The Greatest Books of All Time on Hinduism

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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
163 Siddhartha Hermann Hesse 1922 German German
323 Mahabharata Vyasa -400 Indian Sanskrit
422 Ramayana Valmiki -200 Indian Sanskrit
1083 Upanishads Unknown -799 Indian Sanskrit
1869 The Recognition of Sakuntala Kālidāsa -400 Indian Sanskrit
3638 The Life Divine Sri Aurobindo 1942 Indian English
4671 The Spiritual Teaching Of Ramana Maharshi Ramana Maharshi 1972 Indian Tamil
4686 The Gospel Of Sri Ramakrishna Mahendranath Gupta 1902 Indian Bengali
6860 My Guru And His Disciple Christopher Isherwood 1980 British English
10163 A River Sutra Gita Mehta 1993 Indian English
16611 Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha Satyananda Saraswati 1969 Indian English
17117 Banaras Diana L. Eck 1982 Unknown English
17117 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17117 The Gita Anant Pai 1999 Indian English
17117 Yatharth Geeta Swami Adgadanand 1994 Indian Unknown
17117 Sita Amish Tripathi 2017 Indian English