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
2423 Phaedrus Plato -370 Greek Ancient greek
2808 The Art of Memory Frances A. Yates 1966 British English
5829 On The Sublime Longinus -50 Greek Greek
5827 Satires Lucian -160 Greek Ancient greek
6657 Aus Dem Wörterbuch Des Unmenschen Dolf Sternberger 1989 German German
6882 Lincoln at Gettysburg Garry Wills 1992 American English
7216 The Expulsion Of The Triumphant Beast Giordano Bruno 1584 Italian Italian
7216 An Apology For Poetry Philip Sidney 1595 British English
7216 The Art Of Poetry Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1674 French French
7216 Counter Statement Kenneth Burke 1931 American English
7861 A Rhetoric Of Motives Kenneth Burke 1950 American English
8644 Catiline Orations Marcus Tullius Cicero -63 Roman Latin
11527 On The Crown Demosthenes -330 Greek Ancient greek
11529 Selected Speeches Demosthenes, Robin Waterfield -322 Greek Greek
14731 On Behalf Of Caelius Cicero -56 Roman Latin
15736 Maqamat Al Hariri Al-Hariri of Basra 1101 Arabic Arabic
16768 Elements Of Criticism Henry Home, Lord Kames 1762 Scottish English
17162 Theophrastus William Wall Fortenbaugh, Dimitri Gutas 1992 Greek English
17162 Gorgias/Gorgias Coleen P. Zoller, Jurgen R. Gatt, S. Montgomery Ewegen 2023 Unknown Unknown
16805 The Tale Of The Eloquent Peasant R. B. Parkinson 1971 Egyptian Egyptian
17162 Just The Arguments Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone 2011 American English
17162 The Elements Of Eloquence Mark Forsyth 2013 British English