The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Maryland

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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
513 Kindred Octavia E. Butler 1979 American English
788 Roots Alex Haley 1976 American English
913 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
1150 Witness Whittaker Chambers 1952 American English
1213 The Floating Opera John Barth 1956 American English
1422 The Sot-Weed Factor John Barth 1960 American English
1443 Mason & Dixon Thomas Pynchon 1997 American English
1817 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot 2010 American English
2610 What It Takes Richard Ben Cramer 1992 American English
2808 Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson 1980 American English
2990 Frederick Douglass David W. Blight 2018 American English
3311 Growing Up Russell Baker 1982 American English
5306 Lee's Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1943 American English
5420 What The Dead Know Laura Lippman 2007 American English
5490 Along Came A Spider James Patterson 1993 American English
5717 Manhood For Amateurs Michael Chabon 2009 American English
5838 Miss Susie Slagle's Augusta Tucker 1939 American English
6566 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Ann Brashares 2001 American English
6766 Harriet, The Moses Of Her People Sarah H. Bradford 1886 American English
6957 The Fifth Risk Michael M. Lewis 2018 American English
7168 The Man In Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1909 American English
8559 Beautiful Swimmers William Warner 1976 American English
8635 Patient Zero Jonathan Maberry 2009 American English
8925 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9324 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9857 This Child's Gonna Live Sarah E. Wright 1969 American English
10005 Edgar Allan Poe Arthur Hobson Quinn 1941 American English
10096 Every Day David Levithan 2012 American English
10450 The Poison Squad Deborah Blum 2018 American English
10561 The Rigor Of Angels William Egginton 2023 American English
10609 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
10676 A Living Remedy Nicole Chung 2023 American English
10902 Liveblog Megan Boyle 2015 American English
11038 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11227 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11305 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11440 Readme.Txt Chelsea Manning 2022 American English
11532 Countdown To Zero Day Kim Zetter 2014 American English
11660 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
11888 Whittaker Chambers Sam Tanenhaus 1997 American English
11939 Benjamin Henry Latrobe Talbot Faulkner Hamlin 1955 American English
12244 Marriage Confidential Pamela Haag 2011 American English
12315 Our Savage Neighbors Peter Silver 2008 Unknown English
12391 Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame 2008 American English
12447 Three Days In June Anne Tyler 2025 Unknown English
12468 The Last Boy Jane Leavy 2010 American English
12655 War Of The Whales Joshua Horwitz 2014 American English
12790 The True Happiness Company Veena Dinavahi 2025 Unknown English
13566 The Poe Shadow Matthew Pearl 2006 American English
14010 The Deep Places Ross Douthat 2021 American English
14588 Couple Found Slain Mikita Brottman 2021 Unknown English
14649 Searching for Caleb Anne Tyler 1975 American English
14984 The Library At Mount Char Scott Hawkins 2015 American English
15610 Zelda Nancy Milford 1970 American English
15898 An Economic Interpretation Of The Constitution Of The United States Charles A. Beard 1913 American English
15898 Richard Caqrvel Winston Churchill 1899 American English
16730 The Collected Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1908 American English
17120 Chesapeake James A. Michener 1978 American English
17120 Savor The Moment Nora Roberts 2010 American English
17120 A Crime In The Neighborhood Suzanne Berne 1997 American English
17120 All Bound Up Together Martha S. Jones 2007 American English
17120 The Throwback Special Chris Bachelder 2016 American English
17120 If Morning Ever Comes Anne Tyler 1964 American English
17120 Moonglow Michael Chabon 2016 American English
17120 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17120 Without Remorse Tom Clancy 1993 American English
17120 The Glorious Cause Jeff Shaara 2002 American English
17120 Gods And Generals Jeff Shaara 1996 American English
17120 The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara 1998 American English
17120 1776 David McCullough 2005 American English
17120 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17120 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17120 On The Tobacco Coast Christopher Tilghman 2024 Unknown English
17120 Lincoln Fred Kaplan 2008 American English
17120 Unto This Hour Tom Wicker 1984 American English
17120 House Of Glass Sarah Pekkanen 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Last Lecture Randy Pausch 2008 American English
17120 Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell 2005 American English
17120 The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish 2017 American English
17120 The Only Plane In The Sky Garrett M. Graff 2019 American English
17120 The Demon Crown James Rollins 2017 American English
17120 Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman Matt Wagner 2005 American English
17120 Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan 2011 Canadian English
17120 Relatos Edgar Allan Poe 1996 American English
17120 Behind You Is The Sea Susan Muaddi Darraj 2024 Unknown English
17120 Alexandra Petri's Us History Alexandra Petri 2023 American English
17120 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17120 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17120 Joe Di Maggio Richard Ben Cramer 2000 American English
17120 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17120 Big Red Of Meadow Stable William Nack 1988 American English
17120 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17120 Inside Edge Christine Brennan 1996 American English
17120 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17120 The Penguin Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe American English
17120 The Beautiful Struggle Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 American English
16762 The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1902 American English
17120 By Antietam Creek Don Robertson 1960 American English
17120 Inside The Cia Ronald Kessler 1992 American English
17120 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17120 The Spy In Moscow Station Eric Haseltine 2019 Unknown English
17120 A Half Built Garden Ruthanna Emrys 2023 Unknown English
17120 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17120 The 272 Rachel L. Swarns 2023 Unknown English
17120 Samuel Barber Howard Pollack 2023 Unknown English
17120 Benjamin Banneker And Us Rachel Jamison Webster 2023 Unknown English
17120 President Garfield C.W. Goodyear 2023 Unknown English
17120 Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler 2016 American English
17120 The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson 1978 American English
17118 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17120 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17120 President Reagan Lou Cannon 1991 American English
17120 The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore 2010 American English
17120 The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon Thomas Harris 1991 American Unknown
17120 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Anne Brasheres 2001 American English