The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Tibet

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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
828 Lost Horizon James Hilton 1933 British English
1098 Seven Years in Tibet Heinrich Harrer 1952 Austrian German
1224 The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen 1978 American English
2425 Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 1997 American English
3068 Tintin In Tibet Hergé 1960 Belgian French
3544 The Good Women Of China Xinran 2002 Chinese Chinese
5524 Mao's China And After Maurice Meisner 1977 American English
5969 Imperial China, 900–1800 F. W. Mote 1999 Chinese English
6431 Riding The Iron Rooster Paul Theroux 1988 American English
6602 The Rose Of Tibet Lionel Davidson 1962 British English
7820 On The Track Of Unknown Animals Bernard Heuvelmans 1955 Belgian French
8222 Tombstone Yang Jisheng 2008 Chinese Chinese
8351 China Road Rob Gifford 2007 British English
9536 The Emperor Far Away David Eimer 2014 Unknown English
12175 Tibetan Book Of The Dead Robert Thurman 1994 Tibetan English
12438 High Exposure David Breashears 1999 American English
12515 The House Tibet Georgia Savage 1991 Australian English
14161 My Journey to Lhasa Alexandra David-Neel 1927 French French
14498 The Lure Of The Gangdise Mountains Ma Yuan 1985 Chinese Unknown
14664 Yellow Peril Wang Lixiong 1991 Chinese Chinese
14788 The Tibetan Book of the Dead Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa 1350 Tibetan Tibetan
14985 Into The Silence Wade Davis 2011 Canadian English
15916 A History Of India Romila Thapar 1966 Indian English
15889 Myths To Live By Joseph Campbell 1972 American English
17162 Everest Thomas Hornbein 1965 American English
17162 The Crystal Horizon Reinhold Messner 1989 Italian German
17162 The Cult Of Emptiness The Western Discovery Of Buddhist Thought And The Invention Of Oriental Philosophy Urs App 2012 Swiss English
17162 Dignaga's Investigation Of The Percept Douglas Duckworth 2016 Unknown English
17162 Stick Out Your Tongue Ma Jian 1987 Chinese Chinese
17162 Temptations Of The West Pankaj Mishra 2006 Indian English
17162 Spook Mary Roach 2005 American English
17162 Black Order James Rollins 2006 American English
17162 Mountains Of The Mind Robert Macfarlane 2003 British English
17162 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17162 Mountain Of Fame John E. Wills Jr. 1992 Chinese English
17162 The Tragedy Of Liberation Frank Dikötter 2013 Chinese English
17162 Eight Bears Gloria Dickie 2023 Unknown English
17162 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17162 The Nirvana Express Mick Brown 2023 Unknown English