The Greatest Multiple Fiction Books of All Time

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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
46 One Thousand and One Nights Unknown 800 Multiple Arabic
264 The Epic Of Gilgamesh Unknown -2100 Multiple Akkadian
563 Panchatantra Unknown -300 Multiple Sanskrit
864 Reynard the Fox Unknown 1479 Multiple Middle dutch
1544 The Poetic Edda Unknown 1270 Multiple Old norse
3425 Cinderella Unknown 23 Multiple French
5137 Poems Of Wine And Revelry Abu Nuwas 800 Multiple Arabic
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5840 The Eunuch Terence -161 Multiple Latin
9595 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
10668 36 Ways Of Writing A Vietnamese Poem Nam Le 2024 Multiple English
11534 The Twelve Labours of Hercules Unknown -100 Multiple Ancient greek
14197 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
14936 Digenes Akritas Unknown 1050 Multiple Greek
14985 Book Of The Dead John Skipp , Craig Spector 1989 Multiple English
14985 Great Japanese Stories Jay Rubin Multiple English
16523 The Book Of Dede Korkut Unknown 1400 Multiple Oghuz turkic
17152 Aisha Al-Bashir bin Salamah Multiple Unknown
17152 The Vintage Book Of Indian Writing 1947 1997 Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth J. West 1997 Multiple English
17152 Memoirs Of An Anti Semite Gregor von Rezzori 1979 Multiple German
17136 O Livro Das 1001 Noites; Volume 2 Of 7 Unknown -800 Multiple Arabic
16956 The Romance Of 'Antar Unknown 1100 Multiple Arabic
17027 The Tales Of Sendebar Unknown -100 Multiple Sanskrit
17074 Epic Of Sundiata Unknown 1235 Multiple Mandinka
17133 Daredevils Of Sassoun Unknown 800 Multiple Armenian
16896 1001 Arabian Nights Anonymous -800 Multiple Arabic