Best Books of the 10th Century

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1	Beowulf by Unknown 3.47 avg rating — 294,556 ratings score: 2,996, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.51 avg rating — 4,936 ratings score: 2,187, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim (Monograph publishing : Imprint series) by Hrotsvitha 3.42 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 889, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	From The Meadows of Gold by Al-Masʿūdī 3.79 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 786, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge by Anonymous 3.96 avg rating — 4,303 ratings score: 685, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Ibn Fadlān and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North by Ahmad ibn Fadlān 3.87 avg rating — 2,089 ratings score: 591, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan by Michitsuna no Haha 3.75 avg rating — 647 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Tosa Diary by Ki no Tsurayuki 3.30 avg rating — 191 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Tale of Lady Ochikubo by Eizo Yanagisawa (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Exeter Book Riddles by Kevin Crossley-Holland 3.91 avg rating — 179 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (C & T Asian Languages Series.) (English and Japanese Edition) by Ki no Tsurayuki (Compiler) 4.23 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Dulcitius Abraham by Hrotsvitha 2.94 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Waltharius by Ekkehard I. von St. Gallen 3.69 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

13 books · 63 voters · list created June 12th, 2008 by deleted user.

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message 1: by Jacqueline (new)

Jan 20, 2010 05:14PM

wat da hec

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message 2: by John (new)

Jan 14, 2013 08:02AM

I tried to add a couple of 10th century books but kept getting a message saying they weren't published in the 10th Century. What's up with that?

For example:

Al-Masudi - Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems
Hrosvitha - Dulcitius

Also, I have publication date of around 1020 for the Ferdowsi, FWIW.

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 14, 2013 11:08AM

A lot of books have either no first publication date, or the wrong one.

Meadows of Gold and Dulcitius now both have 10th-century first publication dates.

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message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Sep 06, 2015 12:33AM

I agree with John: For Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 1010 is given as date of first publication...

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message 5: by Emrys (last edited Sep 24, 2019 05:24PM) (new)

Sep 24, 2019 05:05PM

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter could be added to this list or the 9th century one (it currently has an original publication year of 900, but wikipedia describes it as from the 10th century).

Daredevils of Sassoun: The Armenian National Epic could also be added (at the moment, it has an original publication year of 850, but reading about it on wikipedia, it sounds like it should be dated no earlier than the 10th century).

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message 6: by Erin (new)

Jun 15, 2020 09:27AM

Booklovinglady wrote: "I agree with John: For Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 1010 is given as date of first publication..."

Since the original publication date of Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings is 1010 C.E., shouldn’t it be on the 11th century list instead of the 10th?

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