The Greatest Books of All Time on Temptation

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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
96 Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 German German
127 Paradise Lost John Milton 1667 British English
378 Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin 1820 British English
476 The Monk Matthew Lewis 1796 British English
551 Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 1678 British English
627 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe 1604 British English
883 Thaïs Anatole France 1890 French French
1284 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
1314 Under Satan's Sun Georges Bernanos 1926 French French
1338 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury 1962 American English
1371 The Devil's Elixir E. T. A. Hoffmann 1815 German German
2344 Goblin Market Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862 British English
2489 Murder In The Cathedral T. S. Eliot 1935 British English
2532 Young Goodman Brown & Other Short Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 American English
2552 The Last Temptation of Christ Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 Greek Greek
2722 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
2976 The Demon Mikhail Lermontov 1829 Russian Russian
3125 The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis 1942 British English
5390 Lycidas, Comus, And The Minor Poems John Milton 1637 British English
5836 Paradise Regained John Milton 1671 British English
5915 The Damnation Of Theron Ware Harold Frederic 1896 American English
7042 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
7215 Lead Us Into Temptation Breandán Ó hEithir 1976 Irish English
7914 The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho 2000 Brazilian Portuguese
15897 Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners John Bunyan 1666 British English
15897 Sacred Dramas Hannah More 1782 British English
15897 Doctor Faustus And Other Plays Christopher Marlowe 1604 English English
15897 Paradise Lost And Other Poems John Milton 1667 British English
16562 Screwtape Letters Clive Staples Lewis 1942 British English
16647 The Pilgrim's Regress C. S. Lewis 1933 British English
17114 Orthodoxy And The Kingdom Of Satan Spyridon Bailey Unknown English