The Greatest Books of All Time on Imagination

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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
17163 Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me Eric Carle 1986 American English
17163 Talking Like The Rain X. J. Kennedy 1992 American English
17163 The Beast In The Nursery Adam Phillips 1998 British English
17163 Forms Of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen 1998 Canadian English
17163 The Great Good Thing Roderick Townley 2001 American English
17163 Zoom At Sea Tim Wynne-Jones 1983 Canadian English
17163 Reveries Of A Bachelor Donald Grant Mitchell 1850 American English
17163 Trillion Year Spree Brian Aldiss 1986 British English
17163 The Middle Stories Sheila Heti 2001 Canadian English
16996 The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit 1907 British English
17163 Playing In The Dark Toni Morrison 1992 American English
17163 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17163 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17163 The Essential Calvin And Hobbes Bill Watterson 1988 American English
17163 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17163 The Complete Tales Beatrix Potter 1986 British English
17163 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17163 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17163 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17163 Saltatempo Stefano Benni 2001 Italian Italian
17163 A Boy And A Bear In A Boat Dave Shelton 2012 British English
17163 Neville Goddard Neville Goddard Unknown English
17163 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17163 The Pleasures Of The Imagination John Brewer 1997 British English
17163 Zen In The Art Of Writing Ray Bradbury 1990 American English
17163 Numbers In The Dark And Other Stories Italo Calvino 1995 Italian Italian
17163 The Stupids Step Out Harry Allard 1974 American English
17163 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17163 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17163 A Little Larger Than The Entire Universe Fernando Pessoa 1998 Portuguese Portuguese
17163 Ben’s Trumpet Rachel Isadora 1979 American English
17163 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17163 The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron 1981 American English
17163 Tomie De Paola’s Mother Goose Tomie dePaola 1985 American English
17163 The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17001 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Other Stories Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
17163 The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford 2002 British English
17163 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17163 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17163 The Written World And The Unwritten World Italo Calvino 2023 Italian Italian
17163 The Magicians Blexbolex, Karin Snelson 2022 Unknown French
17163 Bunny & Tree Balint Zsako 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Shade Tree Suzy Lee, Helen Mixter 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
17163 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17163 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17163 Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang Mordecai Richler 1975 Canadian English
16904 O Meu Pé De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 Brazilian Portuguese
17163 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17163 A House Is A House For Me Mary Ann Hoberman 1978 American English
17163 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17163 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17163 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
17041 Think & Grow Rich / The Law Of Success Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17163 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17163 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17163 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17163 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17163 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17163 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17163 O Jardim Dos Animais Com Alma José M. Sánchez Santos Portuguese Unknown
17163 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17163 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17163 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17163 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English
17138 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1605 Spanish Spanish