The Greatest Books of All Time on Creation

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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
39 Frankenstein Mary Shelley 1818 British English
653 Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas 1274 Italian Latin
985 Mythology Edith Hamilton 1942 American English
1053 The Kalevala Elias Lönnrot 1835 Finnish Finnish
1386 Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello 1921 Italian Italian
1399 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon 1937 British English
1544 The Poetic Edda Unknown 1270 Multiple Old norse
2350 Bulfinch's Mythology Thomas Bulfinch 1855 British English
2503 Popol Vuh Dennis Tedlock 1985 Mayan K'iche'
2593 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2843 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
3256 The Theogony Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
4899 Enūma Eliš Unknown -1100 Unknown Akkadian
4956 Miss Hargreaves Frank Baker 1939 British English
5863 Centuries, Poems, And Thanksgivings Thomas Traherne 1903 British English
5895 The Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson 1220 Icelandic Old norse
6161 The Star Of Redemption Franz Rosenzweig 1971 German German
7216 A Song To David Christopher Smart 1763 British English
7216 Eureka Edgar Allan Poe 1848 American English
7216 The Art Of Poetry Paul Valéry 1939 French French
7926 Letters From The Earth Mark Twain 1962 American English
8879 Invenção De Orfeu Jorge De Lima 1952 Brazilian Portuguese
10308 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
11112 The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton John Milton 2007 British English
14163 D'aulaires' Book Of Greek Myths Ingri d'Aulaire 1962 American English
14876 Scivias Hildegard of Bingen 1151 German Latin
15914 Avesta Zoroastrian scripture -1200 Iranian Avestan
15914 The Guide for the Perplexed Moses Maimonides 1190 Jewish Arabic
15914 Kabbalah Unknown 1300 Multiple Hebrew
15914 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
15914 How The Whale Became Ted Hughes 1963 British English
16500 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
16525 Reflections On The Psalms C. S. Lewis 1958 British English
16515 King James Version Of The Bible various 1611 English English
17159 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17159 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17159 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
17159 A Breath Of Life Clarice Lispector 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
17159 Neville Goddard Neville Goddard Unknown English
17159 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17159 The Wonderful Works Of God Herman Bavinck, R. Carlton Wynne Dutch Dutch
17159 Our Hideous Progeny C. E. McGill 2023 Unknown English
17159 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17089 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English