The Greatest Books of All Time on Philosophy

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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
17120 The Economics Of Innocent Fraud john kenneth galbraith 2004 American English
17120 Saint Thomas Aquinas And Saint Francis Of Assisi G.K. Chesterton English English
17120 Remembrance Of Earth's Past Liu Cixin 2012 Chinese Chinese
16862 The Brothers Karmazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor 1880 Russian Russian
17120 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17008 The Twilight Of The Idols Nietzsche 1889 German German
17120 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
16968 The Anarchist Cookbook William Powell 1971 American English
17060 Mémoires D'hadrien, Carnets De Notes De Mémoires D'hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar 1951 French French
17120 Who Paid The Pipers Of Western Marxism? Gabriel Rockhill American English
17120 The Book Of Job Harold S. Kushner 2012 American English
17120 Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern John Gray 2003 British English
17120 Omnisophie Gunter Dueck German German
17120 Also Sprach Bellavista. Neapel, Liebe Und Freiheit. Luciano De Crescenzo 1977 Italian Italian
17120 Der Unbewußte Gott. Psychotherapie Und Religion Frankl, Viktor E. 2005 Austrian German
17120 Lettere A Lucilio Seneca 2064 Roman Italian
17120 Schizoanalytic Cartographies Félix Guattari 1989 French French