The Greatest Books of All Time on Traditions

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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
1696 Evenings On A Farm Near Dikanka Nikolai Gogol 1831 Russian Russian
3185 Eothen Alexander William Kinglake 1844 British English
3324 Journey to the Alcarria Camilo José Cela 1948 Spanish Spanish
3861 The History Of The Yorubas Reverend Samuel Johnson 1921 Nigerian English
4570 The Taste Of Country Cooking Edna Lewis 1976 American English
6766 A Treasury Of American Folklore Benjamin A. Botkin 1944 American English
7215 Mythologies William Butler Yeats 1905 Irish English
8031 A Barbarian In Asia Henri Michaux 1933 French French
8031 Siren Land Norman Douglas 1911 British English
8031 Slowly Down The Ganges Eric Newby 1966 British English
8031 A View Of The World Norman Lewis 1959 British English
8543 Journey To Portugal José Saramago 1981 Portuguese Portuguese
8939 Letters From Egypt Florence Nightingale 1987 British English
10303 Traditional French Cooking Curnonsky 1961 French French
10613 Along The Ganges Ilija Trojanow 2005 German German
10807 The Works Of The People Of Old Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau 1971 Unknown Hawaiian
11660 The Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
13498 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
14924 White Shadows In The South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1919 American English
15897 Tell My Horse Zora Neale Hurston 1938 American English
15897 Small Talk At Wreyland Cecil Torr 1918 British English
15897 French Provincial Cooking Elizabeth David 1960 French English
15897 Japanese Homes And Their Surroundings Edwin Morse 1886 American English
17117 The Land Where the Blues Began Alan Lomax 1993 American English
17117 American in Italy Herbert Kubly 1955 American English
17041 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians George Catlin 1841 American English
17117 La Charte Du Mandé Et Autres Traditions Du Mali Aboubakar Fofana, Jean-Louis Sagot 2003 French Unknown
17117 The Tuscan Year Elizabeth Romer 1984 British English
17058 The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 American English
17117 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English