The Greatest Books of All Time on Destiny

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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
64 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 1981 Indian English
70 The Aeneid Virgil -19 Roman Latin
286 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
389 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 Brazilian Portuguese
446 Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann 1933 German German
481 The Lusiad Luís Vaz Camões 1572 Portuguese Portuguese
524 A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving 1989 American English
529 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
548 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
971 The Discovery of Heaven Harry Mulisch 1992 Dutch Dutch
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1108 Chaka Thomas Mofolo 1925 South African Sesotho
1173 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 American English
1186 Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 German Middle high german
1291 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1330 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 American English
1348 Sandman Neil Gaiman 1989 British English
1373 Winter's Tale Mark Helprin 1983 American English
1395 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
1555 Troilus And Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer 1385 British Middle english
1869 The Recognition of Sakuntala Kālidāsa -400 Indian Sanskrit
2123 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2224 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
2391 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2554 The Last Temptation of Christ Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 Greek Greek
2593 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2804 Stormbringer Michael Moorcock 1965 British English
2824 The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis 1954 British English
2829 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
2890 Olvidado Rey Gudú Ana María Matute 1996 Spanish Spanish
2918 Legend David Gemmell 1984 British English
2970 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 2000 British English
2989 Eragon Christopher Paolini 2002 American English
3166 Red Moon and Black Mountain Joy Chant 1970 British English
3190 The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 2011 American English
3305 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien 1977 British English
3379 Zadig Voltaire 1747 French French
3443 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3450 The Satin Slipper Paul Claudel 1929 French French
3492 The Claw Of The Conciliator Gene Wolfe 1981 American English
3596 Les Destinées Alfred de Vigny 1864 French French
3825 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman 1997 British English
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
4208 The Castle of Crossed Destinies Italo Calvino 1969 Italian Italian
4451 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
4476 Soundjata Ou L'épopée Mandingue Djibril Tamsir Niane 1960 French French
4480 Perceval, Or The Story Of The Grail Chrétien de Troyes 1181 French Old french
4721 The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe 1982 American English
4935 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
4957 Figures Of Earth James Branch Cabell 1921 American English
5171 Anecdotes of Destiny Isak Dinesen 1958 Danish Danish
5447 The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson 2010 American English
5651 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5863 The Well At The World's End William Morris 1896 British English
5863 Winter's Tales Isak Dinesen 1942 Danish Danish
5907 The Ring Of The Nibelung Richard Wagner 1876 German German
5949 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6123 The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones 1988 British English
6405 Dark Prince Christine Feehan 1999 American English
6558 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
7157 La Horde Du Contrevent Alain Damasio 2004 French French
7216 The Mighty Magician Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1637 Spanish Spanish
7216 Verse Plays Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1800 German German
7216 Poems Of Alfred De Vigny Alfred de Vigny 1837 French French
7216 Emperor And Galilean Henrik Ibsen 1873 Norwegian Norwegian
7216 Narrative Poems Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov 1830 Russian Russian
7216 The Infernal Machine And Other Works Jean Cocteau 1934 French French
7216 The Wheel Of Fire George Wilson Knight 1930 British English
7216 The Burning Oracle George Wilson Knight 1939 British Unknown
7783 The Gunslinger Stephen King 1982 American English
8143 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8144 Night Circus And Other Stories Ursula Kovalyk 2014 Slovak Unknown
8405 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8414 The Palace Of Illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakurni 2008 American English
8646 Spindle’s End Robin McKinley 2000 American English
8690 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
8764 Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card 1989 American English
9241 Soul Music Terry Pratchett 1994 British English
9596 The Gospel According To Jesus Christ José Saramago 1991 Portuguese Portuguese
9701 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9798 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9984 Shadow & Claw Gene Wolfe 1994 American English
10028 The Dreaming City Michael Moorcock 1961 British English
10245 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
10364 Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
10488 Until The Lions Karthika Nair 2015 French English
10563 Thief Of Time Terry Pratchett 2001 British English
10989 The Eighth Day Thornton Wilder 1967 American English
11133 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
11138 An Arrow’s Flight Mark Merlis 1998 American English
11178 Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov 1982 American English
11201 Mensagem Fernando Pessoa 1934 Portuguese Portuguese
11442 Il Colombre Dino Buzzati 1966 Italian Italian
11547 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
12318 The Hero And The Crown Robin McKinley 1984 American English
12412 Bound To Happen Jonathan Shannon Unknown Unknown
12474 The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 Polish Polish
13218 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13362 The Chronicles Of Prydain Lloyd Alexander 1964 American English
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
13560 The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons 1990 American English
13772 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
14089 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
14478 The Sword Of Truth Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
14650 Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko 1998 Russian Russian
14680 Alvklingan Nick Perumov 1999 Russian Russian
14751 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
14787 The Beast in the Jungle Henry James 1903 American English
14985 Redemption in Indigo Karen Lord 2010 Barbadian English
14985 Digger, Vols.1-6 Ursula Vernon 2005 American English
14985 House Of X Powers Of X Jonathan Hickman 2019 American English
14985 Sailing To Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay 1998 Canadian English
14985 The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams 1988 American English
14985 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay 2019 Canadian English
14985 The Spear Cuts Through Water Simon Jimenez 2022 American English