The Greatest Books of All Time on Invention

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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
1286 The Invention Of Morel Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 Argentinian Spanish
1483 Tono Bungay H. G. Wells 1909 British English
2384 Notebooks Leonardo da Vinci 1883 Italian Italian
3324 Impressions of Africa Raymond Roussel 1910 French French
5663 The Evolution Man Or How I Ate My Father Roy Lewis 1960 British English
5773 The Digging Leviathan James P. Blaylock 1984 American English
7045 Invention Norbert Wiener 1948 American English
7876 World's Fair E. L. Doctorow 1985 American English
7953 The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
8251 The Sun Chemist Lionel Davidson 1976 British English
8739 The Dalkey Archive Flann O'Brien 1964 Irish English
9192 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
11941 From Immigrant to Inventor Michael I. Pupin 1923 American English
13362 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13739 The Difference Engine William Gibson, Bruce Sterling 1990 American English
13920 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
14520 The Most Powerful Idea In The World William Rosen 2010 American English
15594 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15916 A Genius In The Family Hiram Percy Maxim 1934 American English
17163 Boneshaker Cherie Priest 2009 American English
17163 Electric Universe David Bodanis 2005 British English
17163 The Cult Of Emptiness The Western Discovery Of Buddhist Thought And The Invention Of Oriental Philosophy Urs App 2012 Swiss English
17163 The Shock Of The Old David Edgerton 2006 British English
17163 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17163 The Things We Make Bill Hammack 2023 Unknown English