The Greatest Books of All Time on Myth

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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
260 Song of Solomon Toni Morrison 1977 American English
628 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
659 Mythologies Roland Barthes 1957 French French
1037 The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston 1976 American English
1147 Dialectic Of Enlightenment Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer 1944 German German
1571 Fifth Business Robertson Davies 1970 Canadian English
1912 World's End T. C. Boyle 1987 American English
2018 Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 1980 British English
2083 Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez 1995 Argentinian Spanish
2258 A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes 1989 British English
2267 Pricksongs and Descants Robert Coover 1969 American English
2367 Little Big Man Thomas Berger 1964 American English
2717 The Great War and Modern Memory Paul Fussell 1975 American English
2786 The Philosophy Of Symbolic Forms Ernst Cassirer 1929 German German
2878 Palace of the Peacock Wilson Harris 1960 Guyanese English
3003 The Savage Mind Claude Lévi-Strauss 1962 French French
3812 Reflections On Violence Georges Sorel 1908 French French
3849 The Unlimited Dream Company J. G. Ballard 1979 British English
4132 The Three-Arched Bridge Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
4400 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4687 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
5242 La Saga/ Fuga de J. B./ The Saga/ Escape of J.B. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester 1972 Spanish Spanish
5783 La Pietra Lunare Tommaso Landolfi 1939 Italian Italian
6435 On Immunity Eula Biss 2014 American English
7628 The Mysterious William Shakespeare Charlton Ogburn 1984 American English
7915 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost Ismail Kadare 2000 Albanian Albanian
8473 The Guyana Quartet Wilson Harris 1960 British English
8706 Strategies Of Fantasy Brian Attebery 1992 American English
9605 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
10245 The New Science of Politics Eric Voegelin 1952 Austrian English
12084 Dancing At The Edge Of The World Ursula K. Le Guin 1989 American English
13104 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13152 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13583 Heartland Wilson Harris 1964 Guyanese English
13600 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13600 Les Flamboyants Patrick Grainville 1976 French French
13600 The Lost Ones Frédérick Tristan 1983 French French
13919 Life Against Death Norman O. Brown 1959 American English
14232 Jerusalem Jez Butterworth 2009 British English
14554 Love And Death In The American Novel Leslie Fiedler 1960 American English
14857 Anatomy Of Criticism Northrop Frye 1957 Canadian English
14985 The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 American English
14985 Away Jane Urquhart 1993 Canadian English
15686 The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems Diane Wakoski American English
15915 Diving Into The Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973 American English
17161 Structural Anthropology Claude Lévi-Strauss 1958 French French
17161 Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope 1984 South African English
17161 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
17161 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17161 Kalpa Imperial Angélica Gorodischer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
17161 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17161 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17161 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17161 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17161 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17161 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English