The Greatest Books of All Time on Superstition

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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
53 Dracula Bram Stoker 1897 British English
164 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 British English
243 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 1876 American English
715 The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving 1819 American English
861 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson 1962 American English
1073 The Lottery and Other Stories Shirley Jackson 1948 American English
1148 The Werewolf Of Paris Guy Endore 1933 American English
1196 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
1696 Evenings On A Farm Near Dikanka Nikolai Gogol 1831 Russian Russian
1926 Stories of Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Gogol 1831 Russian Russian
2055 Satan In Goray Isaac Bashevis Singer 1935 Polish Yiddish
2137 The Last Days Of Pompeii Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1834 British English
2593 Tales Of Hulan River Xiao Hong 1942 Chinese Chinese
2646 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2814 The Belkin Tales Alexander Pushkin 1831 Russian Russian
3286 Stories of Washington Irving Washington Irving 1820 American English
3637 The Rider on the White Horse Theodor Storm 1888 German German
3885 Collected Plays John Millington Synge 1935 Irish English
3953 Η Κερένια Κούκλα Konstantinos Christomanos 1899 Greek Greek
4105 Wolfskin Hans Lebert 1960 Austrian German
4677 Of Love And Other Demons Gabriel García Márquez 1994 Colombian Spanish
4685 The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 2011 Serbian English
5010 The Hungry Moon Ramsey Campbell 1986 British English
5083 Short Friday Isaac Bashevis Singer 1964 Polish Yiddish
5259 St. Peter's Umbrella Kálmán Mikszáth 1895 Hungarian Hungarian
5340 A Funtineli Boszorkány Albert Wass 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5422 Religion And The Decline Of Magic Keith Thomas 1971 British English
5832 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
6480 Year Of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 2001 Australian English
6702 Seventh Son Orson Scott Card, Patrick Couton 1987 American English
6716 The Conjure Man Dies Rudolph Fisher 1932 American English
6727 The Relic Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child 1995 American English
7215 Little Novels Of Sicily Giovanni Verga 1883 Italian Italian
7215 Tales Nikolai Leskov 1870 Russian Russian
8303 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8998 Little Fadette George Sand 1849 French French
9188 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9656 The King Of The Rattling Spirits Miha Mazzini 2021 Slovenian Slovenian
9854 Wife Of The Gods Kwei Quartey 2009 Ghanaian English
9856 The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
10975 Or Else, The Lightning God And Other Stories Catherine Lim 1980 Singaporean English
11288 Le Pietre Claudio Morandini 2017 Italian Italian
13599 Rabevel Ou Le Mal Des Ardents Lucien Fabre French French
13599 The Rock Of Tanios Amin Maalouf 1993 French French
13885 The Vanishing Of Katharina Linden Helen Grant 2009 British English
14498 The Short Stories Of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy 1988 British English
14983 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
15764 Xala Ousmane Sembène 1973 Senegalese French
15897 Tell My Horse Zora Neale Hurston 1938 American English
15897 The Works Of Sir Thomas Browne Sir Thomas Browne 1686 British English
15897 The Greeks And The Irrational E. R. Dodds 1951 British English
16520 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16605 The Collected Tales Nikolai Gogol 1836 Russian Russian
17114 The Stain Rikki Ducornet 1984 American English
17114 Death In Andes Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 Peruvian Spanish
17114 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17114 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
16990 Nightfall And Other Stories Isaac Asimov 1969 American English
17114 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
16817 Precious Bane Mary Webb 1924 British English
17114 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17067 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17114 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17068 El Gato Negro Edgar Allan Poe 1843 American English
17114 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17114 A Cabeça Do Santo Socorro Acioli 2014 Brazilian Portuguese