The Greatest Books of All Time on Pleasure

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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
402 The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle -334 Greek Ancient greek
405 De Rerum Natura Lucretius 55 Roman Latin
736 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Edward FitzGerald 1859 British English
1132 Fanny Hill John Cleland 1748 British English
1968 Kama Sutra Vātsyāyana -400 Indian Sanskrit
2249 The Physiology Of Taste Or Meditations On Transcendental Gastronomy Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 1825 French French
3115 Principia Ethica George Edward Moore 1903 British English
3638 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Thomas de Quincey 1821 British English
7215 A Philosophical Enquiry Into...The Sublime And Beautiful Edmund Burke 1757 British English
11544 Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill 1863 British English
12500 Come As You Are Emily Nagoski 2015 American English
14232 The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort 1972 British English
14598 The Pleasure of the Text Roland Barthes 1973 French French
14752 On The Ends Of Good And Evil Marcus Tullius Cicero 45 Roman Latin
15586 The Sensuous Woman Terry Garrity 1969 American English
17117 How Pleasure Works Paul Bloom 2010 American English
17117 The Beast In The Nursery Adam Phillips 1998 British English
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English