The Greatest Books of All Time on Tradition

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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
17120 By The Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Emperor Of Nihon Ja John Flanagan 2010 Australian English
17120 Teresa Degli Oracoli Cecconi 2020 Unknown Italian
17052 Valentino / Sagittarius Natalia Ginzburg 1957 Italian Italian
17120 In The Shade Of Spring Leaves Ichiyō Higuchi 1981 Japanese Japanese
17120 Family Values Wendy Cope 2011 British English
17120 I Will Marry When I Want Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1977 Kenyan Gikuyu
17120 Thai Food David Thompson 2002 Australian English
17120 Judgement Of Paris George Taber 2005 American English
17120 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17120 How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The Fa Cup JL Carr 1975 British English
17120 What ʿīsā Ibn Hishām Told Us Muhammad Salih al-Jabri Unknown Arabic
17120 North America's Forgotten Past Series Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear 1990 American English
17120 Daughter Of The Red Dear Joan Wolf 1991 American English
17120 The Reindeer Hunters Joan Wolf 1994 Unknown English
17120 A God Against The Gods Allen Drury 1976 American English
17120 Pharaoh Eloise J. McGraw 1958 Unknown English
17120 The Praise Singer Mary Renault 1978 British English
17120 The Son Of Laughter Frederick Buechner 1993 American English
17120 The Year Of The Horsetails R.F. Tapsell 1967 Unknown English
17120 Deep Are The Valleys Hannah Closs 1960 Unknown English
17120 The Last Englishman Hebe Weenolson Unknown Unknown
17120 The Cat And The King Louis Auchincloss 1981 American English
17120 The Glass Blowers Daphne du Maurier 1963 British English
17120 Toward The Morning Hervey Allen 1978 American English
17120 The Carolinians Jane Barry 1959 Unknown English
17120 Taos Irwin Blacker 1959 Unknown English
17120 A Distanr Trumpet Paul Horgan 1960 American English
17120 Kenya John Halkin 1986 Unknown English
17120 The Court Of The Lion Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri 1988 Unknown English
17120 Dynasty Robert S. Elegant 1977 American English
17120 Manchu Robert S. Elegant 1980 American English
17120 Mandarin Robert S. Elegant 1983 American English
17120 From A Far Land Robert S. Elegant 1986 Unknown English
17120 The Dream Of Confucius Jean Levi 1989 French French
17120 Silk And Steel Stephen Alter 1980 Unknown English
17120 Raj Gita Mehta 1989 Indian English
17120 Yedo Lynn Guest 1985 Unknown English
17120 Tokaido Road Lucia St. Clair Robson 1991 American English
17120 Segaki David Stacton 1958 American English
17120 Sakuran Edward Tolosko Unknown Unknown
16769 The Heike Story Eiji Yoshikawa 1956 Japanese Japanese
17120 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17120 The Luck Of Huemac Daniel Peters 1981 Unknown English
17120 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17120 Requiem For The Living Alan Cherchesov 2005 Unknown Russian
17120 A Man Was Going Down The Road Otar Chiladze 1973 Georgian Georgian
17120 The Fleeting City Hovhannes Tekgyozan Unknown Unknown
17120 Solar Plexus Rustam Ibragimbekov 1996 Azerbaijani English
17120 The River Has Roots Amal El Mohtar 2025 Unknown Unknown
16955 What's Wrong With The World G. K. Chesterton 1910 British English
17120 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Énard 2023 French French
17120 The Necessity Of Exile Shaul Magid 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Cross‑Stitch Jazmina Barrera 2023 Unknown Spanish
17120 This Country Navied Mahdavian 2023 Unknown English
17120 American Visions Edward L. Ayers 2023 American English
17120 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17120 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17120 Dragon Palace Hiromi Kawakami 2023 Japanese Japanese
17120 Why The Bible Began Jacob L. Wright 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Migrant Chef Laura Tillman 2023 Unknown English
17120 Last Call At Coogan’s Jon Michaud 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
17120 Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti 2023 Unknown English
17120 Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Spell Of Good Things Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ 2023 Nigerian English
17120 The Kingdom Of Prep Maggie Bullock 2023 Unknown English
17120 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Wife Of Bath Marion Turner 2023 Unknown English
17120 Skull Water Heinz Insu Fenkl 2023 Unknown English
17120 Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Madstone Elizabeth Crook 2023 American English
17120 No One Prayed Over Their Graves Khaled Khalifa 2019 Syrian Arabic
17120 Sparks Ian Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17120 Enchantment Orson Scott Card 1999 American English
17120 The Best Possible Experience Nishanth Injam 2023 Unknown English
17120 Gadis Kretek Ratih Kumala 2012 Indonesian Indonesian
17120 Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler 2016 American English
17120 The Wedding Dress Danielle Steel 2020 American English
17120 Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead 2012 American English
17120 The Folded Earth Anuradha roy 2011 Indian English
17120 Muhammad Karen Armstrong 1991 British English
17120 The File On H. Ismail Kadare 1981 Albanian Albanian
17120 The Golem Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Unknown English
17120 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17120 On Fiji Islands Ronald Wright 1986 Canadian English
17120 On The Narrow Road Lesley Downer 2013 Unknown English
17120 Video Night In Kathmandu And Other Reports From The Not So Far East Pico Iyer 1988 British English
17120 Where The Jackals Howl And Other Stories Amos Oz 1965 Israeli Hebrew
16867 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English
17120 Decisive Roy Heath Unknown Unknown
17120 The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years Shubnum Khan 2023 Unknown English
17120 Secret History Of The Mongols Paul Kahn 1984 Unknown English
17120 Blackflame Will Wight 2017 American English
17120 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17120 Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg 2014 Polish Polish
17120 A Day Of Pleasure Isaac Bashevis Singer 1963 Polish English
17120 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17120 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17120 Romance Of The Western Chamber Wang Shifu 1200 Chinese Chinese
17120 The Ten Thousand Leaves Robert Lyons Danly 1981 Unknown English
17120 From The Country Of Eight Islands Hiroaki Sato, Burton Watson 1981 Multiple English
16945 Ride The Tiger Julius Evola 1961 Italian Italian
17120 Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church Alfredo Tradigo 2006 Unknown Italian
17120 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17120 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish
17120 Scion Of Ikshvaku Amish Tripathi 2015 Indian English
17002 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17120 Osebol Marit Kapla 2019 Swedish Swedish
17120 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17120 The Roads To Sata Kevin Booth 1985 Unknown English
17120 Barakamon, Vol. 1 Genzaburo Yoshino 2009 Japanese Japanese
17120 L'écroulement De La Baliverna Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17120 Against The Machine Paul Kingsnorth British English
17120 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17120 Europe And The Faith Hilaire Belloc British English
17120 Ember Lane Sheila Kaye-Smith British English
17120 Foundation Stone Lella Warren 1986 American English