The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Michigan

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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
260 Song of Solomon Toni Morrison 1977 American English
306 The Autobiography of Malcolm X Alex Haley 1965 American English
418 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 American English
685 Them Joyce Carol Oates 1969 American English
1067 A Boy's Own Story Edmund White 1982 American English
1972 The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides 1993 American English
3377 Ordinary People Judith Guest 1976 American English
3445 The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe 1965 American English
5357 52 Pick Up Elmore Leonard 1974 American English
5391 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5719 Anatomy Of A Murder Robert Traver 1958 American English
6086 Sundog Jim Harrison 1984 American English
6164 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6190 Iacocca Lee Iacocca 1984 American English
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
7948 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7994 A Relative Stranger Charles Baxter 1990 American English
8107 A New Home, Who'll Follow? Caroline M. Kirkland 1839 American English
8144 Suspicious River Laura Kasischke 1999 American English
8233 The Unabomber Manifesto Theodore Kaczynski 1995 American English
8435 Arc of Justice Kevin Boyle 2004 American English
8652 Jane Maggie Nelson 2005 American English
8793 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8927 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9192 The Undoing Project Michael M. Lewis 2016 American English
9262 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9323 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English
9326 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9330 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
10454 What The Eyes Don't See Mona Hanna-Attisha 2018 American English
10513 Funny Story Emily Henry 2024 American English
10601 Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley 2021 American English
10994 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11292 The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler 2006 American English
11492 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11663 Falling Through The Earth Danielle Trussoni 2006 American English
12117 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12464 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13330 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
13340 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13575 The Sound Of The City Charlie Gillett 1970 British English
13886 Stitches David Small 2009 American English
14056 Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick 1986 American English
14093 The Road To Wellville T. Coraghessan Boyle 1993 American English
14232 The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis 1995 American English
14370 The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1902 American English
14499 Nowhere To Run Gerri Hirshey 2001 American English
14985 Vida Marge Piercy 1979 American English
14985 Zombie Joyce Carol Oates 1995 American English
14985 When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi David Maranis 1999 American English
14985 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15667 The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway 1972 American English
15916 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
15916 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16550 The Other America Michael Harrington 1962 American English
17163 Killshot Elmore Leonard 1989 American English
17163 Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright 1998 British English
17163 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17163 Braided Lives Marge Piercy 1982 American English
17163 The Feast Of Love Charles Baxter 2000 American English
17163 The Undertaking Thomas Lynch 1997 American English
17163 Detroit Dan Georgakas 1975 Unknown English
17163 A Book Of American Martyrs Joyce Carol Oates 2017 American English
17163 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17163 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17163 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17163 Patron Saints Of Nothing Randy Ribay 2019 American English
17163 Hip Hop Is History Questlove 2024 American Unknown
17163 Please Kill Me Legs McNeil 1996 American English
17163 Await Your Reply Dan Chaon 2009 American English
17151 Malcolm X Malcolm X 1965 American English
17163 A Season On The Brink John Feinstein 1986 American English
17163 Paper Lion George Plimpton 1966 American English
17163 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17163 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17163 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17163 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17163 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
17163 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17163 Diego & Frida J. M. G. Le Clezio 1993 French French
17163 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17163 The Red Parts Maggie Nelson 2007 American English
17163 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17163 Romney McKay Coppins 2023 American English
17163 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17163 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English