The Greatest Books of All Time on Curiosity

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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
35 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
512 The Golden Ass Apuleius 158 Roman Latin
522 The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 1961 American English
1835 Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder 1991 Norwegian Norwegian
2873 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P. Feynman 1985 American English
3223 Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder Lawrence Weschler 1995 American English
3638 Maya The Bee And Her Adventures Waldemar Bonsels 1912 German German
4879 The Little Black Fish Samad Behrangi 1968 Iranian Persian
5042 The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out Richard P. Feynman 1999 American English
6379 Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson 2017 American English
8466 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
9625 Suddenly In The Depth Of The Forest Amos Oz 2005 Israeli Hebrew
9907 The Demon Haunted World Carl Sagan 1995 American English
10091 We Have No Idea Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham 2017 Unknown English
10361 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
11934 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
13340 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
14435 Einstein Walter Isaacson 2007 American English
14554 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14554 The Magic Of Reality Richard Dawkins 2011 British English
14765 Curious George H. A. Rey 1941 American English
14832 The Complete Adventures Of Curious George H. A. Rey 1969 American English
15914 A Hole Is To Dig Ruth Krauss 1952 American English
15914 Physics For Entertainment Yakov Perelman 1913 Russian Russian
16530 Children's Stories And Pictures Vladimir Suteev 1950 Russian Russian
16634 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16726 The Complete Tales And Poems Of Winnie The Pooh A. A. Milne 1926 British English
17162 Die andere Bildung. Was man von den Naturwissenschaften wissen sollte Ernst Peter Fischer 2001 German German
17162 An American Childhood Annie Dillard 1987 American English
17162 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17162 Consider The Following Bill Nye 1995 American English
17162 The Beast In The Nursery Adam Phillips 1998 British English
17162 What's The Big Idea? Oscar Brenifier 2001 French English
17162 Advice To A Young Scientist Peter B. Medawar 1979 British English
17162 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
16987 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Other Stories Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
17162 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17162 The Search For The Giant Arctic Jellyfish Chloe Savage 2022 Unknown English
17162 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17162 The View From The Oak Judith Kohl, Herbert Kohl 1977 Unknown English
17084 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17141 The Mad Scientists' Club Bertrand R. Brinley 1961 American English
17162 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17162 The Wander Society Keri Smith 2016 Canadian English
17162 Peepo! Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 1981 British English