The Greatest Drama 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
247 Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 1937 American English
266 Independent People Halldor Laxness 1934 Icelandic Icelandic
313 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men James Agee 1941 American English
607 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 British English
952 A Kestrel for a Knave Barry Hines 1968 British English
1011 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley 1991 American English
1225 Barefoot Zaharia Stancu 1948 Romanian Romanian
1258 Sometimes a Great Notion Ken Kesey 1964 American English
2764 In the Heart of the Country J. M. Coetzee 1977 South African English
2925 Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 Norwegian Norwegian
3239 Women And Appletrees Moa Martinson 1933 Swedish Swedish
3493 Call Home The Heart Olive Tilford Dargan 1932 American English
3493 Pembroke Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 1894 American English
4543 Plainsong Kent Haruf 1999 American English
4679 The Third Life Of Grange Copeland Alice Walker 1970 American English
5458 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans 1995 British English
7115 December Bride Sam Hanna Bell 1951 British English
7261 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 2009 American English
7261 Little Heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish 2007 American English
9214 The Twin Gerbrand Bakker 2006 Dutch Dutch
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 The Town Conrad Richter 1950 American English