The Greatest Books of All Time on Doubt

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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
543 Discourse on Method Rene Descartes 1637 French French
740 Silence Shūsaku Endō 1966 Japanese Japanese
962 The Diary of a Country Priest Georges Bernanos 1936 French French
1030 Meditations on First Philosophy Rene Descartes 1641 French Latin
3003 Monsignor Quixote Graham Greene 1982 British English
4120 Each Man In His Darkness Julien Green 1960 French French
4232 Mariette In Ecstasy Ron Hansen 1991 American English
5502 Does God Exist? Hans Küng 1978 German German
5896 A Confession Leo Tolstoy 1882 Russian Russian
5918 The Damnation Of Theron Ware Harold Frederic 1896 American English
7216 Poems Of Arthur Hugh Clough Arthur Hugh Clough 1862 British English
7216 Clarel Herman Melville 1876 American English
9595 The Gospel According To Jesus Christ José Saramago 1991 Portuguese Portuguese
10451 The Testament Of Mary Colm Toibin 2012 Irish English
11662 Roger's Version John Updike 1986 American English
13600 The Priest Beatrix Beck 1952 French French
14232 Doubt John Patrick Shanley 2004 American English
14754 Outlines of Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus -180 Greek Greek
15678 Religious Perplexities L. P. Jacks 1923 British English
16577 Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose 1954 American English
16738 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
16632 The Brothers Karamazov Fedor Dostoyevsky 1880 Russian Russian
17158 Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 2003 American English
17158 Racing Demon David Hare 1990 British English
17158 Robert Elsmere Mary Augusta Ward 1888 British English
17158 My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman 2013 American English
17158 The Agony Of Christianity And Essays On Faith Miguel de Unamuno 1925 Spanish Spanish
17067 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
16903 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
17158 The Book Of Job Harold S. Kushner 2012 American English
17158 Jesus Tales Romulus Linney 1983 American English