sir Thomas Browne 1643 British English
3860 The Wrath of the Ancestors Archibald Campbell Jordan 1940 South African English
5502 Does God Exist? Hans Küng 1978 German German
5828 On The Gods Marcus Tullius Cicero 45 Roman Latin
7093 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
7616 The Heretic Miguel Delibes 1998 Spanish Spanish
7856 Salvation on Sand Mountain Dennis Covington 1995 American English
8466 Being Wrong Kathryn Schulz 2010 American English
9193 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9606 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
9861 The Meaning of Truth William James 1909 American English
10740 Truth And Truthfulness Bernard Williams 2002 British English
10982 Or Else, The Lightning God And Other Stories Catherine Lim 1980 Singaporean English
11278 Gospel Wilton Barnhardt 1993 American English
11366 Évangile Des égarés Georgina Tacou Unknown French
11571 Scepticism and Animal Faith George Santayana 1923 Spanish English
11649 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
12385 Small Congregations Thylias Moss 1993 American English
13246 When God Talks Back Tanya Luhrmann 2012 American English
14754 Outlines of Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus -180 Greek Greek
14985 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce 2012 British English
14985 Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch 2010 British English
14985 The Battle For God Karen Armstrong 2000 British English
15678 Religious Perplexities L. P. Jacks 1923 British English
15913 The Retreat To Commitment William Warren Bartley 1962 American English
16543 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16786 Will To Believe And Other Essays In Popular Philosophy William James 1897 American English
17164 Fire In The Mind George Johnson 1995 American English
17164 All Can Be Saved Stuart B. Schwartz 2008 American English
17164 A Palpable God Reynolds Price 1978 American English
17164 Realism And Truth Michael Devitt 1991 American English
17115 The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 American English
17164 Chocolat Joanne Harris 1999 British English
17164 Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17164 Believing Christ Stephen E. Robinson 1992 American English
17164 Neville Goddard Neville Goddard Unknown English
17045 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17164 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17164 A History Of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw 2021 American English
17164 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 British English
17164 The Converts Rex Warner 1967 British English
17164 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17164 Father And Son Jonathan Raban 2023 British English
17164 When The World Didn’t End Guinevere Turner 2023 Unknown English
17164 The Fifth Agreement Don Miguel Ruiz 2010 Mexican English
17164 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17164 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
17164 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17164 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English