The Greatest Books of All Time on Knowledge

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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
17113 Die andere Bildung. Was man von den Naturwissenschaften wissen sollte Ernst Peter Fischer 2001 German German
17113 The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin 2000 American English
17113 In The Light Of What We Know Zia Haider Rahman 2014 British English
17113 The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 1955 American English
17113 Paradigms Regained John L. Casti 2000 American English
17113 The Fabric Of Reality David Deutsch 1997 British English
17113 Fire In The Mind George Johnson 1995 American English
17113 Common Sense, Science, And Scepticism Alan Musgrave 1993 New Zealand English
17113 What Does It All Mean? Thomas Nagel 1987 American English
17113 Against Method Paul Feyerabend 1975 German English
17113 Confessions Of A Philosopher Bryan Magee 1997 British English
17113 What's The Big Idea? Oscar Brenifier 2001 French English
17113 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17113 Realism And Truth Michael Devitt 1991 American English
17113 The Social Construction Of What? Ian Hacking 1999 Canadian English
17113 The View From Nowhere Thomas Nagel 1986 American English
17113 Relativism Refuted Harvey Siegel 1987 American English
17113 Labyrinths Of Reason William Poundstone 1988 American English
17113 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17113 Al Mu’allim ‘Ala Abdul Karim Ghalib Unknown Unknown
17113 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17113 Building A Second Brain Tiago Forte 2022 American English
17113 The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers 1991 American English
17113 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17113 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
16995 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17113 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17113 The Book Of Sand And Shakespeare's Memory Jorge Luis Borges 1977 Argentinian Spanish
17113 The Great American Bathroom Book Stevens W. Anderson 2007 American English
17113 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17113 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
17113 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17113 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 British English
17113 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17113 The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein 1989 American English
17113 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17113 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17113 A Fórmula De Deus José M. Sánchez Santos Unknown Unknown
17113 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17113 A Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics Immanuel Kant German Unknown
17113 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17113 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17056 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17113 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
16845 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17113 Omnisophie Gunter Dueck German German
17113 Goethe Werke 6 Volumes In German Insel Verlag Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German German