Best Holy Books
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1 Holy Bible: King James Version
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 76,774 ratings
2 The Book of Mormon: Another...
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4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 47,018 ratings
3 The Satanic Bible
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3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 3,335 ratings
4 The Bhagavad Gita
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 22,372 ratings
5 Tao Te Ching
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 37,867 ratings
6 The Koran
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 18,847 ratings
7 Pearl of Great Price
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4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 2,889 ratings
8 God is Not Great: How Relig...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 32,772 ratings
9 The God Delusion
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 72,479 ratings
10 The Doctrine and Covenants ...
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4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 2,730 ratings
11 The Upanishads
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,890 ratings
12 Atlas Shrugged
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 149,371 ratings
13 Mere Christianity
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 84,851 ratings
14 The Lord of the Rings (The ...
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 208,656 ratings
15 The Prophet
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 77,651 ratings
16 Life Application Study Bibl...
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4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 6,218 ratings
17 The Book of the Law [Liber ...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,427 ratings
18 Jesus the Christ
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 10,772 ratings
19 The Dhammapada
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 6,602 ratings
20 Holy Bible: New Internation...
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4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 15,223 ratings
21 The Torah: The Five Books o...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 439 ratings
22 Book of Mormon, The Doctrin...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 14,928 ratings
23 Principia Discordia, Or, Ho...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 2,486 ratings
24 Man's Search for Meaning
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 58,188 ratings
25 The Analects
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 4,888 ratings
26 Holy Bible: The New King Ja...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 2,977 ratings
27 The I Ching, or Book of Cha...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 6,216 ratings
28 Demons of the Flesh: The Co...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 100 ratings
29 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,710 ratings
30 The Poetic Edda: The Mythol...
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 292 ratings
31 The Imitation of Christ
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 5,648 ratings
32 A Christmas Carol
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 167,478 ratings
33 The Secret Magdalene
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 1,611 ratings
34 The Gospel of the Flying Sp...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,519 ratings
35 The Marriage of Heaven and ...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
36 The Silmarillion
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 77,202 ratings
37 Teachings of the Prophet Jo...
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4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
38 The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
39 The New Oxford Annotated Bi...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
40 Mahabharata
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 665 ratings
41 The Screwtape Letters
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 108,702 ratings
42 The Miracle of Forgiveness
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 9,188 ratings
43 Believing Christ: The Parab...
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4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 8,511 ratings
44 Holy Bible: Reformation Stu...
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4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 678 ratings
45 The Art of War
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 69,004 ratings
45 The Complete Poetry and Prose
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 7,686 ratings
47 The Reason for God: Belief ...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 11,497 ratings
48 The Contemporary parallel N...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
49 The Orthodox Study Bible: A...
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4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 343 ratings
50 The Republic
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 52,887 ratings
51 The Tibetan Book of Living ...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 7,920 ratings
52 Journal of Discourses: Volu...
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4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
53 Journal of Discourses by Br...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
54 Journal of Discourses by Br...
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
55 I Am That: Talks with Sri N...
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4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
56 The Holy Bible: Douay-Rheim...
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4.72 of 5 stars 4.72 avg rating — 286 ratings
57 Popol Vuh: The Definitive E...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
58 The Complete Works
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 168 ratings
59 The Lotus Sutra
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 445 ratings
59 The Art of Happiness
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 29,982 ratings
61 Joseph Smith: Rough Stone R...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 2,802 ratings
62 Our Search for Happiness: A...
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3,169 ratings
63 The Road Less Traveled:  A ...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 29,179 ratings
64 Journal of Discourses: Volu...
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4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
65 The Mabinogion
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 2,725 ratings
66 The Book on the Taboo Again...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 3,460 ratings
67 The Kalevala
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
68 The End of Faith: Religion,...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 12,070 ratings
68 The Jewish Study Bible
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 284 ratings
70 Songs of Innocence and of E...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 15,216 ratings
71 The Four Noble Truths
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 269 ratings
71 Ramayana
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 874 ratings
73 Apocrypha
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 101 ratings
74 Sri Guru Granth Sahib: An A...
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
75 The Gift of the Magi
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 31,000 ratings
76 What the Torah Teaches Us a...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
77 Bibelausgaben, Die Bibel na...
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
77 The Philokalia : The Comple...
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4.61 of 5 stars 4.61 avg rating — 116 ratings
79 The Complete Artscroll Siddur
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 79 ratings
79 A Companion Workbook to Wha...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
79 What The Torah Teaches Us A...
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4.93 of 5 stars 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
82 Al-Qur'an, the Guidance for...
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 18,847 ratings
83 The Fountainhead
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 145,402 ratings
83 The Cost of Discipleship
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 10,765 ratings
85 What The Torah Teaches Us A...
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4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
86 The Complete Works of Lao T...
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 157 ratings
86 Science and Health with Key...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 232 ratings
88 Illusions: The Adventures o...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 22,532 ratings
89 The Diamond Sutra of the Bu...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
89 The Pilgrim's Progress
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 28,757 ratings
91 Man and His Symbols
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7,212 ratings
91 Because He First Loved Us
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 508 ratings
93 Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 33,018 ratings
93 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Col...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 2,605 ratings
95 Holy Bible: NLT - New Livin...
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4.68 of 5 stars 4.68 avg rating — 1,969 ratings
96 Chumash Stone Edition (Arts...
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4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 125 ratings
97 Torah, Neviʼ Im, Ketuvim: T...
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4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 91 ratings
98 The Didache: Text, Translat...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
98 Living Buddha, Living Christ
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 5,241 ratings
100 The Soncino Chumash: The Fi...
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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message 1: by Najibah (new)

