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
2348 Bulfinch's Mythology Thomas Bulfinch 1855 British English
2501 Popol Vuh Dennis Tedlock 1985 Mayan K'iche'
2592 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2840 The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
3255 The Theogony Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
4899 Enūma Eliš Unknown -1100 Unknown Akkadian
4955 Miss Hargreaves Frank Baker 1939 British English
5860 Centuries, Poems, And Thanksgivings Thomas Traherne 1903 British English
5892 The Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson 1220 Icelandic Old norse
6158 The Star Of Redemption Franz Rosenzweig 1971 German German
7215 A Song To David Christopher Smart 1763 British English
7215 Eureka Edgar Allan Poe 1848 American English
7215 The Art Of Poetry Paul Valéry 1939 French French
7925 Letters From The Earth Mark Twain 1962 American English
8877 Invenção De Orfeu Jorge De Lima 1952 Brazilian Portuguese
10305 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
11108 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
14875 Scivias Hildegard of Bingen 1151 German Latin
15898 Avesta Zoroastrian scripture -1200 Iranian Avestan
15898 The Guide for the Perplexed Moses Maimonides 1190 Jewish Arabic
15898 Kabbalah Unknown 1300 Multiple Hebrew
15898 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
15898 How The Whale Became Ted Hughes 1963 British English
16484 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
16515 Reflections On The Psalms C. S. Lewis 1958 British English
17120 Native American Folktales Thomas A. Green 2008 American English
17120 Seventh Day Of Creation Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi 2008 Iraqi Arabic
17120 A Breath Of Life Clarice Lispector 1978 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Neville Goddard Neville Goddard Unknown English
17120 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17120 The Wonderful Works Of God Herman Bavinck, R. Carlton Wynne Dutch Dutch
17120 Our Hideous Progeny C. E. McGill 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17041 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English