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
3444 The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe 1965 American English
5355 52 Pick Up Elmore Leonard 1974 American English
5388 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
5716 Anatomy Of A Murder Robert Traver 1958 American English
6083 Sundog Jim Harrison 1984 American English
6161 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6186 Iacocca Lee Iacocca 1984 American English
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
7947 The Kingdom, The Power, And The Glory Tim Alberta 2024 Unknown English
7993 A Relative Stranger Charles Baxter 1990 American English
8105 A New Home, Who'll Follow? Caroline M. Kirkland 1839 American English
8142 Suspicious River Laura Kasischke 1999 American English
8231 The Unabomber Manifesto Theodore Kaczynski 1995 American English
8431 Arc of Justice Kevin Boyle 2004 American English
8648 Jane Maggie Nelson 2005 American English
8788 What Work Is Philip Levine 1991 American English
8923 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9188 The Undoing Project Michael M. Lewis 2016 American English
9258 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9318 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English
9321 The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 1992 American English
9325 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
10448 What The Eyes Don't See Mona Hanna-Attisha 2018 American English
10507 Funny Story Emily Henry 2024 American English
10594 Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley 2021 American English
10986 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11285 The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler 2006 American English
11488 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11660 Falling Through The Earth Danielle Trussoni 2006 American English
12116 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12462 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13327 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
13337 The Radioactive Boy Scout Ken Silverstein 2004 American English
13574 The Sound Of The City Charlie Gillett 1970 British English
13885 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
14369 The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1902 American English
14498 Nowhere To Run Gerri Hirshey 2001 American English
14983 Vida Marge Piercy 1979 American English
14983 Zombie Joyce Carol Oates 1995 American English
14983 When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi David Maranis 1999 American English
14983 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15659 The Nick Adams Stories Ernest Hemingway 1972 American English
15897 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
15897 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
16530 The Other America Michael Harrington 1962 American English
17117 Killshot Elmore Leonard 1989 American English
17117 Leading the Cheers Justin Cartwright 1998 British English
17117 Eva's Man Gayl Jones 1976 American English
17117 Braided Lives Marge Piercy 1982 American English
17117 The Feast Of Love Charles Baxter 2000 American English
17117 The Undertaking Thomas Lynch 1997 American English
17117 Detroit Dan Georgakas 1975 Unknown English
17117 A Book Of American Martyrs Joyce Carol Oates 2017 American English
17117 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17117 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17117 American Primitive Mary Oliver 1983 American English
17117 Patron Saints Of Nothing Randy Ribay 2019 American English
17117 Hip Hop Is History Questlove 2024 American Unknown
17117 Please Kill Me Legs McNeil 1996 American English
17117 Await Your Reply Dan Chaon 2009 American English
17105 Malcolm X Malcolm X 1965 American English
17117 A Season On The Brink John Feinstein 1986 American English
17117 Paper Lion George Plimpton 1966 American English
17117 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17117 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17117 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17117 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17117 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
17117 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17117 Diego & Frida J. M. G. Le Clezio 1993 French French
17117 Good Reasons For Bad Feelings Randolph M. Nesse 2019 American English
17117 The Red Parts Maggie Nelson 2007 American English
17117 Dilla Time Dan Charnas 2022 Unknown English
17117 Romney McKay Coppins 2023 American English
17117 Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 American English
17117 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English