Confessions by Augustine of HippoCity of God by Augustine of HippoThe Later Roman Empire by Ammianus MarcellinusThe History of the Church by EusebiusShakuntala by Kālidāsa
Best Books 4th Century
56 books — 104 voters
City of God by Augustine of HippoThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusThe Confession of Saint Patrick by Patrick of IrelandThe Rule of Saint Benedict by Benedict of NursiaConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
The Best Books of the 5th Century
38 books — 64 voters

The Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusThe History of the Franks by Gregory of ToursThe Secret History by ProcopiusThe Rule of Saint Benedict by Benedict of NursiaMorals on the Book of Job, Volume 3, Part 1 by Pope Gregory I
The Best Books of the 6th Century
26 books — 50 voters
القرآن الكريم by اللهThe Caedmon Poems by CaedmonThe Lindisfarne Gospels Highlights by EadfrithThe Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great by Pope Gregory IThe Book of Durrow by Bernard Meehan
Best Books of the 7th Century
13 books — 80 voters

Ecclesiastical History of the English People by BedeThe Selected Poems of Li Po by Li PoLi Po and Tu Fu by Li PoPoems by Wang WeiSpring in the Ruined City by Du Fu
Best Books of the 8th Century
21 books — 54 voters
The Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Anglo Saxon Chronicle by Anglo-Saxon ChronicleThe Life of Charlemagne by EinhardAlfred the Great by AsserHistory of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius
Best Books of the 9th Century
21 books — 98 voters

Beowulf by UnknownShahnameh by Abolqasem FerdowsiThe plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim by HrotsvithaFrom The Meadows of Gold by al-Mas'udiThe Táin by Anonymous
Best Books of the 10th Century
13 books — 70 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar KhayyámThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonShahnameh by Abolqasem FerdowsiAvicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1 by Avicenna
Best Books of the 11th Century
24 books — 112 voters

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthPerceval, or, The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de TroyesThe Lais of Marie de France by Marie de FranceLancelot by Chrétien de TroyesYvain, or, The Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes
Best Books of the 12th Century
62 books — 151 voters
The Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonThe Nibelungenlied by UnknownThe Travels by Marco PoloSumma Theologica by Thomas AquinasThe Essential Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
Best Books of the 13th Century
72 books — 186 voters


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