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
17119 The Beast In The Nursery Adam Phillips 1998 British English
17119 Forms Of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen 1998 Canadian English
17119 The Great Good Thing Roderick Townley 2001 American English
17119 Zoom At Sea Tim Wynne-Jones 1983 Canadian English
17119 Reveries Of A Bachelor Donald Grant Mitchell 1850 American English
17119 Trillion Year Spree Brian Aldiss 1986 British English
17119 The Middle Stories Sheila Heti 2001 Canadian English
16952 The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit 1907 British English
17119 Playing In The Dark Toni Morrison 1992 American English
17119 Life On Mars Tracy K. Smith 2011 American English
17119 The Book Of Lost Things John Connolly 2006 Irish English
17119 The Essential Calvin And Hobbes Bill Watterson 1988 American English
17119 The Doll People Ann M. Martin 2000 American English
17119 The Complete Tales Beatrix Potter 1986 British English
17119 Dr Seuss's Beginner Book Collection Dr. Seuss 2009 American English
17119 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17119 The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling 2021 British English
17119 Saltatempo Stefano Benni 2001 Italian Italian
17119 A Boy And A Bear In A Boat Dave Shelton 2012 British English
17119 Neville Goddard Neville Goddard Unknown English
17119 The Salmon Of Doubt Douglas Adams 2002 British English
17119 The Pleasures Of The Imagination John Brewer 1997 British English
17119 Zen In The Art Of Writing Ray Bradbury 1990 American English
17119 Numbers In The Dark And Other Stories Italo Calvino 1995 Italian Italian
17119 The Stupids Step Out Harry Allard 1974 American English
17119 The Bright Book Of Life Harold Bloom 2020 American English
17119 Un Monde à Portée De Main Maylis de Kerangal 2018 French French
17119 Ben’s Trumpet Rachel Isadora 1979 American English
17119 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes 1996 American English
17119 The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron 1981 American English
17119 Tomie De Paola’s Mother Goose Tomie dePaola 1985 American English
16953 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Other Stories Lewis Carroll 1865 British English
17119 The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford 2002 British English
17119 Disruptions Steven Millhauser 2023 American Unknown
17119 You, Bleeding Childhood Michele Mari 2023 Italian Italian
17119 The Written World And The Unwritten World Italo Calvino 2023 Italian Italian
17119 The Magicians Blexbolex, Karin Snelson 2022 Unknown French
17119 Bunny & Tree Balint Zsako 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Shade Tree Suzy Lee, Helen Mixter 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Blazing World Jonathan Healey 2023 Unknown English
17119 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17119 Un Lun Dun China Miéville 2007 British English
17119 Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang Mordecai Richler 1975 Canadian English
16873 O Meu Pé De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17119 A House Is A House For Me Mary Ann Hoberman 1978 American English
17119 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17119 Earthlight André Breton 1923 French French
17119 Gossamer Lois Lowry 2006 American English
16986 Think & Grow Rich / The Law Of Success Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17119 O Dia Do Curinga Jostein Gaarder 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
17119 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17119 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17119 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17119 Unformulated Experience: From Dissociation To Imagination Donnel B. Stern 1997 American English
17119 Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense Lewis Carroll British English
17119 O Jardim Dos Animais Com Alma José M. Sánchez Santos Portuguese Unknown
17119 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17119 A House In The Sky Jim Corbett, Lindhout, Amanda 2013 Canadian English
17119 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17119 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English
17090 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1605 Spanish Spanish