The Greatest Books of All Time on Prophecy

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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
19 The Bible Unknown -1400 Jewish Hebrew, aramaic, greek
100 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 American English
106 Oedipus the King Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
346 The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole 1764 British English
383 Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles -401 Greek Ancient greek
613 The Persians Aeschylus -471 Greek Ancient greek
1350 Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus -467 Greek Ancient greek
1543 Eclogues Virgil -37 Latin Latin
1550 Njal's Saga Iceland 1280 Icelandic Old norse
1585 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
1674 London Fields Martin Amis 1989 British English
1694 Cassandra Christa Wolf 1983 German German
1813 Swan Song Robert R. McCammon 1987 American English
1910 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling 2003 British English
1943 The Pursuit of the Millennium Norman Cohn 1957 British English
2123 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2226 Aspects of the Novel E. M. Forster 1927 British English
2391 The Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan 1990 American English
2472 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2563 Gospels Unknown 70 Multiple Greek
2593 The Gods Of Pegana Lord Dunsany 1905 Irish English
2894 Seven Days In New Crete Robert Graves 1949 British English
3426 The Violent Bear It Away Flannery O'Connor 1960 American English
3443 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 Canadian English
3558 Magician Raymond E. Feist 1982 American English
3638 The Seeress Of Prevorst Justinus Kerner 1829 German German
3830 Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 1977 American English
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
3951 The Phoenix And The Mirror Avram Davidson 1969 American English
4220 Ion Euripides -413 Greek Ancient greek
4221 Iphigenia At Aulis Euripides -405 Greek Ancient greek
4451 The Eye Of The World Robert Jordan 1990 American English
5352 The Book Of Mormon Unknown 1830 American English
5393 Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso 1581 Italian Italian
5651 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5949 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6132 The Fool In Christ Gerhart Hauptmann 1910 German German
6376 The Priory Of The Orange Tree Samantha Shannon 2019 British English
6493 Moses, Man Of The Mountain Zora Neale Hurston 1939 American English
6703 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
6808 The Queen Of The Damned Anne Rice 1988 American English
7216 Saul Vittorio Alfieri 1782 Italian Italian
7216 Athaliah Jean Racine 1691 French French
7216 The Burning Oracle George Wilson Knight 1939 British Unknown
7656 King Jesus Robert Graves 1946 British English
7682 Left Behind Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins 1995 American English
8330 Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind 1994 American English
8560 Under The Banner Of Heaven Jon Krakauer 2003 American English
8633 Red Prophet Orson Scott Card 1988 American English
9240 The Sword Of Shannara Terry Brooks 1977 American English
9659 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
9701 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
10139 Maitreya Severo Sarduy 1978 Cuban Spanish
10889 Sabbatai Sevi Gershom Scholem 1973 German German
11132 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
11200 Mensagem Fernando Pessoa 1934 Portuguese Portuguese
11253 Tiger At The Gates Jean Giraudoux 1935 French French
11268 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11319 Lamb Christopher Moore 2002 American English
13218 The Belgariad David Eddings 1982 American English
13239 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse 2020 American English
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
14089 Dune Messiah Frank Herbert 1969 American English
14180 Dragons Of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1984 American English
14212 Dragons Of Winter Night Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14212 Dragons Of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman 1985 American English
14751 Children Of Dune Frank Herbert 1976 American English
14757 The Nazarene Sholem Asch 1939 Polish Yiddish
14954 The Tain Thomas Kinsella 1969 Irish English
14985 Digger, Vols.1-6 Ursula Vernon 2005 American English
14985 The Alchemyst Michael Scott 2007 Irish English
14985 Blood Of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 Polish Polish
14985 The Heart Of Redness Zakes Mda 2000 South African English
15773 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15915 Avesta Zoroastrian scripture -1200 Iranian Avestan
15915 The Guide for the Perplexed Moses Maimonides 1190 Jewish Arabic
15915 The Greek Myths Robert Graves 1955 British English
15897 God Emperor Of Dune Frank Herbert 1981 American English
15915 Sacred Dramas Hannah More 1782 British English
15915 Moses Shalom Asch 1951 Unknown Yiddish
16525 Reflections On The Psalms C. S. Lewis 1958 British English
16513 King James Version Of The Bible various 1611 English English
16775 Dyyni Frank Herbert 1965 American English
16648 The Prophet Shalom Asch 1955 Unknown English
16726 The Doctrine And Covenants The Doctrine and Covenants 1835 American English
17161 The Almanac of the Dead Leslie Marmon Silko 1991 American English
17161 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17161 Flesh and Spirit Carol Berg 2007 American English
17161 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17161 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17161 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17161 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17161 The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker 2003 Canadian English
17161 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
17161 Rise Of The Dragons Morgan Rice 2014 American English
17161 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17161 Somewhither John C. Wright 2015 American English
17161 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17161 The Secret Book Of Kings Yokhi Brandes 2008 Israeli Hebrew
17161 The Desert Spear Peter V. Brett 2010 American English
17161 The Unwaba Revelations Samit Basu 2007 Indian English
17161 Fall Of Ruin And Wrath Jennifer L. Armentrout 2023 American English
17161 Dust Of Dreams Steven Erikson 2009 Canadian English
17042 Winged Pharaoh Joan Grant 1937 British English
17161 The Necromancer Michael Scott 2010 Irish English
17161 Teresa Degli Oracoli Cecconi 2020 Unknown Italian
17161 Pillar Of Fire Judith Tarr 1995 American English
17161 Man Of Nazareth Anthony Burgess 1979 British English
17161 King Of Kings Malachi Martin 1980 American English
17161 To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 Tad Williams 1993 American English
17161 To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 Tad Williams 1993 American English
17161 Stone Of Farewell Tad Williams 1990 American English
16872 The Theban Plays Sophocles -442 Greek Ancient greek
17161 The Dragonet Prophecy Tui T. Sutherland 2012 American English
17161 The Blood Gospel James Rollins 2013 American English
17161 The Starless Crown James Rollins 2022 American English
17161 Deep Blue Jennifer Donnelly American English
17161 Eyes Of Horus Joan Grant 1980 British English
17076 Lord Of The Horizon Joan Grant 1969 British English