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The 100 most influential books ever written wikipedia. The history of thought from ancient times to today 1998 is a book of intellectual history written by martin seymoursmith, a british poet, critic, and biographer the list includes books such as the i ching an ancient chinese divination text, the hebrew bible a version of which serves as the old testament of the christian bible, the. The 100 most influential books ever written 181 books. Of course, nearly everything about that sentence is a lie as in addition to books, this list contains poetry collections, plays, and short stories, plus the current list is 101 and theres a number of. Leatherbound with frontispiece art and many illustrations. Say what you want, but you cannot deny that religion has been influential in human history. A story written for the nineyearold daughter of an oxford don that still baffles most kids.
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