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
2017 Riddley Walker Russell Hoban 1980 British English
2082 Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez 1995 Argentinian Spanish
2257 A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes 1989 British English
2266 Pricksongs and Descants Robert Coover 1969 American English
2365 Little Big Man Thomas Berger 1964 American English
2716 The Great War and Modern Memory Paul Fussell 1975 American English
2785 The Philosophy Of Symbolic Forms Ernst Cassirer 1929 German German
2875 Palace of the Peacock Wilson Harris 1960 Guyanese English
3001 The Savage Mind Claude Lévi-Strauss 1962 French French
3813 Reflections On Violence Georges Sorel 1908 French French
3850 The Unlimited Dream Company J. G. Ballard 1979 British English
4131 The Three-Arched Bridge Ismail Kadare 1978 Albanian Albanian
4399 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4685 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
5240 La Saga/ Fuga de J. B./ The Saga/ Escape of J.B. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester 1972 Spanish Spanish
5780 La Pietra Lunare Tommaso Landolfi 1939 Italian Italian
6432 On Immunity Eula Biss 2014 American English
7627 The Mysterious William Shakespeare Charlton Ogburn 1984 American English
7914 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost Ismail Kadare 2000 Albanian Albanian
8468 The Guyana Quartet Wilson Harris 1960 British English
8702 Strategies Of Fantasy Brian Attebery 1992 American English
9600 Hogfather Terry Pratchett 1996 British English
10239 The New Science of Politics Eric Voegelin 1952 Austrian English
12083 Dancing At The Edge Of The World Ursula K. Le Guin 1989 American English
13101 The Life And Poetry Of Frank Stanford James McWilliams 2025 American English
13149 The Book Of Jonah Luke Kennard 2025 British English
13582 Heartland Wilson Harris 1964 Guyanese English
13599 God Was Born In Exile Vintilă Horia 1960 Unknown Spanish
13599 Les Flamboyants Patrick Grainville 1976 French French
13599 The Lost Ones Frédérick Tristan 1983 French French
13918 Life Against Death Norman O. Brown 1959 American English
14232 Jerusalem Jez Butterworth 2009 British English
14553 Love And Death In The American Novel Leslie Fiedler 1960 American English
14855 Anatomy Of Criticism Northrop Frye 1957 Canadian English
14983 The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 American English
14983 Away Jane Urquhart 1993 Canadian English
15678 The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems Diane Wakoski American English
15897 Diving Into The Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973 American English
17117 Structural Anthropology Claude Lévi-Strauss 1958 French French
17117 Kruger's Alp Christopher Hope 1984 South African English
17117 Heroes And Villains Angela Carter 1969 British English
17117 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17117 Kalpa Imperial Angélica Gorodischer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17117 The Inner Reaches Of Outer Space Joseph Campbell 1986 American English
17117 A Closer Look At "The Lord Of The Rings" Mark Allen Smith American English
17117 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17117 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17117 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English