The Greatest Books of All Time on Peasantry

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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
1149 A Sportsman's Notebook Ivan Turgenev 1852 Russian Russian
1711 The Peasants Władysław Reymont 1904 Polish Polish
1820 Fontamara Ignazio Silone 1933 Italian Italian
3067 Montaillou Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1975 French French
4270 Who Can Be Happy And Free In Russia? Nikolay Nekrasov 1870 Russian Russian
6092 They Burn the Thistles Yaşar Kemal 1969 Turkish Turkish
7724 The Peasants Of Languedoc Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1966 French French
8300 Khwabnama Akhtaruzzaman Elias 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali
10308 Feudal Society Marc Bloch 1940 French French
10308 Theory Of Peasant Economy Alexander V. Chayanov 1925 Russian Russian
10308 The Coming Of The French Revolution Georges Lefebvre 1939 French French
13584 A People's Tragedy Orlando Figes 1996 British English
13600 Le Rouet D'ivoire And Jean Des Brebis Ou Le Livre De La Misère Émile Moselly French French
13600 The Call Of The Soil Adrien Bertrand 1916 French French
13600 Private Gaspard René Benjamin 1915 French French
13600 Nêne Ernest Pérochon 1920 French French
13795 艷陽天 Hao Ran 1964 Chinese Chinese
16648 Fanshen William Hinton 1966 American English
17161 Elementary Aspects Of Peasant Insurgency In Colonial India Ranajit Guha 1984 Indian English