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Top 100 Most Translated Books in History

Thursday, August 13, 2026

A past Centumth puzzle. Play it on this page with five guesses, or read the full Top 100 ranking below.

Lost in translation — on purpose. Ranked by number of languages translated into, from published tallies of literary works (compiled lists in the tradition of UNESCO’s Index Translationum and related indexes). From the Bible and The Little Prince to modern bestsellers — religious texts included.

This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.

You can play this archive puzzle with five guesses, or reveal the complete ranking if you came here looking for the list. Revealing locks this puzzle — you won’t be able to play it afterward.

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The full Top 100

  1. #1The Bible
  2. #2The Little Prince
  3. #3The Adventures of Pinocchio
  4. #4Tao Te Ching
  5. #5The Pilgrim's Progress
  6. #6The Communist Manifesto
  7. #7Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  8. #8Grimms' Fairy Tales
  9. #9Steps to Christ
  10. #10Don Quixote
  11. #11Andersen's Fairy Tales
  12. #12The Book of Mormon
  13. #13Asterix
  14. #14The Quran
  15. #15The Way to Happiness
  16. #16The Prophet
  17. #17The Upright Revolution
  18. #18The Adventures of Tintin
  19. #19Luther's Small Catechism
  20. #20The Imitation of Christ
  21. #21Harry Potter
  22. #22Winnie-the-Pooh
  23. #23The Diary of a Young Girl
  24. #24Das Kapital
  25. #25The Kon-Tiki Expedition
  26. #26Pippi Longstocking
  27. #27The Alchemist
  28. #28Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  29. #29Sophie's World
  30. #30The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  31. #31Nineteen Eighty-Four
  32. #32Through the Looking-Glass
  33. #33The Isha Upanishad
  34. #34The Tirukkural
  35. #35Kalevala
  36. #36Quo Vadis
  37. #37Jane Eyre
  38. #38Uncle Tom's Cabin
  39. #39The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
  40. #40The Bhagavad Gita
  41. #41The Hobbit
  42. #42The Good Soldier Švejk
  43. #43The Lord of the Rings
  44. #44Things Fall Apart
  45. #45A Doll's House
  46. #46The Divine Comedy
  47. #47Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
  48. #48Never Let Me Go
  49. #49The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  50. #50The House at Pooh Corner
  51. #51Autobiography of a Yogi
  52. #52Heidi
  53. #53Little Red Book
  54. #54Out Stealing Horses
  55. #55One Hundred Years of Solitude
  56. #56The Chronicles of Narnia
  57. #57The Bridge on the Drina
  58. #58The Little Witch
  59. #59The Story of San Michele
  60. #6012 Rules for Life
  61. #61The General of the Dead Army
  62. #62The Stranger
  63. #63The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  64. #64The Da Vinci Code
  65. #65The Governance of China
  66. #66The Moomins
  67. #67The Robber Hotzenplotz
  68. #68Invisible Cities
  69. #69The English Roses
  70. #70Atonement
  71. #71The Great Gatsby
  72. #72The Kite Runner
  73. #73Solaris
  74. #74A Series of Unfortunate Events
  75. #75The Egyptian
  76. #76The Leopard
  77. #77Before I Go to Sleep
  78. #78Hunger
  79. #79Miffy
  80. #80Paddington Bear
  81. #81The Tragedy of Man
  82. #82Amsterdam
  83. #83The Family of Pascual Duarte
  84. #84A Song of Ice and Fire
  85. #85Dictionary of the Khazars
  86. #86The Time of the Doves
  87. #87Silence in the Age of Noise
  88. #88The Bookseller of Kabul
  89. #89Mr. Peabody's Apples
  90. #90Discworld
  91. #91The White Guard
  92. #92Cold Skin
  93. #93The Book of Mirrors
  94. #94Krabat
  95. #95Perfume
  96. #96Anne of Green Gables
  97. #97Norwegian Wood
  98. #98White Teeth
  99. #99Dead Until Dark
  100. #100The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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