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
2074 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson 1994 American English
2650 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2669 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff 1989 American English
2682 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
3099 Ball Four Jim Bouton 1970 American English
3810 The Writing Life Annie Dillard 1989 American English
5956 Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1995 Canadian 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
6957 The Field Of Blood Joanne B. Freeman 2018 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7168 The Man In Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1909 American English
7647 Hitch 22 Christopher Hitchens 2010 British English
7811 Shrill Lindy West 2016 American English
8064 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 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
8316 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8461 The Fiddler In The Subway Gene Weingarten 2010 American English
8598 Nisei Daughter Monica Itoi Sone 1953 American English
8725 It Happened One Summer Tessa Bailey 2021 American English
9545 Straw For The Fire Theodore Roethke 1972 American English
10303 Chinook Texts Franz Boas 1894 American English
10419 Written In The Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 2020 American English
10601 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
10615 Girls To The Front Sara Marcus 2010 American English
10771 Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie 1995 American English
11056 Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti 2007 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
11434 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11660 Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009 American English
11871 Weapons Of Math Destruction Cathy O'Neil 2016 American English
12064 Trustee From The Toolroom Nevil Shute 1982 British English
12426 The Twenty Six Words That Created The Internet Jeff Kosseff 2019 American English
12456 So Far Gone Jess Walter 2025 Unknown English
12502 Signature In The Cell Stephen C. Meyer 2009 American English
12655 Eager Ben Goldfarb 2018 American English
12832 Still Loved By The Sun Migael Scherer 1992 American English
13256 The Spoken Word Revolution Mark Eleveld 2003 Unknown English
13715 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American 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
14697 The Age Of American Unreason Susan Jacoby 2008 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 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14983 The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven Sherman Alexie 1993 American English
14983 The Briar Club Kate Quinn 2024 Unknown Unknown
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 Beyond Words Carl Safina 2015 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
16528 The Nez Perce Indians And The Opening Of The Northwest Jr., Alvin Josephy 1965 American English
17117 War Dances Sherman Alexie 2009 American English
17117 One Day Gene Weingarten 2019 American English
17117 The Living Annie Dillard 1992 American English
17117 Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 2021 American English
17117 The Storyteller Dave Grohl 2021 American English
17117 Patriot Games Tom Clancy 1987 American English
17117 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17117 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17117 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17117 Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins 1984 American English
17117 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17117 The Secret War Of Julia Child Diana R. Chambers 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Secret History Of Bigfoot John O'Connor 2024 Unknown Unknown
17117 Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Jamie Ford 2009 American English
17117 Breakfast With Buddha Roland Merullo 2007 American English
17117 The Hopefuls Jennifer Close 2016 American English
17117 Becoming Bulletproof Evy Poumpouras 2020 Unknown English
17117 Astoria Peter Stark 2014 American English
17117 Its So Easy And Other Lies Duff McKagan 2011 American English
17117 The Brothers K David James Duncan 1992 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 Wilderness And The American Spirit Ruby McConnell 2024 Unknown English
17117 Come West And See Maxim Loskutoff 2018 American English
17117 The Big Sort Bill Bishop 2008 American English
17117 Gathering Moss Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003 American English
17117 Role Playing Cathy Yardley 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17117 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17117 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17117 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 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 Believe The Children Richard Beck 2015 Unknown English
17117 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17117 The Secret History Of Twin Peaks Robert Frost 2016 Unknown English
17117 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17117 This Is Wildfire Nick Mott, Justin Angle 2023 Unknown 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
17117 Unequal Democracy Larry Bartels 2008 American English