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
17158 Die andere Bildung. Was man von den Naturwissenschaften wissen sollte Ernst Peter Fischer 2001 German German
17158 The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin 2000 American English
17158 In The Light Of What We Know Zia Haider Rahman 2014 British English
17158 The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett 1955 American English
17158 Paradigms Regained John L. Casti 2000 American English
17158 The Fabric Of Reality David Deutsch 1997 British English
17158 Fire In The Mind George Johnson 1995 American English
17158 Common Sense, Science, And Scepticism Alan Musgrave 1993 New Zealand English
17158 What Does It All Mean? Thomas Nagel 1987 American English
17158 Against Method Paul Feyerabend 1975 German English
17158 Confessions Of A Philosopher Bryan Magee 1997 British English
17158 What's The Big Idea? Oscar Brenifier 2001 French English
17158 Deschooling Society Ivan Illich 1971 American English
17158 Realism And Truth Michael Devitt 1991 American English
17158 The Social Construction Of What? Ian Hacking 1999 Canadian English
17158 The View From Nowhere Thomas Nagel 1986 American English
17158 Relativism Refuted Harvey Siegel 1987 American English
17158 Labyrinths Of Reason William Poundstone 1988 American English
17158 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17158 Al Mu’allim ‘Ala Abdul Karim Ghalib Unknown Unknown
17158 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17158 Building A Second Brain Tiago Forte 2022 American English
17158 The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers 1991 American English
17158 Plato At The Googleplex Rebecca Goldstein 2014 American English
17158 Piranesi Jonathan Scott 2020 Unknown English
17013 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17158 Leviathan And The Air Pump Steven Shapin 1985 Unknown English
17158 The Book Of Sand And Shakespeare's Memory Jorge Luis Borges 1977 Argentinian Spanish
17158 The Great American Bathroom Book Stevens W. Anderson 2007 American English
17158 Magisteria Nicholas Spencer Unknown Unknown
17158 Curious Ian Leslie 2014 British English
17158 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17158 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 British English
17158 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17158 The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein 1989 American English
17158 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17158 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 Unknown English
17158 A Fórmula De Deus José M. Sánchez Santos Unknown Unknown
17158 Love’s Knowledge Martha Nussbaum 1990 American English
17158 A Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics Immanuel Kant German Unknown
17158 The Voice Of Knowledge Don Miguel Ruiz 2004 American English
17158 The Walking Drum Louis L'Amour 1984 American English
17149 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17158 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
16883 Farenhajt 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
17158 Omnisophie Gunter Dueck German German
17158 Goethe Werke 6 Volumes In German Insel Verlag Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German German