The Greatest Books of All Time on Experimentation

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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
540 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe 1968 American English
1973 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 1897 British English
2873 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard P. Feynman 1985 American English
3308 Camp Concentration Thomas M. Disch 1968 American English
4115 For a New Novel Alain Robbe-Grillet 1963 French French
4683 Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss 1960 American English
4733 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation M. T. Anderson 2006 American English
5041 The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out Richard P. Feynman 1999 American English
5653 The Unfortunate Experiment Sandra Coney 1988 New Zealand English
8182 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8681 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
9334 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9743 Alphabetical Africa Walter Abish 1974 American English
10453 The Poison Squad Deborah Blum 2018 American English
11052 An Imagined World June Goodfield 1981 British English
11298 A Year Brian Eno 2022 British Unknown
12935 Now Jazz Now Neneh Cherry, Thurston Moore, Joe McPhee, Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson American Unknown
13362 The Amphibian Man Alexander Belyaev 1928 Russian Russian
14228 Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien 1971 American English
14650 Superfiction Joe David Bellamy 1975 American English
14985 The Maze Runner James Dashner 2009 American English
15915 Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature Niels Bohr 1932 Danish English
15915 The Dispute Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1744 French French
17158 Eunoia Christian Bök 2001 Canadian English
17158 Град обреченный / За миллиард лет до конца света Arkady Strugatsky 1984 Russian Russian
17158 Paper Lion George Plimpton 1966 American English
17158 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17158 Tiny Experiments Anne-Laure Le Cunff Unknown Unknown
17158 The Reanimator H. P. Lovecraft 1985 American English