The Greatest Books of All Time
A ranked selection of books, including authors, publication details, languages, and length information.
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| ID | Rank | Title | Author | Published | Country | Original language | Page range | Word count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | 491 | The Daughter of Time | Josephine Tey | 1951 | British | english | 206 | 58270 |
| 492 | 492 | In Our Time | Ernest Hemingway | 1925 | American | english | 130-160 | 27000 |
| 493 | 493 | The Varieties of Religious Experience | Will James | 1902 | American | english | 400-500 | 134000 |
| 494 | 494 | Roots | Alex Haley | 1977 | American | english | 576-688 | 587287 |
| 495 | 495 | Season of Migration to the North | Al-Tayyib Salih | 1966 | Sudanese | arabic | 139-169 | 50000 |
| 496 | 496 | Goodnight Moon | Margaret Wise Brown | 1947 | American | english | 30-32 | 130 |
| 497 | 497 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier | 1997 | American | english | 350-500 | 161511 |
| 498 | 498 | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | Gertrude Stein | 1933 | American | english | 200-300 | 64500 |
| 499 | 499 | The Thirty-Nine Steps | John Buchan | 1915 | British | english | 100-200 | 60988 |
| 500 | 500 | Gormenghast | Mervyn Peake | 1950 | British | english | 400-500 | 205000 |
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