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
3186 Eothen Alexander William Kinglake 1844 British English
3324 Journey to the Alcarria Camilo José Cela 1948 Spanish Spanish
3860 The History Of The Yorubas Reverend Samuel Johnson 1921 Nigerian English
4572 The Taste Of Country Cooking Edna Lewis 1976 American English
6767 A Treasury Of American Folklore Benjamin A. Botkin 1944 American English
7216 Mythologies William Butler Yeats 1905 Irish English
8032 A Barbarian In Asia Henri Michaux 1933 French French
8032 Siren Land Norman Douglas 1911 British English
8032 Slowly Down The Ganges Eric Newby 1966 British English
8032 A View Of The World Norman Lewis 1959 British English
8547 Journey To Portugal José Saramago 1981 Portuguese Portuguese
8943 Letters From Egypt Florence Nightingale 1987 British English
10308 Traditional French Cooking Curnonsky 1961 French French
10619 Along The Ganges Ilija Trojanow 2005 German German
10813 The Works Of The People Of Old Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau 1971 Unknown Hawaiian
11663 The Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
13500 Once Upon An Eskimo Time Edna Wilder 2009 American English
14928 White Shadows In The South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1919 American English
15914 Tell My Horse Zora Neale Hurston 1938 American English
15914 Small Talk At Wreyland Cecil Torr 1918 British English
15914 French Provincial Cooking Elizabeth David 1960 French English
15914 Japanese Homes And Their Surroundings Edwin Morse 1886 American English
17162 The Land Where the Blues Began Alan Lomax 1993 American English
17162 American in Italy Herbert Kubly 1955 American English
17089 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians George Catlin 1841 American English
17162 La Charte Du Mandé Et Autres Traditions Du Mali Aboubakar Fofana, Jean-Louis Sagot 2003 French Unknown
17162 The Tuscan Year Elizabeth Romer 1984 British English
17104 The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911 American English
17162 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English