Best Books on Alaska

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Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival 4.08 avg rating — 17,686 ratings
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The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,379 ratings
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Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Alaska and Back: with Dave and Dorothy
Alaska and Back: with Dave and Dorothy 4.60 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Ordinary Wolves
Ordinary Wolves 4.10 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
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Alaska
Alaska 4.17 avg rating — 16,254 ratings
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Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness 4.33 avg rating — 10,186 ratings
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name 3.73 avg rating — 6,280 ratings
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The Raven's Gift
The Raven's Gift 3.88 avg rating — 863 ratings
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Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas 4.38 avg rating — 549 ratings
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The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,396 ratings
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Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River 4.41 avg rating — 809 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,543 ratings
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The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,031 ratings
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Dead Reckoning: Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on Its High Seas
Dead Reckoning: Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on Its High Seas 3.91 avg rating — 164 ratings
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To Build a Fire
To Build a Fire 3.98 avg rating — 25,824 ratings
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To The Bright Edge of the World
To The Bright Edge of the World 4.12 avg rating — 22,747 ratings
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The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild
The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild 4.10 avg rating — 915 ratings
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A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak, #1)
A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 17,339 ratings
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Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir (Volume 57) (Sun Tracks)
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir (Volume 57) (Sun Tracks) 3.88 avg rating — 586 ratings
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Only Kayak: A Journey Into The Heart Of Alaska
Only Kayak: A Journey Into The Heart Of Alaska 4.28 avg rating — 871 ratings
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Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
by: Nick Jans
3.78 avg rating — 966 ratings
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Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: Family, Friendships, and Faith in Small-Town Alaska
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: Family, Friendships, and Faith in Small-Town Alaska 3.88 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
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Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska
Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska 4.10 avg rating — 508 ratings
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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier 3.92 avg rating — 2,892 ratings
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Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge 4.16 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness 4.32 avg rating — 2,110 ratings
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My Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography
My Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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A Tundra Tale
A Tundra Tale 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Romeo: The Story of an Alaskan Wolf
Romeo: The Story of an Alaskan Wolf
by: John Hyde
4.51 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Rhythm of the Wild: A Life Inspired by Alaska's Denali National Park
Rhythm of the Wild: A Life Inspired by Alaska's Denali National Park 4.17 avg rating — 188 ratings
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White Fang
White Fang 4.03 avg rating — 201,597 ratings
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Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home
Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home 3.69 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey
North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey 3.83 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Breakup (Kate Shugak, #7)
Breakup (Kate Shugak, #7) 4.29 avg rating — 5,222 ratings
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The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska
The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska 3.52 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives
Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors: Tlingit Oral Narratives 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Surviving the Island of Grace: A Memoir of Alaska
Surviving the Island of Grace: A Memoir of Alaska 4.05 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Raven's Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson
Raven's Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson 4.43 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska
Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska 4.27 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Rinn's Crossing
Rinn's Crossing 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic 4.19 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
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Among Giants: A Life with Whales
Among Giants: A Life with Whales 4.56 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Steam Laundry
Steam Laundry 4.32 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Flying North South East and West: Arctic to the Sahara
Flying North South East and West: Arctic to the Sahara 4.55 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Alaska's Three Bears
Alaska's Three Bears 4.05 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Planes, Bears and the Turkey Bomber: One Family's Ten Year Adventure In Alaska's Bush
Planes, Bears and the Turkey Bomber: One Family's Ten Year Adventure In Alaska's Bush 4.11 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Nabesna gold and the making of the historic Nabesna Gold Mine and town on the frontier of Alaska Territory
Nabesna gold and the making of the historic Nabesna Gold Mine and town on the frontier of Alaska Territory 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Alaska Sampler 2014: Ten Authors from the Great Land: Fiction - Biography - Memoir - Humor
