Book of Kings may refer to:
- The Books of Kings in the Bible
- The Shahnama, an 11th century epic Persian poem
- The Morgan Bible, a French medieval picture bible
- The Pararaton, a 16th century Javanese history of southeast Asia
- The Book of Kings, a 1999 World War II novel by James Thackara
- The Book of Kings, a 2011 funeral doom metal album by Mournful Congregation
Famous quotes containing the words book of, book and/or kings:
“We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.”
—Morning Prayer, General Confession, Book of Common Prayer (1662)
“Painting myself for others, I have painted my inward self with colors clearer than my original ones. I have no more made my book than my book has made me—a book consubstantial with its author, concerned with my own self, an integral part of my life; not concerned with some third-hand, extraneous purpose, like all other books.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)