The Greatest Books of All Time on Salvation

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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
30 The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri 1308 Italian Italian
238 A Season in Hell Arthur Rimbaud 1873 French French
362 Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor 1952 American English
551 Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 1678 British English
603 Barabbas Par Lagerkvist 1950 Swedish Swedish
653 Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas 1274 Italian Latin
1459 The City of God Augustine 413 Roman Latin
1467 Everyman Unknown 1501 Unknown Middle english
1601 Three Treatises Martin Luther 1520 German German
2563 Gospels Unknown 70 Multiple Greek
3497 Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin 1536 French Latin
3606 The Temple George Herbert 1633 British English
3638 Everyman Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1911 Austrian German
4121 Each Man In His Darkness Julien Green 1960 French French
4421 Poems Of George Herbert George Herbert 1633 British English
4688 The Lord Romano Guardini 1934 German German
5252 The War Hound And The World's Pain Michael Moorcock 1981 British English
5352 The Book Of Mormon Unknown 1830 American English
5362 Foundations Of Christian Faith Karl Rahner 1976 German German
5393 Holy Dying Jeremy Taylor 1651 British English
5854 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
6767 New England Primer Unknown 1687 American English
7216 Silex Scintillans, Etc Henry Vaughan 1650 British English
7682 Left Behind Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins 1995 American English
8361 On Being A Christian Hans Kueng 1974 German German
8363 Dogmatics In Outline Karl Barth 1946 German German
8581 John Wesley's Sermons Albert C. Outler 1991 American English
9184 A Theology Of Liberation Gustavo Gutierrez 1971 Peruvian Spanish
9659 The Messiah Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 2012 German German
10308 The Gnostic Religion Hans Jonas 1958 German English
14875 Scivias Hildegard of Bingen 1151 German Latin
14934 Piers The Ploughman William Langland 1370 English Middle english
15914 Avesta Zoroastrian scripture -1200 Iranian Avestan
15914 Gospel of Truth Valentinus 150 Unknown Coptic
15914 Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners John Bunyan 1666 British English
16515 King James Version Of The Bible various 1611 English English
17162 The Mysteries Tony Harrison 1985 British English
17056 Purgatorio Dante Alighieri 1315 Italian Italian
17162 Believing Christ Stephen E. Robinson 1992 American English
17162 The Wonderful Works Of God Herman Bavinck, R. Carlton Wynne Dutch Dutch
17162 Orthodoxy And The Kingdom Of Satan Spyridon Bailey Unknown English
17162 Christ The Conqueror Of Hell Hilarion Alfeyev 2009 Russian Russian
17162 The Vulgate Bible Ronald Knox, translator English English