The Greatest Books of All Time on Metaphor

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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
6197 Metaphors We Live George Lakoff, Mark Johnson 1980 American English
14730 The World Within the Word William H. Gass 1978 American English
15897 The Origins Of European Thought R. B. Onians 1951 British English
15897 Bestiario Juan José Arreola 1938 Mexican Spanish
16504 On Truth And Lies In A Nonmoral Sense Friedrich Nietzsche 1873 German German
17117 Metaphor and Memory Cynthia Ozick 1989 American English
17117 Illness As Metaphor Susan Sontag 1978 American English
17117 Eros The Bittersweet Anne Carson 1986 Canadian English
17117 Surfaces And Essences Douglas Hofstadter 2013 American English
17117 Lectures On Imagination Paul Ricoeur Unknown French
17117 Thou Art That Joseph Campbell American English