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Greatest books

Prompt, in fullWhat are the ten greatest books of all time? Rank them. Include authors and a brief reason for each.

28 of 35

models named Don Quixote as their first pick · each model counted once, by its most frequent named answer

Next came The Odyssey with 3, 1984 with 1 and The Bible with 1. Six different answers in all.

Don Quixote28
The Odyssey3
19841
The Bible1
To Kill a Mockingbird1
War and Peace1
Every model’s answer (35)
ModelAnswerReplies
Claude Haiku 4.5Don Quixote1 of 1
Claude Sonnet 5Don Quixote2 of 2
DeepSeek Chat V3 0324Don Quixote2 of 2
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B Don Quixote2 of 2
GLM 4.7 FlashDon Quixote2 of 2
GPT-4o MiniDon Quixote1 of 1
Gemini 3.1 ProDon Quixote2 of 2
Gemma 3 27b ItDon Quixote1 of 1
Gemma 3 4BDon Quixote2 of 2
Grok 4.6Don Quixote2 of 2
Hunyuan 3Don Quixote2 of 2
Kimi K2Don Quixote1 of 1
Ling 3.0 FlashDon Quixote1 of 1
Llama 3.1 8B InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Llama 3.2 3B InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Llama 3.3 70BDon Quixote2 of 2
Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BDon Quixote2 of 2
Llama 4 MaverickDon Quixote2 of 2
Ministral 14b 2512Don Quixote2 of 2
Ministral 3 8B 2512Don Quixote2 of 2
Mistral Small 3Don Quixote2 of 2
Mistral Small 3.2 24b InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Qwen 2.5 72b InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Qwen3 VL 235b A22b InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Qwen3 VL 30b A3b InstructDon Quixote2 of 2
Skyfall 36b V2Don Quixote2 of 2
Small 2603Don Quixote1 of 1
UncensoredDon Quixote2 of 2
GPT-5.6 TerraThe Odyssey2 of 2
MiniMax M2The Odyssey2 of 2
Qwen3 14bThe Odyssey2 of 2
Hermes 3 70B Instruct19841 of 1
Qwen3 32BThe Bible2 of 2
ReMM SLERP 13BTo Kill a Mockingbird2 of 2
Nova MicroWar and Peace1 of 1

Asked 9 times

Each line is one recorded run with its own chart. The number above combines them; a wording is printed when it differs from the prompt at the top.

Wording B, run 1 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.Don Quixote · 17 of 20
Wording B, run 2 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.Don Quixote · 5 of 8
Wording B, run 6 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.Don Quixote · 3 of 3
Wording A, run 3 of 3Don Quixote · 2 of 2
Wording B, run 5 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.Don Quixote · 2 of 2
Wording A, run 1 of 3Don Quixote · 1 of 1
Wording A, run 2 of 3The Odyssey · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 3 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.Don Quixote · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 4 of 6Rank the ten greatest books of all time. Include authors and a brief reason for each.The Odyssey · 1 of 1

In their words

“Any "greatest books" list is inherently subjective, but here's a defensible ranking drawing on literary influence, craft, and enduring impact: 1.”

Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 5 · Don Quixote

“Ranking the "greatest" books of all time is highly subjective and depends entirely on individual tastes, cultural backgrounds, and literary criteria.”

Google · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Don Quixote

“**Ranking the "greatest books" is inherently subjective**—it depends on criteria like literary innovation, cultural/historical influence, philosophical depth, and enduring readability.”

xAI · Grok 4.6 · Don Quixote

“Ranking the "greatest" books of all time is inherently subjective, as literary tastes vary by individual, culture, and era.”

DeepSeek · DeepSeek Chat V3 0324 · Don Quixote
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