List of books
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This is a list of the 600 best-known books, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.
| # | Name | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qur’anFoundational Islamic religious text | |
| 2 |  IliadEpic poem attributed to Homer | |
| 3 |  Old TestamentFirst division of the Christian biblical canon | |
| 4 | %2C_15th_century_(The_S.S._Teacher's_Edition-The_Holy_Bible_-_Plate_XII%2C_1).jpg/120px-Ethiopic_genesis_(ch._29%2C_v._11-16)%2C_15th_century_(The_S.S._Teacher's_Edition-The_Holy_Bible_-_Plate_XII%2C_1).jpg){kind=small} Book of GenesisFirst book of the Bible | |
| 5 |  MahabharataAncient Sanskrit epic by Vyasa | |
| 6 |  One Thousand and One NightsCollection of Middle Eastern folk stories | |
| 7 |  OdysseyEpic poem attributed to Homer | |
| 8 |  Gospel of MarkCanonical Gospel of the New Testament | |
| 9 |  ExodusSecond book of the Bible | |
| 10 |  The Little PrinceNovel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) | 1943 |
| 11 |  Gospel of LukeBook of the New Testament | |
| 12 |  The Lord of the Rings1954–1955 fantasy novel trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien | 1954 |
| 13 | _El_ingenioso_hidalgo_Don_Quixote_de_la_Mancha.png/120px-Miguel_de_Cervantes_(1605)_El_ingenioso_hidalgo_Don_Quixote_de_la_Mancha.png){kind=small} Don Quixote1605 and 1615 novel by Miguel de Cervantes | 1605 |
| 14 |  The Communist Manifesto1848 publication written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | 1848 |
| 15 | .jpg/120px-Cloisters_Apocalypse_-_Met_68.174_f3r_(John_on_the_Island_of_Patmos).jpg){kind=small} Book of RevelationFinal book of the New Testament | |
| 16 |  TorahFirst five books of the Hebrew Bible | |
| 17 |  Nineteen Eighty-Four1949 dystopian social science fiction novel by George Orwell | 1949 |
| 18 |  RamayanaAn ancient Hindu epic composed by Valmiki which narrates the life story of Lord Rama. | |
| 19 |  Acts of the ApostlesBook of the New Testament | |
| 20 |  Epic of GilgameshEpic poem from Mesopotamia, is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature | |
| 21 |  LeviticusThird book of the Bible | |
| 22 |  Bhagavad GitaPrimary holy scripture for Hinduism | |
| 23 | .jpg/120px-The_Court_of_Gayumars_(Cropped).jpg){kind=small} ShahnamehEpic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi | |
| 24 |  The Divine ComedyItalian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri | |
| 25 |  TalmudCentral text of Rabbinic Judaism | |
| 26 |  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1865 children's novel by Lewis Carroll | 1865 |
| 27 |  Animal Farm1945 novella by George Orwell | 1945 |
| 28 | .jpg/120px-Codex_claromontanus_latin_(The_S.S._Teacher's_Edition-The_Holy_Bible_-_Plate_XXVIII).jpg){kind=small} Epistle to the RomansNew Testament epistle attributed to Paul | |
| 29 | .jpg/120px-Codex_Amiatinus_(1_Cor_1%2C1-21).jpg){kind=small} First Epistle to the CorinthiansBook of the New Testament attributed to Paul | |
| 30 |  Dream of the Red ChamberOne of China's Four Great Classical Novels | 1792 |
| 31 |  JudgesSeventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament | |
| 32 |  The Hobbit1937 fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien | 1937 |
| 33 |  AeneidEpic poem by Virgil | |
| 34 | _fol._158r_Eph_6%2C_20%E2%80%93Gal_1%2C_8.jpg/120px-Ann_Arbor%2C_University_of_Michigan_P.Mich.inv._6238_(Papyrus_46)_fol._158r_Eph_6%2C_20%E2%80%93Gal_1%2C_8.jpg){kind=small} Epistle to the GalatiansNew Testament epistle attributed to Paul | 48 |
| 35 |  The Tale of GenjiClassic work of Japanese literature | |
| 36 |  Book of RuthBook of the Bible | |
| 37 | _fol._157v_Eph_6%2C_8%E2%80%9318.jpg/120px-Ann_Arbor%2C_University_of_Michigan_P.Mich.inv._6238_(Papyrus_46)_fol._157v_Eph_6%2C_8%E2%80%9318.jpg){kind=small} Epistle to the EphesiansNew Testament epistle attributed to Paul | |
| 38 |  Epistle to the HebrewsBook of the Bible | |
| 39 |  ProverbsBook of the Bible | |
| 40 | .jpg/120px-Papyrus_16_-_Papyrus_Oxyrhynchus_1009_-_Cairo_Egyptian_Museum_JE_47424_-_Epistle_to_the_Philippians_3%2C10%E2%80%9317%2C_4%2C2%E2%80%938_(cropped).jpg){kind=small} Epistle to the PhilippiansEleventh book in the New Testament | |
| 41 |  Second Epistle to the CorinthiansBook of the New Testament attributed to Paul | |
| 42 |  Epistle to PhilemonBook of the New Testament attributed to Paul | |
| 43 |  First Epistle to TimothyNew Testament epistle ascribed to Paul | |
| 44 |  Anna Karenina1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy | 1877 |
| 45 |  Crime and Punishment1866 Russian-language novel by Dostoyevsky | 1866 |
| 46 |  RigvedaMost ancient Veda of the Hindus | |
| 47 |  UpanishadsAncient Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts of Hinduism | |
| 48 |  Epistle to TitusNew Testament pastoral epistle ascribed to Paul | |
