The Greatest Books of All Time on Seasons

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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
136 The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 1908 British English
865 The Pillow Book Sei Shōnagon 1002 Japanese Japanese
1049 Works and Days Hesiod -700 Greek Ancient greek
1711 The Peasants Władysław Reymont 1904 Polish Polish
2264 Georgics Virgil 29 Latin Latin
2464 Poems Of William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant 1821 American English
2714 The Narrow Road to the Deep North Matsuo Bashō 1684 Japanese Japanese
2752 The Worm Forgives The Plough John Stewart Collis 1947 British English
3324 The Harvesters Cesare Pavese 1941 Italian Unknown
4282 Air Of Solitude Gustave Roud 1945 Swiss French
4482 The Private Papers Of Henry Ryecroft George Gissing 1903 British English
4515 The Rattle Bag Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney 1982 British English
4572 The Taste Of Country Cooking Edna Lewis 1976 American English
5355 New Hampshire Robert Frost 1923 American English
5831 Poems Alkman -650 Greek Ancient greek
5863 The Grasmere Journal Dorothy Wordsworth 1897 British English
7216 Poems Of Theodor Storm Theodor Storm 1852 German German
7216 Poems Of Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau 1895 American English
7216 Poems Of Mani Leib Mani Leib 1918 Yiddish Yiddish
8503 Collected Poems Jane Kenyon 2005 American English
8524 The Outermost House Henry Beston 1928 American English
9160 Haiku Stephen Addiss 2009 Unknown English
9358 Spring Shade Robert Fitzgerald 1971 American English
11140 Wandering Through Winter Edwin Way Teale 1965 American English
11277 Seasons On Earth Kenneth Koch 1987 American English
11392 Collected Poems James Schuyler 1988 American English
11531 Poems of Matsuo Bashō Matsuo Bashō 1601 Japanese Japanese
11581 A Country Year Sue Hubbell 1986 American English
11812 The Riverhouse Stories Andrea Carlisle 1987 American English
12326 The Lost Upland W. S. Merwin 1992 American English
13105 A Year With The Seals Alix Morris 2025 Unknown English
13500 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
13362 The Christian Year John Keble 1827 British English
13728 Riley Songs Of Summer James Whitcomb Riley 1883 American English
14138 Haiku Mary Dawson Hughes 1970 Unknown English
14171 A Child's Garden Of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson 1885 American English
14232 A Year in Provence Peter Mayle 1989 British English
14876 The Real Mother Goose Blanche Fisher Wright 1916 American English
15737 Chicken Soup With Rice Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15762 Frog And Toad All Year Arnold Lobel 1976 American English
15864 Days With Frog And Toad Arnold Lobel 1979 American English
15915 Elizabeth And Her German Garden Elizabeth von Arnim 1898 German English
17161 Persephone Jenny Joseph 1986 British Unknown
17161 Butterfly Valley Inger Christensen 1991 Danish Danish
17161 Helliconia Spring Brian Aldiss 1982 British English
17161 The Berenstain Bears' Big Book Of Science And Nature Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain 1997 American English
17161 The Essential Haiku Robert Hass 1994 American English
17161 Talking Like The Rain X. J. Kennedy 1992 American English
17161 The Tuscan Year Elizabeth Romer 1984 British English
17161 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17161 Wintersmith Terry Pratchett 2006 British English
17149 The Singing Wilderness Sigurd F. Olson 1956 American English
17161 Spring Rain Marc Hamer 2023 British English
17161 A Penguin Year Susan Bonners 1981 Unknown English
17161 The Ten Thousand Leaves Robert Lyons Danly 1981 Unknown English