The Greatest Farm Life and Historical Fiction 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
28 The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 1939 American English
246 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
266 Independent People Halldor Laxness 1934 Icelandic Icelandic
360 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck 1931 American English
594 Adam Bede George Eliot 1859 British English
664 Silas Marner George Eliot 1861 British English
687 Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun 1917 Norwegian Norwegian
825 The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1938 American English
1107 Nectar in a Sieve Kamala Markandaya 1954 Indian English
1225 Barefoot Zaharia Stancu 1948 Romanian Romanian
1367 The Emigrants Vilhelm Moberg 1949 Swedish Swedish
1429 Pallieter Felix Timmermans 1916 Belgian Dutch
1485 The Emperor of Portugallia Selma Lagerlöf 1914 Swedish Swedish
1672 The Devil's Pool George Sand 1846 French French
1698 Broad and Alien is the World Ciro Alegría 1941 Peruvian Spanish
2826 On the Black Hill Bruce Chatwin 1982 British English
2999 Giants in the Earth Ole Edvart Rolvaag 1927 Norwegian Norwegian
3232 The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1852 American English
3239 Women And Appletrees Moa Martinson 1933 Swedish Swedish
3253 Now in November Josephine Winslow Johnson 1934 American English
3493 Call Home The Heart Olive Tilford Dargan 1932 American English
3493 A New Home, Who'll Follow? Caroline M. Kirkland 1839 American English
3493 Pembroke Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 1894 American English
3493 Weeds Edith Summers Kelley 1923 Canadian English
3843 Lark Rise To Candleford Flora Thompson 1945 British English
3870 Sunset Song Lewis Grassic Gibbon 1932 Scottish English
3999 The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954 American English
4174 The Morometes Marin Preda 1955 Romanian Romanian
4600 The Peasants Władysław Reymont 1904 Polish Polish
4703 Harvest Jim Crace 2013 British English
5139 This Child's Gonna Live Sarah E. Wright 1969 American English
5993 One of Ours Willa Cather 1922 American English
6509 Firelight and Woodsmoke Claude Michelet 1979 French French
7115 December Bride Sam Hanna Bell 1951 British English
7261 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 2009 American English
7469 Esther Waters George Moore 1894 British English
7697 Der Laden Erwin Strittmatter 1983 German German
7827 Jayber Crow Wendell Berry 2000 American English
9220 Coming Rain Stephen Daisley 2015 Australian English
11208 Ride This Night Vilhelm Moberg 1941 Swedish Swedish
11240 Raskens Vilhelm Moberg 1927 Swedish Swedish
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
11671 Plains Song Wright Morris 1980 American English
11371 Het Leven En De Dood In Den Ast Stijn Streuvels 1926 Belgian Dutch
14018 Letters Of A Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart 1914 American English
14120 A Country Doctor Sarah Orne Jewett 1884 American English
13914 Cross Creek Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1942 American English
14164 The Loväng Series Sven Edvin Salje 1942 Swedish Swedish
14231 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
14273 The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder 1940 American English
14282 By The Shores Of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder 1939 American English
14371 A Painted House John Grisham 2001 American English
14334 These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder 1943 American English
14352 Little Town On The Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder 1941 American English
14371 Maria Chapdelaine Louis Hémon 1913 French French
14371 Hjortronlandet Sara Lidman 1955 Swedish Swedish