The Greatest Books of All Time on Divinity

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 743 '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
175 Metamorphoses Ovid 8 Roman Latin
942 The Bacchae Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
1255 Prometheus Bound Aeschylus -455 Greek Ancient greek
1346 Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore 1910 Indian Bengali
1868 The Recognition of Sakuntala Kālidāsa -400 Indian Sanskrit
2523 Life of Christ Giovanni Papini 1921 Italian Italian
2550 The Last Temptation of Christ Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 Greek Greek
3632 Cause, Principle, And Unity Giordano Bruno 1584 Italian Italian
4073 The Life Of Jesus Ernest Renan 1863 French French
4678 The Lord Romano Guardini 1934 German German
5851 Centuries, Poems, And Thanksgivings Thomas Traherne 1903 British English
6237 Claudius The God Robert Graves 1935 British English
7199 A Song To David Christopher Smart 1763 British English
7199 Odes Coventry Patmore 1868 British English
7199 Essays And Poems Jones Very 1839 American English
8493 Euthyphro Plato -399 Greek Ancient greek
8715 Hymns And Fragments Freidrich Hölderlin 1984 German German
9574 The Gospel According To Jesus Christ José Saramago 1991 Portuguese Portuguese
9639 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
10836 City Of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 American English
11913 God Jack Miles 1995 American English
13668 The Just City Jo Walton 2015 Canadian English
17010 Only Begotten Daughter James K. Morrow 1990 American English
17010 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
17010 King And Goddess Judith Tarr 1996 American English
17010 Waiting For The Galactic Bus Parke Godwin 1988 American English
17010 The Complete Malazan Book Of The Fallen Steven Erikson Canadian English
17010 The Gita Anant Pai 1999 Indian English