The Greatest Books of All Time on Spirits

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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
859 The Palm-Wine Drinkard Amos Tutola 1952 Nigerian English
1022 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 American English
1505 The Famished Road Ben Okri 1991 Nigerian English
4624 Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck 1908 Belgian French
4804 The Dybbuk S. Ansky 1914 Russian Yiddish
6327 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Amos Tutuola 1954 Nigerian English
7215 Mythologies William Butler Yeats 1905 Irish English
8910 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
9372 The Haunted Hour Margaret Widdemer 1920 American English
10291 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10303 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
11924 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
12022 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12419 Moonheart Charles de Lint 1984 Canadian English
13089 The Wood Wife Terri Windling 1996 American English
14983 Redemption in Indigo Karen Lord 2010 Barbadian English
14983 A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett 2004 British English
14983 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
14983 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
15897 Tell My Horse Zora Neale Hurston 1938 American English
17114 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17114 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17114 Vessel Sarah Beth Durst 2012 American English
17114 Pahua and the Soul Stealer Lori Lee 2021 American English
17069 The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 American English
17114 Bleach, Vol. 1 Tite Kubo 2001 Japanese Japanese
17114 The Essential Cocktail Book Editors of Punch Unknown English