Najibah Teman-teman, kalian pun boleh mencalonkan buku-buku Faisal kegemaran, sehingga 100 buku seorang :). Cubalah add.


message 2: by Cindy (new)

Cindy Seriously, Santa Claus? It might be nice, but it's not a holy book.


message 3: by Laura (last edited Sep 03, 2008 06:56am) (new)

Laura It belongs on this list as much as Lolita belongs on the list "Worst Books of All Time."


message 4: by Gary (new)

Gary It belongs on this list even more than that. It is essentially a Cliffs Notes version of the bible which, as of this writing, occupies three (3) different spots on the list, depending on which version you choose. So, why not this version?

It can save people a lot of time -- time they can spend reading The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.


message 5: by Brad (new)

Brad Holy means pure and untampered with and the bible ain't that


message 6: by Antoine (new)

Antoine Brad wrote: "Holy means pure and untampered with and the bible ain't that"
Is there any mere book that could possibly qualify?


message 7: by Themis-Athena (last edited Nov 18, 2010 03:03am) (new)

Themis-Athena "The Lord of the Rings?" "A Christmas Carol?" "Atlas Shrugged?" "Faust?" "The Aeneid?" Seriously, folks ...


message 8: by Hayes (new)

Hayes Themis-Athena wrote: ""The Lord of the Rings?" "A Christmas Carol?" "Atlas Shrugged?" Seriously, folks ..."

How about the "big penis book"? I know some people worship them, but...


message 9: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena It would certainly qualify under the heading "an epic battle spanning millennia" ...


message 10: by Vampirella (last edited Nov 18, 2010 03:33pm) (new)

Vampirella Antoine wrote: "Brad wrote: "Holy means pure and untampered with and the bible ain't that"
Is there any mere book that could possibly qualify?"


You did not ask me, but here's the answer: The Qur'an, the pure & untampered.


message 11: by Jim (last edited Nov 18, 2010 04:22pm) (new)

Jim I add my surprise at what some people consider to be holy books.

Also, No 1 is the King James Bible LDS Version - I don't think most of the voters saw or understood that LDS means Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church).


message 12: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Part of the problem with that LDS edition is that at one time it was combined with all other bible editions, so if you shelved any of those other editions, now it looks like you shelved the LDS edition. (This is a problem larger than just Listopia voting.)


message 13: by Velvetink (new)

Velvetink Lobstergirl wrote: "Part of the problem with that LDS edition is that at one time it was combined with all other bible editions, so if you shelved any of those other editions, now it looks like you shelved the LDS edi..."

Yes that's what happened when I shelved a King James version. ;(


message 14: by Themis-Athena (last edited Nov 19, 2010 04:33pm) (new)

Themis-Athena The KJV "sans LDS" is back now as a separate book, though (currently no. 25), so you can remedy your vote if you still want to! :)


message 15: by Michael (new)

Michael God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, (at number 10 on the list as I post this) would seem from its title to not be a holy book.


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