The Discovery of Heaven is a book by the Dutch author Harry Mulisch (1927-2010). The book is seen by critics and at the time also by Mulisch himself during his lifetime as his magnum opus, his greatest and most important work. It was shortlisted for the AKO Literature Prize in 1993 and it was nominated for the NS Public Prize. The book was made into a film in 2001 under the direction of Jeroen Krabbé, in a British-Dutch co-production