The Greatest Coming Of Age and Farm Life Books of All Time
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 488 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
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205 | My Antonia | Willa Cather | 1918 | American | English | |
246 | Anne of Green Gables | L. M. Montgomery | 1908 | Canadian | English | |
825 | The Yearling | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1938 | American | English | |
952 | A Kestrel for a Knave | Barry Hines | 1968 | British | English | |
1946 | My Friend Flicka | Mary O'Hara | 1941 | American | English | |
2925 | Out Stealing Horses | Per Petterson | 2003 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
3176 | Horseman, Pass By | Larry McMurtry | 1961 | American | English | |
3368 | Crow Lake | Mary Lawson | 2002 | Canadian | English | |
3493 | Winter Wheat | Mildred Walker | 1944 | American | English | |
3870 | Sunset Song | Lewis Grassic Gibbon | 1932 | Scottish | English | |
4543 | Plainsong | Kent Haruf | 1999 | American | English | |
4679 | The Third Life Of Grange Copeland | Alice Walker | 1970 | American | English | |
5139 | This Child's Gonna Live | Sarah E. Wright | 1969 | American | English | |
5993 | One of Ours | Willa Cather | 1922 | American | English | |
7061 | A Farm Under A Lake | Martha Bergland | 1985 | American | English | |
7076 | Tarry Flynn | Patrick Kavanagh | 1948 | Irish | English | |
7470 | Little Fadette | George Sand | 1849 | French | French | |
11539 | The Able McLaughlins | Margaret Wilson | 1923 | American | English | |
11539 | So Big | Edna Ferber | 1924 | American | English | |
11539 | Scarlet Sister Mary | Julia Peterkin | 1928 | American | English | |
11539 | Lamb in His Bosom | Caroline Miller | 1933 | American | English | |
11539 | The Town | Conrad Richter | 1950 | American | English | |
12249 | The Dogs of March | Ernest Hebert | 1979 | American | English |