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
3282 Blankets Craig Thompson 2003 American English
3382 Like Life Lorrie Moore 1990 American English
3634 The Totem David Morrell 1979 American English
5807 Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser 2017 American English
6439 Who Will Run The Frog Hospital Lorrie Moore 1994 American English
6459 A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009 American English
8796 It Happened One Wedding Julie James 2014 American English
9726 The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski 2008 American English
10302 Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson 1986 American English
10450 Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar 2020 American English
10812 Dodgers Bill Beverly 2016 American English
10978 Portrait Of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1980 American English
11388 This Common Secret Susan Wicklund 2007 Unknown English
11939 A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1921 American English
11939 Son of the Wilderness Linnie Marsh Wolfe 1946 American English
12030 American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld 2008 American English
12038 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
14767 A Son Of The Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1917 American English
14861 Instant Replay Jerry Kramer, Dick Schaap 1968 American English
14984 Bewilderment Richard Powers 2021 British English
14984 A Dark Matter Peter Straub 2010 American English
14984 When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi David Maranis 1999 American English
14984 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15602 Miss Lulu Bett Zona Gale 1920 American English
15771 Run To Daylight Vince Lombardi 1963 American English
15830 The Little House Collection Laura Ingalls Wilder 1932 American English
15901 A Child Of The Century Ben Hecht 1954 American English
15895 Angle Of Repose, The Spectator Bird, Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner 1971 American English
15901 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
16765 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
17122 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17122 We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lou Sullivan 2019 American English
17122 Distant Replay Jerry Kramer, Dick Schaap 1985 American English
17122 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17122 The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee David Treuer 2019 American English
17122 Mystery Peter Straub 1990 American English
17122 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17122 The Long Season Jim Brosnan 1960 American English
17122 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17122 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17122 Beer And Circus Murray Sperber 2000 American English
17122 All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews 2022 Unknown English
17122 The Book Of Life Deborah Harkness 2014 American English
17122 The Collected Stories Lorrie Moore 2008 American English
17122 The Simple Path To Wealth J.L. Collins 2016 American English
17122 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17122 Coach Wooden And Me Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017 American English