The Greatest Books of All Time on Rhetoric

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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
932 The Clouds Aristophanes -423 Greek Ancient greek
1156 Apology Plato -389 Greek Ancient greek
1389 On The Orator Marcus Tullius Cicero -55 Roman Latin
1449 Corpus Aristotelicum Aristotle -322 Greek Greek
2421 Phaedrus Plato -370 Greek Ancient greek
2806 The Art of Memory Frances A. Yates 1966 British English
5826 On The Sublime Longinus -50 Greek Greek
5824 Satires Lucian -160 Greek Ancient greek
6655 Aus Dem Wörterbuch Des Unmenschen Dolf Sternberger 1989 German German
6882 Lincoln at Gettysburg Garry Wills 1992 American English
7215 The Expulsion Of The Triumphant Beast Giordano Bruno 1584 Italian Italian
7215 An Apology For Poetry Philip Sidney 1595 British English
7215 The Art Of Poetry Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1674 French French
7215 Counter Statement Kenneth Burke 1931 American English
7860 A Rhetoric Of Motives Kenneth Burke 1950 American English
8640 Catiline Orations Marcus Tullius Cicero -63 Roman Latin
11524 On The Crown Demosthenes -330 Greek Ancient greek
11526 Selected Speeches Demosthenes, Robin Waterfield -322 Greek Greek
14749 On Behalf Of Caelius Cicero -56 Roman Latin
15728 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
17117 Theophrastus William Wall Fortenbaugh, Dimitri Gutas 1992 Greek English
17117 Gorgias/Gorgias Coleen P. Zoller, Jurgen R. Gatt, S. Montgomery Ewegen 2023 Unknown Unknown
16765 The Tale Of The Eloquent Peasant R. B. Parkinson 1971 Egyptian Egyptian
17117 Just The Arguments Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone 2011 American English
17117 The Elements Of Eloquence Mark Forsyth 2013 British English