Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
Some writers don't want to be known while other work is of an antiquity and may have multiple authors, editors and translators who never added their names
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 1 |
|
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by
4.45 avg rating — 313,123 ratings
score: 398,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2 |
|
The Poetic Edda
by
4.26 avg rating — 11,839 ratings
score: 289,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 3 |
|
Beowulf
by
3.50 avg rating — 342,548 ratings
score: 279,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4 |
|
The Book of Job (Bible, #18)
by
4.21 avg rating — 4,592 ratings
score: 255,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 5 |
|
The Upanishads
by
4.25 avg rating — 17,526 ratings
score: 250,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 6 |
|
The Qur'an
by
4.38 avg rating — 71,932 ratings
score: 238,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 7 |
|
The Book of Kells: Selected Plates in Full Color
by
4.35 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 8 |
|
Count Roderic's Castle, or, Gothic Times
by
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 194,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
The Dhammapada
by
4.27 avg rating — 30,825 ratings
score: 192,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by
3.75 avg rating — 116,685 ratings
score: 192,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 11 |
|
Beowulf
by
3.52 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
score: 174,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 12 |
|
Popol Vuh
by
3.77 avg rating — 7,595 ratings
score: 163,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 13 |
|
The Saga of the Volsungs
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,931 ratings
score: 158,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 14 |
|
The Mabinogion
by
3.93 avg rating — 8,532 ratings
score: 155,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 15 |
|
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by
3.91 avg rating — 6,088 ratings
score: 152,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
I Spy Inn Signs
by
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
Primary Colors
by
3.63 avg rating — 6,152 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
The Animated Skeleton
by
3.53 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 19 |
|
Beowulf
by
3.50 avg rating — 342,548 ratings
score: 99,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
Fighting Yank Archive part 1
by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 98,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
The Skeleton Crew, or, Wildfire Ned [annotated]
by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 98,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
Reynard the Fox: A New Translation
by
3.21 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
score: 97,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
Ghost Stories and Other Queer Tales
by
Anonymous (Editor)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 97,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
The Nibelungenlied
by
3.82 avg rating — 8,809 ratings
score: 96,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
Eirik the Red and other Icelandic Sagas
by
3.79 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
score: 96,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
The Castle of Altenheim; Or, the Mysterious Monk: A Tale
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 96,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
Genesis (Bible, #1)
by
4.39 avg rating — 4,803 ratings
score: 95,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
Poems of the Elder Edda
by
4.26 avg rating — 11,839 ratings
score: 95,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
The Old Roman Well: A Romance of Dark Streets and Green Lanes
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 95,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
Exodus (Bible, #2)
by
4.45 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
score: 94,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation
by
3.74 avg rating — 789 ratings
score: 94,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
The Swamp of Death, or, The Benwell Murder [microform]
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 94,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew
by
4.63 avg rating — 2,647 ratings
score: 93,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by
3.76 avg rating — 77,003 ratings
score: 93,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
Penny Dreadful Classics - The Shadowless Rider: Or, The League of the Cross of Blood
by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 93,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America
by
3.80 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
score: 92,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
Visits From the World of Spirits, or, Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 92,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by
3.91 avg rating — 6,088 ratings
score: 91,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
The Midnight Assassin: or, Confession of the Monk Rinaldi: Containing a Complete History of His Diabolical Machinations and Unparalleled Ferocity, ...; VOL. I
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 91,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 40 |
|
Legends Of Terror!: And Tales Of The Wonderful And The Wild : Original And Select, In Prose And Verse
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 90,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
by
A.C. Spearing (Editor)
4.02 avg rating — 693 ratings
score: 89,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
Durston Castle: or, The Ghost of Eleonora: a Gothic Story
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 89,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 43 |
|
The Sad Case of Mrs. Kate Southern! The Beautiful, Virtuous Georgia Wife, Who, Being Maddened to Insanity by the Outrageous Taunts of a Bad Woman who Had Enticed Her Husband Away, Killed Her
by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 88,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 43 |
|
The Castle Fiend; Or, the Fate of the Loved and the Lost. an Old English Romance.
