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.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
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