both the books vs both books

Both "both the books" and "both books" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Both the books" is used when referring to specific, previously mentioned books, while "both books" is used when referring to two unspecified books in a general sense.

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both the books

This phrase is correct when referring to specific, previously mentioned books.

Use "both the books" when you are referring to particular books that have been mentioned before in the conversation or text.

Alternatives:

both of the books
both those books
both these books
both those two books
both those two books over there

both books

This phrase is correct when referring to two unspecified books in a general sense.

Use "both books" when you are talking about two books in a general context without specifying which books they are.

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Some critics even questioned if the same guy wrote both books.
Documentaries based on both books were nominated for Emmys in 2001 and 2006.
The copyrights were transferred to Urantia Foundation, which obtained International Standard Book Numbers for both books.
Both books were nonfiction. Malcolm insisted.
You can't have both books.
Dr. Mike Allen, from the University of Florida, has coauthored chapters in both books relating to climate change impacts on warm water fishes.
Besides, in many places of the early Fathers both books are ascribed to St. Luke.
I have the honor of having both books dedicated to me and, in the second case, also to my brothers and sister.
In addition to similarity, there are parallels of description, arrangement, and points of view, and the recurrence of medical language, in both books, has been mentioned under the previous heading.
Take a look at Guixé's cook book "A Meta-Territorial Cuisine" published by Imschoot Uitgevers and "Food Designing" published by Corraini Edizioni, with both books featuring the wonderful photography of Inga Knölke.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith does not consider it to be its task to enter into the discussions found in both books that are of a historical nature or regard systematic theology.
Although this can not be proved, it is at least certain that both books were composed at about the same time, and that one of them was the prototype of the other.
Students need to purchase both books (available online - e.g. Amazon.it or at the faculty bookshop) before the course and bring them to the first lesson (one copy per person).
In the same year he published The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, and in 1867 The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, both books quickly turned into several editions.
Both books came out in 1795.
Both books were finalists in the National Book Award.
Both books are co-authored with his colleague Kjell A. Nordström.
Both books were reviewed by Robert J. Charlson in Nature, vol 401, p.
Both books aspire to present a creation story of the world or universe as it exists.
Both books were sealed in a bank vault for over thirty years and were released for publication by Christie only at the end of her life, when she realised that she could not write any more novels.

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both of the books
both the books
both those books
both these books
both those two books

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