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
2698 Cod Mark Kurlansky 1997 American English
4171 Trout Fishing In America Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
5692 How I Came To Know Fish Ota Pavel 1971 Czech Czech
6766 Sotileza Jose M. de Pereda 1885 Spanish Spanish
8189 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8581 The Last Of The Vikings Johan Bojer 1921 Norwegian Norwegian
8982 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9182 What Salmon Know Elwood Reid 1999 American English
9326 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9566 The Unnatural History Of The Sea Callum Roberts 2007 British English
10136 The Fisherman's Invocation Gabriel Okara 1978 Nigerian English
10360 Far Tortuga Peter Matthiessen 1975 American English
13498 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
13359 An Iceland Fisherman Pierre Loti 1886 French French
13542 Spartina John Casey 1989 American English
13599 Les Filles De La Pluie André Savignon French French
13599 Le Peuple De La Mer Marc Elder 1913 French French
14786 Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1897 British English
14984 Double Whammy Carl Hiaasen 1987 American English
16982 Adventures in the Wilderness William H. H. Murray 1869 American English
17120 Highland River Neil M. Gunn 1937 Scottish English
17120 Voices Of The Old Sea Norman Lewis 1984 British English
17120 Polar Star Martin Cruz Smith 1989 American English
17015 The Islandman Tomás Ó Crohan 1929 Irish Irish
17120 The River Why David James Duncan 1983 American English
16869 Ninety Two In The Shade Thomas McGuane 1973 American English
17120 Fishing In Utopia Andrew Brown 2008 Unknown English