The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Wisconsin

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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
1392 Evicted Matthew Desmond 2016 American English
1442 Little House In The Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
1892 A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold 1949 American English
2979 Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 American English
3281 Blankets Craig Thompson 2003 American English
3381 Like Life Lorrie Moore 1990 American English
3634 The Totem David Morrell 1979 American English
5809 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
6441 Who Will Run The Frog Hospital Lorrie Moore 1994 American English
6460 A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009 American English
8800 It Happened One Wedding Julie James 2014 American English
9730 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
10306 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English
10454 Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar 2020 American English
10816 Dodgers Bill Beverly 2016 American English
10982 Portrait Of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1980 American English
11391 This Common Secret Susan Wicklund 2007 Unknown English
11941 A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1921 American English
11941 Son of the Wilderness Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1946 American English
12032 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12040 Ginseng Roots Craig Thompson 2024 American English
14056 Sybil Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 American English
14168 This Is How It Always Is Laurie Frankel 2017 American English
14232 Lost Boy Lost Girl Peter Straub 2003 American English
14769 A Son Of The Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1917 American English
14864 Instant Replay Jerry Kramer, Dick Schaap 1968 American English
14985 Bewilderment Richard Powers 2021 British English
14985 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14985 When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi David Maranis 1999 American English
14985 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15608 Miss Lulu Bett Zona Gale 1920 American English
15785 Run To Daylight Vince Lombardi 1963 American English
15839 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15916 A Child Of The Century Ben Hecht 1954 American English
15909 Angle Of Repose, The Spectator Bird, Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner 1971 American English
15916 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
16798 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
17164 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17164 We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lou Sullivan 2019 American English
17164 Distant Replay Jerry Kramer, Dick Schaap 1985 American English
17164 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17164 The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee David Treuer 2019 American English
17164 Mystery Peter Straub 1990 American English
17164 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17164 The Long Season Jim Brosnan 1960 American English
17164 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17164 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17164 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
17164 All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews 2022 Unknown English
17164 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17164 The Collected Stories Lorrie Moore 2008 American English
17164 The Simple Path To Wealth J.L. Collins 2016 American English
17164 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17164 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English