The Greatest Books of All Time on Cunning

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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
46 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
322 Household Tales Brothers Grimm 1812 German German
544 The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes Unknown 1554 Spanish Spanish
562 Aesop's Fables Aesop -560 Greek Ancient greek
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
2171 Italian Folktales Italo Calvino 1956 Italian Italian
2331 The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Charles Perrault 1697 French French
2987 The Robber Hotzenplotz Otfried Preußler 1962 German German
3592 The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson 1999 British English
3614 The Eyes Of The Overworld Jack Vance 1966 American English
5466 L'étrange Destin De Wangrin Amadou Hampâté Bâ 1973 French French
7215 The Mandrake Niccolo Machiavelli 1518 Italian Italian
8246 Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl 1970 British English
13805 The First Book Of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber 1970 American English
15728 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
15777 Perrault's Fairy Tales Charles Perrault 1697 French French
17095 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
17114 Lon Po Po Ed Young 1989 American English
17114 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
16850 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic
17114 Doctor De Soto William Steig 1982 American English
17114 Odyssee Stephen Fry British Unknown