The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Global

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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
1345 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris 1967 British English
2297 The Limits To Growth Donella H. Meadows 1972 American English
8726 The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells 2019 American English
9147 The World For Sale Jack Farchy, Javier Blas 2021 British English
11504 The Nature Of Nature Enric Sala 2020 Spanish English
12870 Factfulness Hans Rosling 2018 Swedish English
14132 Energy Vaclav Smil 1999 Czech English
14363 Energy At The Crossroads Vaclav Smil 2003 Canadian English
14390 Creating The Twentieth Century Vaclav Smil 2005 Czech English
14411 How To Spend $50 Billion To Make The World A Better Place Bjørn Lomborg 2006 Danish English
14435 Big History Cynthia Stokes Brown 2007 American English
14458 Energies Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14458 Global Catastrophes And Trends Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14458 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14520 Energy Transitions Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14520 Energy Myths And Realities Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14554 Getting Better Charles Kenny 2011 American English
14599 Sustainable Materials Julian M. Allwood 2012 British English
14599 One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway 2012 British English
14630 Harvesting The Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14630 Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14630 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14731 Energy And Civilization Vaclav Smil 2017 Czech English
14833 21 Lessons For The 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari 2018 Israeli English
14985 Fathoms Rebecca Giggs 2020 Australian English
14985 Millennium Felipe Fernández-Armesto 1995 British English
15567 The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard 2019 Canadian English
15567 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
15616 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
15642 How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil 2022 Canadian English
17161 Sacred And Secular Ronald Inglehart, Pippa Norris 2004 American English
17161 A History Of Religious Ideas, Volume 1 Mircea Eliade 1976 Romanian French