Alaska Sampler 2014: Ten Authors from the Great Land: Fiction - Biography - Memoir - Humor 3.76 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Alaska - Travelogue by State: Experience Both the Ordinary and Obscure (Exploring America Series Book 1)
Alaska - Travelogue by State: Experience Both the Ordinary and Obscure (Exploring America Series Book 1) 3.65 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Frozen Highway
Frozen Highway it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Hold the Dark
Hold the Dark 3.44 avg rating — 2,758 ratings
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Sleetmute
Sleetmute 4.07 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Once Upon Alaska, A Kid's Photo Book
Once Upon Alaska, A Kid's Photo Book 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Alaskan Laundry
The Alaskan Laundry 3.79 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
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The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World
The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage
Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage 4.23 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Son of a Midnight Land: A Memoir in Stories
Son of a Midnight Land: A Memoir in Stories 3.94 avg rating — 201 ratings
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We Fought the Road
We Fought the Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Simple Wild (Wild, #1)
The Simple Wild (Wild, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 142,595 ratings
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Rough Waters: Our North Pacific Small Fishermen's Battle : A Fishing Family's Perspective
Rough Waters: Our North Pacific Small Fishermen's Battle : A Fishing Family's Perspective 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Two Cabins, One Lake (Alaskan Romance #1)
Two Cabins, One Lake (Alaskan Romance #1) 3.87 avg rating — 4,528 ratings
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To Crack the World Open: Alaska, Solitude, and a Dog Named Woody
To Crack the World Open: Alaska, Solitude, and a Dog Named Woody 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Winter's End (Alaska Wild, #4)
Winter's End (Alaska Wild, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 2,100 ratings
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Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier 3.92 avg rating — 2,892 ratings
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Two Captains, One Chair (Alaskan Romance #2)
Two Captains, One Chair (Alaskan Romance #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds 4.28 avg rating — 7,014 ratings
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Seward's Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase
Seward's Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Deep Trouble
Deep Trouble 3.94 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Aunt Phil's Trunk: An Alaska Historian's Collection of Treasured Tales (Volume Four)
Aunt Phil's Trunk: An Alaska Historian's Collection of Treasured Tales (Volume Four) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin 3.51 avg rating — 766 ratings
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Alaska: A Photographic Excursion
Alaska: A Photographic Excursion 4.46 avg rating — 69 ratings
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A Schoolteacher In Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece
A Schoolteacher In Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece 3.80 avg rating — 239 ratings
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To Build a Fire and Other Stories
To Build a Fire and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 5,077 ratings
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Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River 4.06 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Two Crazy, One Wild (Alaskan Romance #4)
Two Crazy, One Wild (Alaskan Romance #4) 4.19 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents The Call of the Wild: And Other Northland Stories
Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents The Call of the Wild: And Other Northland Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska
Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Eiger Dreams
Eiger Dreams 4.04 avg rating — 25,036 ratings
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The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North
The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North 3.61 avg rating — 927 ratings
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Two Brutes, One Barista (Alaskan Romance, #3)
Two Brutes, One Barista (Alaskan Romance, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 600 ratings
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The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure 3.85 avg rating — 660 ratings
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Turn Again, A Novel
Turn Again, A Novel 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Portrait Alaska
Portrait Alaska it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Squall
Squall 3.88 avg rating — 12,408 ratings
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Kazan (Kazan and Baree #1)
Kazan (Kazan and Baree #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,457 ratings
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Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North
Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Insomnia
Insomnia 3.84 avg rating — 165,078 ratings
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Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land
Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land 3.92 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Two Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive!
Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Two Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive! 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Still Rainin' Still Dreamin': Hall Anderson's Ketchikan
Still Rainin' Still Dreamin': Hall Anderson's Ketchikan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Golden Snare (eBook)
The Golden Snare (eBook) 3.71 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Fishcamp Life on an Alaskan Shore
Fishcamp Life on an Alaskan Shore really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds 4.28 avg rating — 7,014 ratings
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Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume One Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive!
Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume One Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North 4.27 avg rating — 425 ratings
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Oil and Water: A Novel (The Alaska Literary Series)
Oil and Water: A Novel (The Alaska Literary Series) 3.93 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Elbow Room
Elbow Room 3.79 avg rating — 177 ratings
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