The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Minnesota

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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
564 Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1920 American English
634 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig 1974 American English
1204 Nickel And Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich 2001 American English
1611 The Song of Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1855 American English
2002 Freedom Jonathan Franzen 2010 American English
5806 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
7038 The Afterlife Of George Cartwright John Steffler 1992 Canadian English
7163 A Million Little Pieces James Frey 2003 American English
8669 Peace Like A River Leif Enger 2001 American English
8718 Rules Of Prey John Sandford 1989 American English
8834 Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger 2013 American English
9302 Part Of Your World Abby Jimenez 2022 American English
11001 In The Lake Of The Woods Tim O'Brien 1994 American English
11136 His Name Is George Floyd Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa 2022 American English
11218 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11387 This Common Secret Susan Wicklund 2007 Unknown English
11500 State Of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 American English
11922 A People's History Of Computing In The United States Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 American English
11939 Lindbergh A. Scott Berg 1998 American English
12246 Cinderella Ate My Daughter Peggy Orenstein 2011 American English
13217 The Year Of Ice Brian Malloy 2002 American English
13359 Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis 1947 American English
13542 Morte D'Urban J. F. Powers 1962 American English
14787 Betsy Tacy Maud Hart Lovelace 1940 British English
14958 On The Banks Of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder 1937 American English
14983 The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 American English
14983 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14983 Lab Girl Hope Jahren 2016 American English
14983 Shoeless Joe W. P. Kinsella 1982 Canadian English
15826 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15897 Bull Cook George Leonard Herter, Berte Herter 1963 British English
15897 North Star Country Meridel Le Sueur 1945 American English
15897 The Shame Of The Cities Lincoln Steffens 1904 American English
15897 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
16530 Lord Grizzly Frederick Manfred 1954 American English
17119 The Broken Cord Michael Dorris 1989 American English
17119 The Girl Meridel Le Sueur 1978 American English
17119 Desiring God John Piper 1986 American English
17119 Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher 2014 American English
17119 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17119 Where They Last Saw Her Marcie R. Rendon 2024 Unknown Unknown
17119 Three Month Fever Gary Indiana 1999 American English
17119 The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich 1999 American English
17119 The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee David Treuer 2019 American English
17119 The Listening House Mabel Seeley 1938 American English
17119 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17119 Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story David Wolf 1972 American English
17119 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
16922 The Big Rock Candy Mountain Wallace Stegner 1943 American English
17119 Of Wolves And Men Barry Lopez 1978 American English
17119 Godless Pete Hautman 2004 American English
17119 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17113 The Singing Wilderness Sigurd F. Olson 1956 American English
17119 A Council Of Dolls Mona Susan Power 2023 Unknown English
17119 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17119 The 9th Girl Tami Hoag 2013 American English
17119 Bob Dylan Mark Davidson, Parker Fishel 2022 Unknown English