Kansas Notable Books List - Winners

1.
The Chaperone
The Chaperone 3.88 avg rating — 63,775 ratings
2.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
The Scent of Rain and Lightning 3.82 avg rating — 19,504 ratings
3.
Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
by: Joe Drape
4.14 avg rating — 655 ratings
4.
Wide Open
Wide Open 4.10 avg rating — 281 ratings
5.
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery 3.47 avg rating — 9,171 ratings
6.
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West 3.81 avg rating — 4,238 ratings
7.
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam 3.82 avg rating — 3,325 ratings
8.
A Curse Dark as Gold
A Curse Dark as Gold 3.61 avg rating — 13,906 ratings
9.
From Emporia; The Story of William Allen White
From Emporia; The Story of William Allen White 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
10.
The Rest of Her Life
The Rest of Her Life 3.43 avg rating — 8,050 ratings
11.
Lisa's Flying Electric Piano
Lisa's Flying Electric Piano 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings
11.
Music I Once Could Dance To
Music I Once Could Dance To it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
11.
Wolf's Christmas: A Christmas Story of renewed Faith, Hope, and Love
Wolf's Christmas: A Christmas Story of renewed Faith, Hope, and Love 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
11.
The Reckless Oath We Made
The Reckless Oath We Made 3.99 avg rating — 14,110 ratings
11.
Easy Beauty
Easy Beauty 4.06 avg rating — 5,925 ratings
16.
A Kansas Year
A Kansas Year 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
16.
Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland
Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland 3.76 avg rating — 62 ratings
16.
The Deepest Roots
The Deepest Roots 3.92 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
16.
Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt
Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt 4.84 avg rating — 32 ratings
20.
Nothing Right
Nothing Right 3.85 avg rating — 460 ratings
21.
One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book (America by the Numbers)
One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book (America by the Numbers) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
21.
Seafire (Seafire, #1)
Seafire (Seafire, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 10,572 ratings
21.
West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express
West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express 3.41 avg rating — 614 ratings
24.
StarCrossed (Thief Errant, #1)
StarCrossed (Thief Errant, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 6,746 ratings
24.
No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas
No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas 4.25 avg rating — 124 ratings
24.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 3.98 avg rating — 42,022 ratings
27.
Silver Shoes
Silver Shoes 3.45 avg rating — 55 ratings
27.
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: stories of gender and ministry
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: stories of gender and ministry 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
27.
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West 4.10 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
30.
The Storm in the Barn
The Storm in the Barn 3.72 avg rating — 3,760 ratings
30.
The Saint of Wolves and Butchers
The Saint of Wolves and Butchers 3.81 avg rating — 1,823 ratings
32.
Under Siege!: Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg
Under Siege!: Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg 3.94 avg rating — 86 ratings
32.
Brown Enough: a tale of a mixed-race baseball team, summer of '56
Brown Enough: a tale of a mixed-race baseball team, summer of '56
by: Ken Ohm
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
34.
Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl
Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl 3.92 avg rating — 296 ratings
34.
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill 4.11 avg rating — 16,990 ratings
36.
Addie of the Flint Hills: A Prairie Child During the Depression (1915-1935)
Addie of the Flint Hills: A Prairie Child During the Depression (1915-1935) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
36.
To Leave a Shadow
To Leave a Shadow 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings
38.
The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes
The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes 3.57 avg rating — 495 ratings
39.
The Evolution of Shadows
The Evolution of Shadows 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings
40.
Ghost Town
Ghost Town 3.04 avg rating — 78 ratings
41.
Carter Finally Gets It (Carter Finally Gets It, #1)
Carter Finally Gets It (Carter Finally Gets It, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,520 ratings
42.
To the Stars: Kansas Poets of the Ad Astra Poetry Project
To the Stars: Kansas Poets of the Ad Astra Poetry Project 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
43.
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator 3.94 avg rating — 258 ratings
44.
Artfully Done: Food, Flowers & Joy Across Generations
Artfully Done: Food, Flowers & Joy Across Generations really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
45.
Burn
Burn it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
Kansas Opera Houses, Actors, and Community Events 1855-1925
Kansas Opera Houses, Actors, and Community Events 1855-1925 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
47.
The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots
The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots
by: Bob Gress
4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
48.
Making History: Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970
Making History: Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970 4.30 avg rating — 54 ratings
49.
Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate
Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate 3.86 avg rating — 157 ratings
50.
Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer
Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer 3.96 avg rating — 610 ratings
51.
The Nature of Kansas Lands
The Nature of Kansas Lands 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
52.
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir 4.08 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
53.
Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858
Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
54.
Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests
Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
55.
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians 4.15 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
56.
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China 4.03 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
57.
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond 3.83 avg rating — 3,499 ratings
58.
The Curse of Catunkhamun
The Curse of Catunkhamun 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
59.
The Farther Shore
The Farther Shore 3.40 avg rating — 228 ratings
60.
Hellfire Canyon
Hellfire Canyon
by: Max McCoy
3.79 avg rating — 48 ratings
61.
Hunger for the Wild: America's Obsession with the Untamed West
Hunger for the Wild: America's Obsession with the Untamed West really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
62.
The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007
The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007 4.23 avg rating — 115 ratings
63.
A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution
A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution 4.10 avg rating — 68 ratings
64.
The Middle of Somewhere
The Middle of Somewhere 3.46 avg rating — 177 ratings
65.
Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep
Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep 4.11 avg rating — 63 ratings
66.
Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey
Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey
by: Jim Reed
4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings
67.
Writing In An Age Of Silence
Writing In An Age Of Silence 3.91 avg rating — 345 ratings