The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Washington

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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
2075 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson 1994 American English
2651 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2670 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff 1989 American English
2683 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
3100 Ball Four Jim Bouton 1970 American English
3809 The Writing Life Annie Dillard 1989 American English
5960 Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1995 Canadian English
6170 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6341 No No Boy John Okada 2024 American English
6731 Eat the Document Dana Spiotta 2006 American English
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7169 The Man In Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1909 American English
7648 Hitch 22 Christopher Hitchens 2010 British English
7812 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8076 The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead David Shields 2008 American English
8076 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8466 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8602 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
8730 It Happened One Summer Tessa Bailey 2021 American English
9550 Straw For The Fire Theodore Roethke 1972 American English
10308 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
10424 Written In The Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 2020 American English
10607 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
10621 Girls To The Front Sara Marcus 2010 American English
10777 Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie 1995 American English
11062 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 American English
11074 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11247 Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins 1971 American English
11255 Nobody Passes Matthew Bernstein Sycamore 2006 Unknown English
11439 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11662 Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009 American English
11872 Weapons Of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil 2016 American English
12065 Trustee From The Toolroom Nevil Shute 1982 British English
12428 The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet Jeff Kosseff 2019 American English
12458 So Far Gone Jess Walter 2025 Unknown English
12504 Signature In The Cell Stephen C. Meyer 2009 American English
12657 Eager Ben Goldfarb 2018 American English
12834 Still Loved By The Sun Migael Scherer 1992 American English
13259 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13716 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
14232 The Boys In The Boat Daniel James Brown 2013 American English
14328 Shapes Of Native Nonfiction Elissa Washuta, Theresa Warburton 2019 Unknown English
14499 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14499 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14698 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 American English
14985 The Book Of Form And Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 2021 Japanese English
14985 Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher Timothy Egan 2012 American English
14985 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14985 The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven Sherman Alexie 1993 American English
14985 The Briar Club Kate Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 They Called Us Enemy George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott 2019 American English
14985 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15567 Beyond Words Carl Safina 2015 American English
15605 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15915 Anybody Can Do Anything Betty MacDonald 1950 American English
15915 America Is In The Heart Carlos Bulosan 1946 Filipino English
16549 The Nez Perce Indians And The Opening Of The Northwest Jr., Alvin Josephy 1965 American English
17161 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17161 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17161 The Living Annie Dillard 1992 American English
17161 Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 2021 American English
17161 The Storyteller Dave Grohl 2021 American English
17161 Patriot Games Tom Clancy 1987 American English
17161 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17161 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17161 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17161 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17161 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17161 The Secret War Of Julia Child Diana R. Chambers 2024 Unknown English
17161 The Secret History Of Bigfoot John O'Connor 2024 Unknown Unknown
17161 Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Jamie Ford 2009 American English
17161 Breakfast With Buddha Roland Merullo 2007 American English
17161 The Hopefuls Jennifer Close 2016 American English
17161 Becoming Bulletproof Evy Poumpouras 2020 Unknown English
17161 Astoria Peter Stark 2014 American English
17161 Its So Easy And Other Lies Duff McKagan 2011 American English
17161 The Brothers K David James Duncan 1992 American English
17161 The Soul Of An Octopus Sy Montgomery 2015 American English
17161 Notes On An Execution Danya Kukafka 2024 American English
17161 The Great American Bus Ride Irma Kurtz 1993 Unknown English
17161 From Airline Reservations To Sonic The Hedgehog Martin Campbell-Kelly 2003 British English
17161 The Ultimate History Of Video Games Steven L. Kent 2001 American English
17161 Wilderness And The American Spirit Ruby McConnell 2024 Unknown English
17161 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17161 The Big Sort Bill Bishop 2008 American English
17161 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17161 Role Playing Cathy Yardley 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17161 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17161 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17161 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17161 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17161 It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Robert Fulghum 1989 American English
17161 Mindhunter John E. Douglas 1995 American English
17161 We Believe The Children Richard Beck 2015 Unknown English
17161 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17161 The Secret History Of Twin Peaks Robert Frost 2016 Unknown English
17161 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17161 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown English
17161 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
17161 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17161 The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy Nova Jacobs 2018 American English
17161 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17161 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17161 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17161 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English