The Greatest Books of All Time on Fishing

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 '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
1326 The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton 1653 British English
2699 Cod Mark Kurlansky 1997 American English
4172 Trout Fishing In America Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
5695 How I Came To Know Fish Ota Pavel 1971 Czech Czech
6767 Sotileza Jose M. de Pereda 1885 Spanish Spanish
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8583 The Last Of The Vikings Johan Bojer 1921 Norwegian Norwegian
8984 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9183 What Salmon Know Elwood Reid 1999 American English
9328 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9568 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
10139 The Fisherman's Invocation Gabriel Okara 1978 Nigerian English
10363 Far Tortuga Peter Matthiessen 1975 American English
13500 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
13362 An Iceland Fisherman Pierre Loti 1886 French French
13543 Spartina John Casey 1989 American English
13600 Les Filles De La Pluie André Savignon French French
13600 Le Peuple De La Mer Marc Elder 1913 French French
14786 Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1897 British English
14985 Double Whammy Carl Hiaasen 1987 American English
17018 Adventures in the Wilderness William H. H. Murray 1869 American English
17162 Highland River Neil M. Gunn 1937 Scottish English
17162 Voices Of The Old Sea Norman Lewis 1984 British English
17162 Polar Star Martin Cruz Smith 1989 American English
17068 The Islandman Tomás Ó Crohan 1929 Irish Irish
17162 The River Why David James Duncan 1983 American English
16898 Ninety Two In The Shade Thomas McGuane 1973 American English
17162 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English