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 88,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
The New Testament
by
4.39 avg rating — 896 ratings
score: 87,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
A Warning
by
3.93 avg rating — 11,875 ratings
score: 87,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
More Uncanny Stories (from Pearson's Novel Magazine)
by
Anonymous (Editor)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 87,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Gospel According to Mark (Pocket Canons, #8)
by
4.64 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
score: 86,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Kingfisher Secret
by
3.61 avg rating — 810 ratings
score: 86,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Cavern of Death
by
Allen Grove (Editor)
3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 86,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
The Wife of Usher's Well, A Traditional Border Ballad
by
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 85,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
by
4.27 avg rating — 30,825 ratings
score: 85,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
Dreamland and Ghostland: an Original Collection of Tales and Warnings From the Borderland of Substance and Shadow, Etc. (Volume 1)
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 85,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
Domesday Book: A Complete Translation
by
4.01 avg rating — 131 ratings
score: 84,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
Spring-Heel'd Jack: The Terror of London
by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 84,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
by
Liu Xiang (Editor)
3.89 avg rating — 220 ratings
score: 83,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Ghost of Redbrook
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 83,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 58 |
|
Country - Cheatin' and Drinkin' Songs
by
Anonymous (Creator)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 82,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 58 |
|
The Black Forest; or, The Cavern of Horrors: A gothic romance
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 82,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 60 |
|
Writings from Ancient Egypt
by
4.09 avg rating — 383 ratings
score: 81,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 60 |
|
The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan or: the Headless Horror.
by
3.27 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 81,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 62 |
|
Making Millions: A 500-year-old Kabbalist's Guide to Conquering Chance
by
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 80,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 62 |
|
Montrose, or the Gothic ruin: A novel in three volumes - [Volume 1 of 3]
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 80,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
by
4.27 avg rating — 30,825 ratings
score: 79,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
New Lights from the World of Darkness, or the Midnight Messenger: With Solemn Signals from the World of Spirits
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 79,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 66 |
|
The I Ching or Book of Changes
by
4.19 avg rating — 20,600 ratings
score: 78,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 66 |
|
The Gothic Story of Courville Castle, or the Illegitimate Son, a Victim of Prejudice and Passion: Owing to the Early Impressions Inculcated With ... Her Husband Excited Her Son to Envy, Usurpa
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 78,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 68 |
|
Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation: In Theory and Practice
by
4.31 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
score: 77,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 68 |
|
Cottage Tales; or, The Entertaining Repository of Magic, Witchcraft, Tales of Terror, Marvellous Adventures, &c., &c.
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 77,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 70 |
|
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
by
4.12 avg rating — 2,867 ratings
score: 76,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 70 |
|
The Haunted Castle, or the Child of Misfortune: A Gothic Tale
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 76,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 72 |
|
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
by
4.01 avg rating — 2,735 ratings
score: 75,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 72 |
|
The Bloody Hand; or, The Fatal Cup
by
Franz J. Potter (Editor)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 75,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 74 |
|
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
by
4.35 avg rating — 3,953 ratings
score: 74,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 74 |
|
Tales for Winter Nights: A Choice Collection of Interesting Adventures, Marvellous Stories, Anecdotes, &c &c. &c.
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 74,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 76 |
|
Tales of Superstition: Or Relations of Apparitions. Containing the Story of Henry Bell, Apparition of Sir John Owen, the Danish Witches, &c. ..
by
Anonymous (Creator)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 73,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 77 |
|
African Myths of Origin
by
3.76 avg rating — 160 ratings
score: 72,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 77 |
|
The Black Forest; or, The Cavern of Death
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 72,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by
3.75 avg rating — 116,685 ratings
score: 71,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 80 |
|
The Holy Bible
by
4.62 avg rating — 1,458 ratings
score: 69,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 81 |
|
The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
by
4.32 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
score: 68,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 82 |
|
The Nag Hammadi Library
by
4.21 avg rating — 3,801 ratings
score: 67,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 83 |
|
The Cloud of Unknowing
by
3.98 avg rating — 5,668 ratings
score: 64,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
by
Marvin W. Meyer (Translation and Introduction)
4.12 avg rating — 2,324 ratings
score: 63,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
84 books ·
8 voters ·
list created May 6th, 2021
by Arthur Chappell (votes) .
People Who Voted On This List (8)
Comments Showing 1-1 of 1 (1 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
~☆~Autumn
(new)
May 07, 2021 06:02AM
Beowulf is here twice so needs to be combined by someone who can do a merge.
reply
|
flag
Related News
Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we sort through a lot of books each month. Our monthly Readers' Most Anticipated Books feature is exactly...
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
