The Greatest Books of All Time on Contentment

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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
816 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia Samuel Johnson, Abraham Raimbach, Robert Smirke 1759 British English
2448 Bostan Saadi 1257 Persian Persian
2889 The Traveller Oliver Goldsmith 1764 Irish English
3638 The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain Han Shan 600 Chinese Classical chinese
4216 Epistles Horace 20 Latin Latin
4480 The Private Papers Of Henry Ryecroft George Gissing 1903 British English
14059 The Simple Life Charles Wagner 1895 French French
14765 Millions Of Cats Wanda Gág 1928 American English
17001 Adventures In Contentment David Grayson 1907 American English
17117 Selected Poems Su Tung–p’o Chinese Chinese
16938 Von Der Kürze Des Lebens · Vom Glücklichen Leben Seneca -49 Roman Latin