The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Earth
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4810 | Gaia | James Lovelock | 1979 | British | English | |
| 5373 | Packing For Mars | Mary Roach | 2010 | American | English | |
| 8614 | Cooked | Michael Pollan | 2013 | American | English | |
| 8969 | A Short History Of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | 2003 | American | English | |
| 9753 | Annals of the Former World | John McPhee | 1998 | American | English | |
| 12194 | Earth | Richard Fortey | 2004 | British | English | |
| 12480 | Seveneves | Neal Stephenson | 2015 | American | English | |
| 14334 | The Earth's Biosphere | Vaclav Smil | 2002 | Czech | English | |
| 14434 | Big History | Cynthia Stokes Brown | 2007 | American | English | |
| 15832 | The Time Quartet Box Set | Madeleine L'Engle | 1962 | American | English | |
| 15897 | Principles Of Geology | Charles Lyell | 1830 | British | English | |
| 15897 | On A Piece Of Chalk | Thomas Henry Huxley | 1868 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Earth | Iain Stewart, John Lynch | 2008 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Robots And Empire | Isaac Asimov | 1985 | American | English | |
| 17117 | Rocket Men | Robert Kurson | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Expanse | James S. A. Corey | 2011 | American | English | |
| 17117 | The Hitchhiker's Trilogy | Douglas Adams | 1979 | British | English | |
| 17117 | Sustainable Nation | Douglas Farr | 2018 | American | English |