The Greatest Books of All Time on Modernity

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

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.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17163 Bronze Age Mindset Bronze Age Pervert 2018 Unknown English
17163 The Thirst For Annihilation Nick Land 1992 British English
17163 Stranger Than We Can Imagine John Higgs 2015 British English
17163 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
17163 The Extinction Of Experience Christine Rosen 2004 Unknown English
17163 Silêncio Na Era Do Ruído Erling Kagge 2016 Norwegian Norwegian
17006 The Disconnected Oğuz Atay 1972 Turkish Turkish
17163 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17163 What ʿīsā Ibn Hishām Told Us Muhammad Salih al-Jabri Unknown Arabic
17004 What's Wrong With The World G. K. Chesterton 1910 British English
17163 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17163 Look At The Lights, My Love Annie Ernaux 2023 French French
17163 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17163 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17163 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
16997 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
17163 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17015 Aylak Adam Yusuf Atılgan 1959 Turkish Turkish
17163 Ritual And Its Consequences: An Essay On The Limits Of Sincerity Adam B. Seligman 2008 American English
17163 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17163 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17163 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17163 Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern John Gray 2003 British English
17163 Novels By Saratchandra Chattapodhyay Saratchandra Chattapodhyay Indian Bengali