The Greatest Books of All Time on God

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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
133 Confessions Augustine 397 Roman Latin
374 Ethics Baruch de Spinoza 1677 Dutch Latin
653 Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas 1274 Italian Latin
1011 Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis 1952 British English
1019 The Interior Castle Teresa of Avila 1588 Spanish Spanish
1030 Meditations on First Philosophy Rene Descartes 1641 French Latin
1438 Masnavi Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi 1258 Persian Persian
2770 The Book Of Divine Consolation Meister Eckhart 1308 German Middle high german
3191 The Age of Reason Thomas Paine 1794 British English
3497 Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin 1536 French Latin
4975 God In Search Of Man Abraham Joshua Heschel 1955 American English
5499 Does God Exist? Hans Küng 1978 German German
6158 The Star Of Redemption Franz Rosenzweig 1971 German German
6401 Crossing The Threshold Of Hope Pope John Paul II 1994 Italian Italian
7925 Letters From The Earth Mark Twain 1962 American English
8538 Milton's God William Empson 1961 British English
10115 The God Delusion Richard Dawkins 2006 British English
11808 The Reason For God Timothy J. Keller 2008 American English
13243 When God Talks Back Tanya Luhrmann 2012 American English
13244 God, Sexuality, And The Self Sarah Coakley 2013 British English
13599 The Mercy Of God Jean Cau 1961 French French
15897 The Word of God and the Word of Man Karl Barth 1928 Swiss German
16484 The Ages Of The World F. W. J. Schelling 1815 German German
17117 A Palpable God Reynolds Price 1978 American English
17117 Desiring God John Piper 1986 American English
17117 Don't Waste Your Life John Piper 2003 American English
17117 The Wonderful Works Of God Herman Bavinck, R. Carlton Wynne Dutch Dutch
17117 God Is Love Pope Benedict XVI 2005 German Latin
17117 The Book Of Job Harold S. Kushner 2012 American English
17117 Der Unbewußte Gott. Psychotherapie Und Religion Frankl, Viktor E. 2005 Austrian German