The Greatest Books of All Time on Joy

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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
462 The Prophet Kahlil Gibran 1923 Lebanese English
872 Pallieter Felix Timmermans 1916 Belgian Dutch
974 The Poems of John Keats John Keats 1817 British English
1349 Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore 1910 Indian Bengali
2417 Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1798 British English
2566 Poetry Quintus Lutatius Catulus -89 Roman Latin
3493 Selected Poems Pierre Ronsard 1501 French French
3519 Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin Friedrich Holderlin 1800 German German
3636 Odes John Keats 1820 British English
3954 The Twelve Lays Of The Gypsy Kostis Palamas 1907 Greek Greek
4431 The Family of Man Edward Steichen 1955 American English
4688 Centuries Of Meditations Thomas Traherne 1665 British English
5863 Centuries, Poems, And Thanksgivings Thomas Traherne 1903 British English
5863 Poems And Prose Gerald Manley Hopkins 1918 British English
5903 Poems Of George Darley George Darley 1840 Irish English
6005 The Oxford Book Of English Verse Arthur Quiller-Couch 1900 British English
6333 Devotions Mary Oliver 2017 American English
7216 Odes, Elegies, Sonnets Pierre Ronsard 1550 French French
7216 Selected Poems Of Eduard Mörike Eduard Mörike 1838 German German
7216 Poems Of Mani Leib Mani Leib 1918 Yiddish Yiddish
7794 The Gay Science Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 German German
8355 Libertinagem Manuel Bandeira 1930 Brazilian Portuguese
9930 Poems Of Umberto Saba Umberto Saba 1976 Italian Italian
9959 The Book Of Delights Ross Gay 2019 American English
10041 Poems Of Eugénio De Andrade Eugénio de Andrade 1977 Portuguese Portuguese
10751 Selected Poems Galway Kinnell 1982 American English
11242 Nuptials Albert Camus 1938 Algerian French
11354 The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 American English
13921 Book Of Psalms Alabaster Co. 2018 Unknown Hebrew
14232 The Life Changing Magic Of Tidying Up Marie Kondo 2011 Japanese Japanese
14520 Awakening Joy James Baraz 2010 American English
14930 Surprised By Joy C. S. Lewis 1955 British English
15814 The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
15915 Stray Birds Rabindranath Tagore 1916 Indian Bengali
16766 Manalive G. K. Chesterton 1912 British English
17161 Staying Alive Neil Astley 2002 British English
17161 The Book Of Joy Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho 2016 Tibetan English
17161 Desiring God John Piper 1986 American English
17161 Don't Waste Your Life John Piper 2003 American English
17161 Joy Angelo Lacuesta Philippine English
17161 Kurashi At Home Marie Kondo 2022 Japanese Japanese
17161 Dog Songs Mary Oliver 2013 American English