The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Seattle

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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
3099 Ball Four Jim Bouton 1970 American English
3405 Fifty Shades of Grey: E. L. James 2011 British English
6167 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6338 No No Boy John Okada 2024 American English
6730 Eat the Document Dana Spiotta 2006 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7811 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
8075 The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields 2008 American English
8075 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8598 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
9545 Straw For The Fire Theodore Roethke 1972 American English
9972 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple 2012 American English
10118 Ghostman Roger Hobbs 2013 American English
10419 Written In The Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 2020 American English
10615 Girls To The Front Sara Marcus 2010 American English
11068 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11241 Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins 1971 American English
11249 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11871 Weapons Of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil 2016 American English
12426 The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet Jeff Kosseff 2019 American English
12502 Signature In The Cell Stephen C. Meyer 2009 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
14232 The Boys In The Boat Daniel James Brown 2013 American English
14327 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14498 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14498 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14553 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14679 Epic Measures Jeremy N. Smith 2015 American English
14983 The Book Of Form And Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 2021 Japanese English
14983 Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher Timothy Egan 2012 American English
14983 A Yellow Raft In Blue Water Michael Dorris 1987 American English
14983 They Called Us Enemy George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott 2019 American English
14983 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15559 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15597 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15897 Anybody Can Do Anything Betty MacDonald 1950 American English
15897 America Is In The Heart Carlos Bulosan 1946 Filipino English
17117 Boneshaker Cherie Priest 2009 American English
17117 Monster Hunter Memories Larry Correia, John Ringo 2016 American English
17117 Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
17117 Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 2021 American English
17117 The Storyteller Dave Grohl 2021 American English
17117 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17117 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17117 Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Jamie Ford 2009 American English
17117 Its So Easy And Other Lies Duff McKagan 2011 American English
17117 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17117 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17117 The Great American Bus Ride Irma Kurtz 1993 Unknown English
17117 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17117 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17117 The Big Sort Bill Bishop 2008 American English
17117 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17117 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17117 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17117 It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Robert Fulghum 1989 American English
17117 Mindhunter John E. Douglas 1995 American English
17117 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17117 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17117 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17117 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17117 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17117 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English