Oldest Books

Below is a list of best books from the oldest to the newest.

	The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous Age: 18+ Year: -2100 Pages: 128 Word count: 52,486
	The Odyssey by Homer Age: 14+ Year: -700 Word count: 121,845 Sales (millions): 45
	Aesop’s Fables by Aesop Age: 6+ Year: -570 Pages: 120 Word count: 38,500 Unique word count: 4,100 Sales (millions): 80 More...
	The Republic by Plato Age: 18+ Year: -380 Pages: 692 Word count: 216,000
	Metamorphoses by Ovid Age: 0+ Year: 8 More...
	The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Age: 17+ Year: 1320 Pages: 928 Word count: 286,546 Sales (millions): 12
	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Age: 12+ Year: 1478 Pages: 504 Word count: 141,550
	Utopia by Thomas More Age: 0+ Year: 1516 Pages: 359 More...
	The Art of War by Sun Tzu Age: 14+ Year: 1521 Pages: 68 Word count: 11,450
	The Prince by Niccolٍ Machiavelli Age: 16+ Year: 1532 Pages: 80 Word count: 32,174
	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1595 Word count: 35,226 Sales (millions): 25
	Hamlet by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1599 Pages: 368 Word count: 74,009 More...
	A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1600
	The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Age: 14+ Year: 1600 Word count: 27,487 Sales (millions): 5
	King Lear by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1608
	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Age: 10+ Year: 1615 Word count: 415,800 Sales (millions): 65
	Othello by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1622
	The Tempest by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1623
	Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1623
	Macbeth by William Shakespeare Age: 16+ Year: 1623 Pages: 304 Word count: 27,618

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