| 49 | _Sander's_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg/120px-016_(GA)_Sander's_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg){kind=small} Second Epistle to TimothyBook of the New Testament attributed to Paul | |
| 50 |  The Little MermaidFairy tale by H. C. Andersen | 1837 |
| 51 | .jpg/120px-Job_Scroll_(cropped).jpg){kind=small} Book of JobBook of the Bible | |
| 52 |  First Epistle to the ThessaloniansNew Testament epistle ascribed to Paul | |
| 53 |  Guinness World RecordsReference book listing world records | 1955 |
| 54 |  Second Epistle to the ThessaloniansNew Testament epistle ascribed to Paul | |
| 55 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone1997 novel by J. K. Rowling | 1997 |
| 56 |  Mein KampfAutobiographical manifesto by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler | 1925 |
| 57 |  The RepublicPhilosophical work written by Plato | 1963 |
| 58 |  Kama SutraAncient Hindu text on erotic love | |
| 59 |  One Hundred Years of Solitude1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 |
| 60 |  The PrincePolitical treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli | 1532 |
| 61 |  Pride and Prejudice1813 novel by Jane Austen | 1813 |
| 62 |  Kalevala19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology | 1835 |
| 63 |  Robinson Crusoe1719 novel by Daniel Defoe | 1719 |
| 64 |  Les Misérables1862 novel by Victor Hugo | 1862 |
| 65 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1998 novel by J. K. Rowling | 1998 |
| 66 |  Snow WhiteFairy tale version published by the Brothers Grimm | 1812 |
| 67 |  War and Peace1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy | 1869 |
| 68 |  Tao Te ChingChinese classic text | |
| 69 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2003 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling | 2003 |
| 70 |  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanFantasy novel by J. K. Rowling | 1999 |
| 71 |  The Alchemist1988 novel by Paulo Coelho | 1988 |
| 72 |  The Brothers Karamazov1879 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 1880 |
| 73 | _front_cover%2C_first_edition.jpg/120px-The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea_(1952)_front_cover%2C_first_edition.jpg){kind=small} The Old Man and the Sea1952 short novel by Ernest Hemingway, written between December 1950 and February 1951 | 1952 |
| 74 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2000 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling | 2000 |
| 75 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceFantasy novel by J. K. Rowling | 2005 |
| 76 |  Moby-DickNovel by Herman Melville | 1851 |
| 77 |  Capital: A Critique of Political EconomyFoundational theoretical text of Karl Marx | 1867 |
| 78 | Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsFantasy novel by J. K. Rowling concluding the Harry Potter series | |
| 79 |  Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus1818 novel by Mary Shelley | 1818 |
| 80 |  The Three Musketeers1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas | 1844 |
| 81 |  First Book of SamuelBook of the Bible | |
| 82 |  SirachJewish wisdom text from the early 2nd century BCE, part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons | |
| 83 |  The Catcher in the Rye1951 novel by J. D. Salinger | 1951 |
| 84 |  The Stranger1942 novel by Albert Camus | 1942 |
| 85 |  FaustPlay by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1808 |
| 86 |  Gulliver's Travels1726 novel by Jonathan Swift | 1726 |
| 87 | %2C_Shop_--_2013_--_3802.jpg/120px-Rome_(Italy)%2C_Shop_--_2013_--_3802.jpg){kind=small} The Da Vinci Code2003 novel by Dan Brown | 2003 |
| 88 |  Treasure Island1883 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson | 1883 |
| 89 |  The Adventures of Pinocchio1883 novel by Carlo Collodi | 1883 |
| 90 |  The Great Gatsby1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 |
| 91 |  The MetamorphosisNovella by Franz Kafka | 1915 |
| 92 |  Ulysses1922 novel by James Joyce | 1922 |
| 93 | Charlotte's Web1952 children's novel by E. B. White | 1952 |
| 94 |  Oliver Twist1838 novel by Charles Dickens | 1839 |
| 95 |  The Picture of Dorian Gray1890–1891 novel by Oscar Wilde | 1890 |
| 96 |  Diary of Anne FrankPosthumously published, compiled and edited literary work based on Anne Frank's diaries, distinct from its individual editions and publications | 1947 |
| 97 |  Second Book of SamuelBook of the Bible | |
| 98 | .gif/120px-Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(1883).gif){kind=small} Thus Spoke ZarathustraPhilosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche | 1885 |
| 99 | _-_Wuthering_Heights%2C_1847.jpg/120px-Houghton_Lowell_1238.5_(A)_-_Wuthering_Heights%2C_1847.jpg){kind=small} Wuthering Heights1847 novel by Emily Brontë | 1847 |
| 100 |  Around the World in Eighty DaysNovel by Jules Verne | 1872 |